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News/Cards
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.
15 October 2019
The Royal Mint has teamed up with Mastercard and Accomplish Financial to launch a solid gold payments card.
11 October 2019
NatWest is to begin a three-month trial of biometric fingerprint credit cards with 150 customers.
09 October 2019
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.
04 October 2019
American users of Samsung Pay can now send money overseas and sign up for a virtual Mastercard debit card.
UK consumer fintech Curve has hired the former head of Samsung Pay Europe, Nathalie Oestmann, as chief operating officer.
03 October 2019
News/security
Mastercard has launched a a service, called Threat Scan, to help banks proactively identify potential vulnerabilities in their authorisation systems.
01 October 2019
News/startups
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.
Revolut is set to double its global footprint, pushing into 24 new markets thanks to a global deal with Visa.
30 September 2019
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.
27 September 2019
News/payments
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.
26 September 2019
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.
25 September 2019
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.
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.
23 September 2019
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.
19 September 2019
Romans can now pay for their railway and subway journeys with their contactless cards and NFC-enabled mobile phones, thanks to technology from SIA.
Consumer group Which? is continuing its campaign against the closure of bank branches and cash machines across the UK, calling on the Government to introduce legislation guaranteeing free access to cash.
18 September 2019
Early transaction data from Barclaycard following the introduction of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) rules finds that merchants have not seen an increase in abandoned transactions or declined payments, contrary to popular expectations.
London-based GoCardless is opening for business in the US, on a mission to shake up recurring payments in the world's biggest market.
As global non-cash transactions boom and competition from fintech startups and Big Tech flourishes, banks remain reluctant to embrace Open Banking via data sharing, ecosystem partnerships and open platforms, according to a report from Capgemini.
17 September 2019
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