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News/Cards
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.
17 December 2019
News/regulation
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.
13 December 2019
Visa is joining forces with MFS Africa to simplify remittances and expand global e-commerce across Africa.
12 December 2019
News/sustainable
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.
10 December 2019
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.
09 December 2019
News/payments
Spain's CaixaBank has named a 15 member-strong board for its newly created payments and consumer finance subsidiary.
04 December 2019
ABN Amro has shut down and emptied 479 cash dispensers as an emergency response to a sharp rise in ATM explosive attacks.
03 December 2019
Mastercard is reporting an eightfold increase in the use of wearable payments, such as smart watches, rings and jewellery, by consumers across Europe.
Over a fifth (21%) of UK adults have had their payment card cancelled or replaced as a result of attempted fraud during the past 12 months, according to research by comparethemarket.com.
29 November 2019
Curve, the London based fintech, has come under fire after leaked figures show just 14% of their 500,000 customers are active users.
28 November 2019
Dutch mobile bank bunq is launching a limited-edition Green Card which helps users to offset their carbon footprint as they spend.
In an international operation that took place at 200 airports across the world, crime agency Europol has arrested 79 individuals suspected of using stolen credit card data for the online purchase of flight tickets.
The European Central Bank has welcomed an initiative by some of Europe's top banks to explore the development of a rival payment system to challenge the dominance of Visa and Mastercard and the threat from Chinese and US Big Tech firms
26 November 2019
French telco Orange is launching its mobile-only bank in Spain, tempting customers with a discount on their phone bills.
American Express has teamed up with life insurance and investment outfit Vitality to launch a credit card that rewards Brits for being physically active.
News/security
Switzerland's Cornèrcard has teamed up with Gemalto and Visa to launch the country's first credit card featuring a biometric fingerprint reader.
21 November 2019
News/retail
Toronto-based online brokerage Questrade is applying for a federal banking licence, paving the way for it to open an online bank.
20 November 2019
Sydney-based Tyro Payments is seeking to raise around A$250 million by floating on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
19 November 2019
A Russian man accused of running a website selling stolen payment card details has been extradited from Israel to the US.
15 November 2019
Copenhagen-based Cardlay has signed a breakthrough deal with Eurocard, the largest card issuer in Scandinavia, and secured $10 million in new funding from both current and new investors such as SEB Bank and Seed Capital
14 November 2019
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