/payments
Users of Google's new kid-focused smartwatch will be able to connect a debit card from Greenlight Financial Technology for contactless payments.
08 August 2024
/inclusion
Philippines-based mobile payment and credit service Mynt has seen its valuation soar to $5 billion after Japan's MUFG and local investor Ayala each pumped $393 million into the GCash wallet operator.
/ai
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is rolling out an AI microlearning series to all employees.
/retail
The UK's Royal Mint has set up an industrial plant to extract gold from discarded circuit boards.
Social network X could be close to adding a payments button as it builds towards Elon Musk’s ambitions of transforming the platform into an "everything app" where users can conduct their "entire financial life".
07 August 2024
Octane, a fintech focussed on enabling "major recreational purchases", has raised $50 million in a Series E funding round.
Mexican fintech unicorn Stori has raised $212 million in equity and debt financing.
/security
Santander has launched a campaign to demonstrate the threat to consumers from 'deepfake' videos circulating on social media platforms.
Canadian bank CIBC is set to hire more than 200 data and artificial intelligence roles over the next 12 month
JP Morgan is teaming up with vendor PopID to trial pay-by-face biometric payments with merchants across the US.
American digital bank Varo has inked a five-year issuer processor deal with Marqeta.
Ratings and analytics provider S&P Global has struck a deal with Accenture to train its entire 35,000-strong workforce in generative AI.
06 August 2024
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