/payments
Debit cards have overtaken cash as the favoured payment method among consumers in Switzerland.
25 March 2025
Rain, a card issuing platform for stablecoins, has raises $24.5 million in new funding led by Norwest Venture Partners.
/startups
Incore Invest has raised €25M for a new fund designed to accelerate the growth of high-potential SaaS, embedded finance and fintech companies across Europe.
Welsh startup Burbank has raised £5 million to bring offline tap and pin payments to the e-commerce realm.
/ai
Lloyds Banking Group is calling in edtech Cambridge Spark to help run an AI training programme for its senior leaders.
/identity
PwC Italy has joined forces with blockchain consultancy SKChain Advisors to develop an enterprise-grade Web3 EU digital identity product.
Monzo is rolling out a new split payments feature for customers to track, pay and chase payments for shared expenses.
24 March 2025
/security
In its latest move to stop scammers, Westpac is to introduce SafeBlock, a new feature that allows customers to block their accounts and cards in an instant via the app or online banking.
Enza, a Dubai-based embedded payment startup founded by former executives at Network International, has secured a $6.75 million seed equity round, co-led by Algebra Ventures and Quona Capital.
DoorDash has struck a deal with Klarna to enable customers to pay for their food delivery orders in instalments.
/people
A US appeals court has overruled the sentence given to the hacker behind the huge 2019 Capital One data breach, saying it was too lenient.
/markets
Accenture Federal Services, a branch of Accenture, has lost sales in the 2024 fiscal year due to uncertainty from the Trump administration.
21 March 2025
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