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Company update/Cards
Curve, the smart card that lets users keep all their credit and debit cards on a single card, today announces Amex support in Beta.
28 January 2019
TagNitecrest, known today as the “go to” card manufacturers in the challenger banking space, are thrilled to announce that the final stage of their new state-of-the-art banking card and software services building restructure is complete.
25 January 2019
Company update/regulation
Today, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its final terms of reference for a market review into the supply of card-acquiring services.
24 January 2019
Wirecard, the global innovation leader in digital financial technology, together with the Swedish FinTech P.F.C. - Personal Finance Co., formerly Betalo, have introduced a new digital banking proposition aimed at hundreds of thousands of Swedish consumers.
Today, Mastercard announced its contactless cards soon will be accepted at Target stores, giving shoppers the ability to simply tap to pay.
22 January 2019
Company update/payments
Dosh, the fastest growing fintech app, today announced it has closed a $40 million Series B financing round, including $20 million in equity and $20 million in venture debt.
News/payments
Private equity giant Advent International is buying a 51% stake in Argentinian payments firm Prisma Medios de Pago from a consortium of local banks and Visa International in a deal valuing the company at $1.42 billion.
News/Cards
The European Commission has bashed Mastercard with a EUR570 million fine for obstructing merchant access to low-cost cross-border payment services.
The Australian Payments Council is calling for input from businesses, NGOs, government and consumers on what’s needed to support payments in the digital economy of the future.
News/startups
Fingerprint payment card firm Zwipe has successfully raised $14 million in an oversubscribed offering of new shares to institutional investors and the general public.
21 January 2019
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, has partnered with United Money, one of China’s largest currency exchange companies, to digitize payment processes and offer multi-currency Visa travel cards.
Today MineralTree, the Accounts Payable and Payment Automation solution provider, announced that it integrates Mastercard In Control with its platform to drive the growth of Accounts Payable (AP) payments using commercial virtual cards.
18 January 2019
Square continues to spread its tentacles into the banking world through the launch of a debit card for businesses that gives sellers real-time access to funds.
17 January 2019
Mastercard is changing its rules to stop merchants using free trials as a ruse to charge for hard-to-cancel recurring subscriptions.
ID Finance, the emerging markets fintech company, has sold off its Russian POS finance business AmmoPay as it focuses on Latin America.
News/retail
Fiserv has struck a $22 billion, all-stock deal to buy First Data, creating a payments and fintech behemoth.
16 January 2019
Company update/retail
As part of its ongoing commitment to support female entrepreneurs, Visa (NYSE: V) is launching a global initiative – She’s Next, Empowered by Visa – to encourage women small business owners as they build, sustain and advance their businesses.
15 January 2019
Company update/security
First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, today announced a new PCI P2PE validation to its portfolio, TransArmor P2PE using Ingenico Group’s On-Guard solution.
14 January 2019
Company update/devops
UnionPay International today announced the launch of the UPI Developer, an open platform that gives global developers access to 18 of UnionPay’s UnionPay cross-border mobile Internet payment products and services in the first phase.
News/security
Cash-out crooks have a new weapon in their armoury: the Fuze Card, which lets users store all of their (stolen) credit and debit cards on a single piece of plastic, the US Secret Service is warning.
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