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Stripe leads $22.5m funding round for teen banking startup Step

Stripe has led a $22.5 million Series A funding round for Step, a teenager-focused US mobile banking startup that has built up a half million-strong waitlist in a matter of months.

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China UnionPay to offer European credit cards

The world's biggest card issuer, China UnionPay, has stepped up its European ambitions after striking a deal with a UK back-office startup, Tribe Payments, that will see it offer debit and credit cards in Europe.

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Raphaels Bank fined £1.89m for outsourcing failures

The UK's Raphaels Bank has been fined £1.89 million for outsourcing failures which left thousands of customers unable to use their payment cards on Christmas Eve 2015.

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Zero Financial raises $20 million to blur the distinction between debit and credit cards

Zero Financial, a US startup that offers a checking account and rewards credit card that operates like a debit card, has closed a $20 million Series A financing round, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA).

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Tap and Pay hitches a ride on Big Apple subway and bus routes

New York commuters will soon be able to skip the long lines to buy or reload their MetroCards with the roll out of a new 'tap and pay' option on subways and bus routes at the end of the month.

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Interac partners Mastercard to let Canadians send e-Transfers overseas

Canadian debit network Interac has teamed up with Mastercard to enable users of its e-Transfer P2P payments service send money to bank accounts around the world.

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Card issuing firm Marqeta raises $260m

Marqeta has raised $260 million in a Series E funding round led by Coatue Management, valuing the open API card issuing and processing platform at nearly $2 billion.

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Germany sees card payments overtake cash

Germany, one of Europe's last bastions of cash, has seen card payments eclipse traditional cash-based payments for the first time according to a new study.

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ING joins $14 million round in consumer credit app Twisto

ING has joined in a $14 million funding round in buy now, pay later app Twisto.

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Visa seals Earthport acquisition

Visa has completed the acquisition of UK-based Earthport, providing an entree for the card scheme into the $80 trillion account-to-account payments market.

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Mastercard trials biometric cards in Mexico

Mastercard is teaming up with prepaid specialist Edenred and the Mexican state of Sonora to trial the use of cards with embedded fingerprint sensors for benefit programme disbursement.

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NatWest launches merchant acquiring business

British bank NatWest is launching a merchant acquiring service for SMEs, taking on Worldpay, the business that parent RBS was forced by the government to sell off nearly a decade ago.

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Which? raises alarm over ATM network charges

Britain’s free to use ATM network is on course to be "decimated" in the coming months unless urgent action is taken to protect access to cash, new research from Which? reveals.

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Man dissolves credit card to make contactless ring

There may be no shortage of wearable payment options on the market, but one handy man has decided to opt for something a little more personal, and time consuming: dissolving his credit card and putting the RFID chip in a home-made resin ring.

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Competition watchdog drops objections to PayPal takeover of iZettle

The UK's competition watchdog has given the green light to PayPal's $2.2 billion takeover of Swedish mobile point-of-sale vendor iZettle.

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Mastercard and Visa to slash inter-regional fees for tourist cards in EU

Mastercard and Visa have agreed to cut interchange fees for payments made in Europe by cards issued elsewhere by an average of 40% following an EU anti-trust investigation.

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Sainsbury's trials cash and card-free store

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is abolishing the cash register with its first mobile scan and go outlet in London's Holborn Circus.

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Tencent invests in Argentine mobile banking startup Uala

Chinese Internet powerhouse Tencent has made another investment in the Latin American fintech scene, buying a stake in Argentine mobile banking firm Uala.

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Card issuing outfit Marqeta signs first European firms

California-based open API card issuing and processing platform Marqeta is driving ahead with its global expansion efforts, signing up its first four European customers.

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Visa introduces APIs for digital-first payment experiences

Visa has unveiled a platform with a set of beta APIs and development tools that help issuers and issuer processors build and test digital payment products.