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Klarna takes on the high street through Adyen partnership

BNPL giant Klarna is stepping up its assault on bricks-and-mortar shopping, landing on Adyen in-store terminals across Europe, North America and Australia.

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Contactless takes the lead for Canadian in-store payments

The number of contactless payments in Canada increased by 17% in 2023 to reach 63% of all in-store transactions.

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Church of England completes national roll-out of contactless giving devices

The Church of England has completed a three-year project to roll out contactless giving devices to more than 2200 churches, which have raised almost £4 million in donation so far.

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Shift4 to acquire Givex for C$200 million

Shift4 Payments is to acquire Canadian gift card company Givex for C$200 million in an all-cash transaction.

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Apple to open up NFC payments access to third parties

Apple is opening up the NFC chip technology that enables iPhone users to make contactless payments to third-party providers in a host of countries - including the US and UK - but will charge associated fees.

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JP Morgan preps more biometric payment pilots

JP Morgan is teaming up with vendor PopID to trial pay-by-face biometric payments with merchants across the US.

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Stables launches stablecoin virtual card in Europe

Australian stablecoin payment startup Stables has launched in Europe with a Mastercard virtual card.

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Apple reaches deal with EC on NFC payments access

Apple has staved off massive European Commission fines by agreeing to open up the NFC chip technology that enables iPhone users to make contactless payments to third-party providers.

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G+D unveils offline payments tech

Germany's Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has unveiled a token-based system for secure offline payments.

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EPI launches wero wallet in Germany

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has launched its mobile-first wallet and instant account-to-account payments system in Germany, with other counties set to follow in the coming months.

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US judge rejects "paltry" $30 billion swipe fee settlement

A US district court judge has rejected an agreed $30 billion settlement over swipe fees between the two major card schemes and US merchants partially on the grounds that Visa and Mastercard have the financial armoury to pay "substantially" more.

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Computop calls on retailers to join EPI pilot trials

EU payment gateway Computop is calling on merchants to join pilot trials of the bank-backed European Payments Initiative's wero wallet scheme.

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MuchBetter launches 'free' contactless payments ring

Wearable paytech provider MuchBetter has launched a contactless payments ring in Italy that is free - as long as users load it with €100 through the associated app.

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Mexican fintech Clip raises $100m

Mexican payments and commerce firm Clip has raised $100 million in a financing round joined by funds managed by Morgan Stanley Tactical Value and an unnamed fund manager.

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Digital pound would not require new POS systems - BofE

Existing point-of-sale terminals in the UK could be used to initiate digital pound payments, according to research from the Bank of England.

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Mastercard brings biometric checkout programme to Europe

Poland is to become the European testing ground for a new biometric checkout programme from Mastercard, using a fusion of facial and iris recognition.

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Fitbit Pay users moved over to Google Wallet

Google is killing off Fitbit Pay in most countries and moving users over to its Google Wallet system.

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Apple offer to open up NFC payments access set for EU approval - Reuters

EC antitrust regulators are set to approve an offer from Apple to open up the NFC chip technology that enables iPhone users to make contactless payments to third-party providers, according to Reuters.

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TokenEx and Ixopay to merge

Cloud tokenisation provider TokenEx has agreed a merger with payments orchestration platform Ixopay. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Amazon removes Just Walk Out technology from Fresh stores

Amazon is removing its cashierless "Just Walk Out" technology from its Fresh grocery stores in the US.