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Visa tokens overtake physical cards in circulation

Visa has issued its four billionth network token for e-commerce payments, surpassing the number of physical cards it has in circulation worldwide.

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Aussie buy-to-earn startup Hello Clever raises A$4.5m

Hello Clever, an Australian 'buy-to-earn' startup that gives shoppers real-time cashback, has raised A$4.5 million in seed funding.

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Prometeo launches Latin America's first A2A payments platform

Prometeo Open Banking has launched what it claims is the first pan-regional Account-to-Account (A2A) payments offering in Latin America.

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Adyen share tumble on H1 results

Shares in Adyen fell by more than 10% in morning trading as strong first half revenue growth was offset by squeezed profit margins. Separately, the Dutch payments processor has unveiled its own range of in-house designed terminals.

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E-commerce lender Clearco axes 125 jobs

Canadian e-commerce lender Clearco is laying off 125 people - about 25% of its workforce - as it faces up to a slowdown in the sector and the wider economic downturn.

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Charles raises $20m to unlock e-commerce in WhatsApp

Conversational commerce startup Charles has raised $20 million in Series A funding to help European sellers benefit from e-commerce in WhatsApp.

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Google Wallet starts rolling out worldwide

The new Google Wallet has begun appearing on phones in dozens of countries as the tech giant tries to reboot its mobile payments system.

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Southeast Asian countries prep QR code payment interoperability

The central banks of five major Southeast Asian countries are working to link up their QR code-based payments systems, according to Bloomberg.

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Instagram adds payments in chat

Instagram users can now buy products from small businesses using Meta Pay within the app's chat function.

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Qori launches multi-channel pay by bank and pay by crypto tech

French startup Qori has launched, enabling Europeans to pay in store, remotely or online with their bank or crypto wallet without having to download a proprietary app.

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Interac adds backup supplier following Rogers outage

Canadian debit network Interac is adding a backup network provider in the wake of last week's massive outage at Rogers, which left millions of customers unable to make payments.

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Bolt settles suit with customer Authentic Brands Group

Bolt has reached a settlement with one of its largest customers, which sued the check-out payments company over claims of faulty technology.

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Survey finds UK shoppers are frustrated with SCA

More than a third of UK shoppers have been unable to complete an e-commerce transaction because of new strong customer authentication (SCA) rules, according to a survey for Signifyd.

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Bank-backed Irish mobile payments app taps Nexi as tech partner

Synch Payments, the mobile payments joint venture set up by Ireland's leading banks, has brought in Italy's Nexi as its technology partner.

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Kasheesh unveils platform to split online payments across multiple cards

US startup Kasheesh has launched a free digital platform that lets users split payments for online purchases across multiple credit, debit and gift cards.

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SumUp raises €590m at €8bn valuation

London-based mPOS vendor SumUp has raised €590 million in a funding round that values the firm at €8 billion - down from the €20 billion valuation it was seeking early this year.

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Bits of Stock raises $4.4m

Bits of Stock, a rewards platform that lets shoppers automatically earn fractional shares, has raised $4.4 million in seed funding from Keen Venture Partners and Yellow Accelerator by Snap.

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Fintech Juni raises $206M in equity and debt

Swedish company Juni, a neobank aimed at e-commerce entrepreneurs, has closed on $206 million in Series B and venture debt funding.

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Stripe launches authentication feature for fast SCA checkout

Stripe has signed up Wise as the first user of a new biometric delegated authentication feature for strong customer authentication (SCA) transactions.

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Apple launches BNPL product

Apple has jumped into the buy now, pay later market, enabling US customers to to split Apple Pay purchases into instalments.