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NatWest rolls out ClearSpend app for company card accounts

NatWest has partnered with Silicon Valley start up SpendLabs to develop a new app to help businesses digitally manage company spending.

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BofA lets customers link cards to PayPal accounts from mobile app

Bank of America customers can now add credit and debit cards to their PayPal accounts directly from the lender's mobile app.

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BBVA tests 'invisible payments' technology at inhouse cafe

BBVA is testing a facial recognition system at its inhouse cafetaria that is capable of recognising users and their orders and charging their cards as part of a strategy to render checkouts and payments 'invisible'.

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APP scam data published for first time

UK consumers lost £236 million to authorised push payment scams in 2017, the first year that Britain's banks have reported data on the fraudulent activity, in which bank customers are duped into transferring cash to criminal accounts.

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UK could scrap 1p and 2p coins

With Brits increasingly turning to electronic payments, the UK government has raised the possibility of ditching 1p and 2p coins and even £50 notes.

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Capital One virtual assistant can now issue virtual card numbers

US bank Capital One is bidding to make online shopping safer through a new feature within its Eno chatbot that lets customers use virtual card numbers for ecommerce purchases.

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Riyad Bank to issue contactless bracelets

Saudi Arabia's Riyad Bank is getting into the wearables market, launching a contactless bracelet and stickers for cell phones.

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Sydney ferries go contactless

Sydneysiders hopping on and off the city's busy commuter ferries and light rail services can now pass through the turnstiles with a tap of their payment cards and smartphones.

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Babb raises $20m for blockchain banking platform

Having just raised $20 million in a sold-out token sale, British blockchain-based banking platform Babb has set its sights on opening its first bank accounts before the end of the year.

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Mastercard acquires Oltio from Standard Bank

Furthering its ambitions to displace cash in emerging markets, Mastercard has acquired mobile payments technology company Oltio from South Africa's Standard Bank.

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EBAday agenda to spell out new payments paradigm

Innovations in technology and practitioner insights into payment trends will top the agenda at EBAday 2018, Europe's leading payments and transaction banking conference, which is being staged this year at the ICM-Internationales Congress Centre in Munich.

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MegaFon embeds virtual card into subscriber accounts for mobile payments

Russian telco MegaFon is to embed a virtual card from Mastercard into its mobile phone accounts to enable subscribers to pay for goods and services using Apple and Samsung handsets.

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Barclaycard invites restaurant customers to 'Dine & Dash'

Barclaycard is inviting customers of high street chain Prezzo to 'Dine & Dash' in consumer trials of a new app that enables diners to bypass the bill paying process in restaurants.

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Customers fume as BB&T and TD Bank suffer major outages

Customers of BB&T and TD Bank have had a frustrating few days, with tech gremlins leaving many unable to access their mobile and online accounts and use ATMs.

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One-quarter of Europeans ready to try out wearable payments

The overwhelming popularity of contactless cards is peaking shopper interest in new form factors, as fresh research from Mastercard suggests that one-quarter of Europeans expect to start using tap-and-go payments with a smartwatch, bracelet, keyring or other forms of wearable payments.

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Greenlight raises $16m for kids' debit card

Greenlight Financial Technology, the startup behind an app and debit card for kids and college students, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round joined by SunTrust Bank, Ally Financial and the Amazon Alexa Fund.

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Degussa Bank connects with Giromatch for faster loan decisions

Germany's Degussa Bank is to use a white-labeled direct API-based connection to local fintech startup Giromatch to provide clients with faster loan decisions and flexible re-payment terms.

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Coinbase and Visa at loggerheads over erroneous charges on customer crypto accounts

Digital currency exchange Coinbase has blamed bank and credit card company meddling for a recent spate of erroneous charges against customer accounts, an allegation rejected by Visa.

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ECB launches staunch defence of cash

European Central Bank executive board member Yves Mersch has given a spirited defence of cash, praising its ability to facilitate privacy, equality and security, insisting there is "no viable alternative" to the humble euro banknote.

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Visa buys Fraedom to boost commercial offerings

Visa has agreed a £142 million deal to buy Fraedom, an SaaS technology firm that provides payments and transaction management tools to banks and their corporate customers.