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Card schemes band together for one-click payments button

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa are rolling out interoperable one-click checkouts at select e-commerce sites across the US, eliminating the laborious and repetitive key-entry of personal account numbers and information when shopping online.

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Revolut to launch in US with Mastercard

Revolut is to launch its first debit cards in the US with Mastercard, despite striking a global agreement with Visa last month.

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GoodBox taps Seedrs for £1 million raise

Contactless donation company GoodBox has raised £1 million in a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, adding to an earlier Series A round of £1.3 million.

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SCA – no more kicking the can down the road

With the EBA announcing a revised deadline for migration to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) of December 31st 2020, how have industry players reacted and what now needs to happen make the transition a success?

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Fintech API builder Galileo to go global on $77 million capital injection

Galileo, which provides the API infrastructure layer for some of the world's top fintech startups, is plotting a global expansion programme after snagging $77 million in its first institutional funding round.

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Vocalink wins Link ATM deal

Vocalink has retained its role as technology provider to the UK's Link ATM network, beating off competition from four alternative suppliers for a five to 10-year contract for the provision of ATM switching and settlement services.

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Royal Mint launches solid gold payments card

The Royal Mint has teamed up with Mastercard and Accomplish Financial to launch a solid gold payments card.

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NatWest to trial biometric credit card

NatWest is to begin a three-month trial of biometric fingerprint credit cards with 150 customers.

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Citi bids to woo younger Asian consumers through co-branded card deal with Lazada

Citi is to launch a co-branded credit card with South East Asian e-commerce firm Lazada, as part of a strategy to grow its consumer banking customer base in the region by two million over the next few years.

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Samsung Pay gets international money transfers and virtual debit card

American users of Samsung Pay can now send money overseas and sign up for a virtual Mastercard debit card.

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Former Samsung Pay Europe head joins Curve as COO

UK consumer fintech Curve has hired the former head of Samsung Pay Europe, Nathalie Oestmann, as chief operating officer.

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MasterCard introduces Threat Scan to help banks assess fraud exposure

Mastercard has launched a a service, called Threat Scan, to help banks proactively identify potential vulnerabilities in their authorisation systems.

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'Fintech-as-a-service' platform Rapyd raises $100m

Rapyd, a fintech-as-a-service' platform that enables businesses and consumers to pay or be paid however they choose for local and cross-border e-commerce transactions, has closed a $100 million funding round led by Oak HC/FT and joined by Stripe.

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Revolut ready to go global through new deal with Visa

Revolut is set to double its global footprint, pushing into 24 new markets thanks to a global deal with Visa.

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Euro area card payments double in a decade

The number of card payments in the euro area have more than doubled in a decade as consumers increasingly dispense with the hassle of carrying notes and coins, according to the latest statistics from the European Central Bank.

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Visa opens resource portal for fintechs

Visa is looking to cosy up to fintech firms through the launch of an online portal giving them "unprecedented" access to its technologies and network.

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Santander InnoVentures invests in Mexican startup Klar

Santander InnoVentures has joined a $57.5 million debt and equity seed financing round for Klar, a Mexican startup bidding to take on traditional credit cards and debit services.

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Citi and RBC join $18m funding round for card data API startup Fidel

Fidel, a UK-based startup that gives developers access to real-time transaction data from the big card schemes via an API, has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round joined by Citi Ventures and Royal Bank of Canada.

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American Express taps Open Banking for account-to-account payments

American Express is to move into the account-to-account space, enabling UK consumers to pay for goods and services online and on the go, directly from their bank account.

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Retail lobby group calls for Government intervention over rising card fees

The British Retail Consortium is calling on the Government to crack down on debit and credit card fees, as consumers increasingly forego cash payments in favour of spending with plastic.