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Visa unveils Tap to Phone contactless payments programme

Visa and Samsung are banishing the dongle, teaming up on a handset that enables merchants to accept contactless payments without the need for any additional hardware.

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Credit card issuer Newday to purchase finance platform Deko

UK credit card issuer NewDay is set to acquire retail finance platform Deko in bid to diversify its offering.

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Belgium's big four banks to build shared ATM network

Belgium's big four banks are joining forces to set up a network of bank-neutral ATMS, with the aim of accommodating changing customer behaviour towards the use of cash.

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Dixons Carphone fined £500k over massive data breach

UK consumer electronics retail group Dixons Carphone has been fined £500,000 after hackers compromised its point-of-sale system and gained access to the details of 5.6 million payment cards.

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Amex closes in on Chinese market

American Express has taken another step towards entering the massive Chinese payments market after the country's central bank accepted the US firm's application to start a bank card clearing business.

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Tandem to introduce monthly charge on cashback credit card

With sources of profit proving elusive in the competitive challenger bank market, Tandem has acted to raise returns by announcing that users of its cashback credit card will be charged a monthly fee of £5.99 from 9th March.

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Mastercard to release augmented reality benefits app

Mastercard is to introduce an augmented reality app that will transport cardholders into an immersive 360-degree virtual environment from where they can explore the range of benefits that come with their card.

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Mastercard unveils music single featuring its sonic brand

The line between art and commerce blurs ever further, with Mastercard teaming up with Swedish singer Nadine Randle on a song that integrates the payment giant's 'sonic brand'.

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Deutsche Bank to launch 'Motion Code' card in Spain

Deutsche Bank in Spain is to issue a credit card with a dynamic CVC code that changes every four hours, in a bid to create a safer shopping experience for online purchases.

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Banking predictions for 2020 – more competition, more collaboration and new sources of revenue

As 2019 draws to a close, financial services commentators and vendors have made their customary end-of-year predictions for the 12 months ahead, with increased competition through supercharged PSD2 the principal driving force.

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Finextra's year in review

With 2019 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items, videos and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

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Curve introduces money send feature

Card consolidation app Curve has launched a new feature for users to send money in over 25 different currencies to friends and contacts.

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Checkout.com to triple office space and double staff numbers

Fast growth payment processor Checkout.com is to triple its London office space as it gears up for a big recruitment drive in 2020.

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Intesa Sanpaolo to offload merchant acquiring business to Nexi

Intesa Sanpaolo is to sell its merchant acquiring business at 380,000 points of sale across Italy to local payments processor Nexi for €1000.

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Dutch banks to shut down ATMs overnight to foil explosive raiders

Dutch banks are to shut down outside ATMs overnight to combat attacks by criminal gangs using heavier explosive charges to raid cashpoints.

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Former Revolut exec prepares for 'smart bank' launch

Sync., a multicurrency bank account aggregation and personal financial management service founded by Revolut's former head of product design and strategy, is preparing to launch in Europe.

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PayPal sues CFPB over prepaid rule

PayPal has filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) arguing that digital wallets should be exempt from the regulator's recently introduced rule on prepaid cards.

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Visa and MFS Africa team on digital payments

Visa is joining forces with MFS Africa to simplify remittances and expand global e-commerce across Africa.

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Mastercard invests in Doconomy to offer cardholders CO2 emissions tracker

Announcing at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Mastercard has extended its collaboration with Swedish fintech Doconomy to offer cardholders carbon footprint tracking based on purchases made through the Bank of Åland’s cloud-based Åland Index.

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BMO joins $6m FlexPay funding round

FlexPay, a Montreal-based startup using AI to help merchants recover lost revenues from declined transactions, has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Impression Ventures and joined by BMO Capital Partners.