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Cash use in the UK rises for second year in a row

Cash usage rose for the second time in a year in the UK as consumers resorted to handing over notes and coins at the till to better aid budgeting.

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Crypto.com to launch card in Bahrain and expand across GCC region

After securing a principal licence with Mastercard, Crypto.com customers will now be able to use their card at over 150 million in-store and online locations worldwide.

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Mastercard agrees to £200m settlement for fee overcharging

It has been reported that claimants had been seeking £10 billion in compensation for alleged overcharging over several years.

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La Banque Postale launches 'impact' bank card

La Banque Postale, in collaboration with WWF France, is the first traditional bank in France to launch an impact bank card where all deposits associated with the card will be used to finance the energy renovation of housing.

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Embedded credit card platform Cardless raises $30 million

Embedded credit card platform Cardless has raised $30 million in growth equity funding.

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Beacon launches digital wallet for immigrants to Canada

Canadian startup Beacon has opened the waitlist for its purpose-built digital wallet for immigrants moving to the country.

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Three quarters of UK consumers still carry cash for emergencies says NatWest

While the decline in cash use contnues, new research from NatWest demonstrates its enduring versatility, with three quarters of UK consumers still carrying paper money and coins in case of emergencies.

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Barclays Bank in talks over giving away 80% stake in merchant acquiring business

Barclays Bank is understood to be in discussions with Brookfield Asset Management about giving up 80% of its merchant acquiring arm.

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UK sets out National Payments Vision

The UK Government has published its National Payments Vision (NPV), vowing to cut through the "regulatory congestion" facing the sector to deliver a world-leading ecosystem.

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Sunshine+Kittens is set on revolutionising financial education for kids

Finextra spoke to co-founder Charles O’Neil and CMO Dan Walsh, of new financial literacy app, Sunshine+Kittens, which is set to launch early next year.

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Morgan Stanley invests $20m in NovoPayment

Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital has invested $20 million in embedded financial and payment infrastructure service provider NovoPayment.

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Mastercard aims to kill passwords and manual card entry by 2030

Mastercard has set itself the target of using tokenisation and biometrics to eliminate manual card entry, passwords and one-time codes for online purchases by 2030.

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Augmentum Fintech leads $7 million round in expense management firm Pemo

Augmentum Fintech has led a $7 million funding round with a $4 million investment in UAE expense management startup Pemo.

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Visa partners Affirm on card that lets shoppers toggle between payment types

Visa has joined forces with Affirm to bring its 'flexible credential' technology to the US via a card that can toggle between debit and BNPL payment options.

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AmEx inks data sharing deal with MX

American Express has formed an API-powered data access agreement with MX Technologies, enabling customers to connect their accounts to third-party providers.

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NatWest rolls out mobile virtual corporate cards for business expenses

Natwest has rolled out a virtual card payment tool, Approval2Buy, for business expenses, using Mastercard’s mobile virtual app card and tokenisation technology.

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Wells Fargo rolls out Paze online checkout option to customers

Well Fargo is the latest lender to offer Early Warning Service's Paze online checkout option to its debit and credit card customers.

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Airwallex in talks on funding at $6bn valuation - report

Singapore-based payments firm Airwallex is in talks to raise $200 million at a $6 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg.

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Mastercard expands platform to help fintechs launch card programmes

After a launch in Latin America earlier this year, Mastercard has brought its Product Express platform to a host of new markets, enabling fintechs to roll out a card programme in a matter of days.

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Klarna launces UK BNPL gift card store

Klarna is teaming up with Blackhawk Network to launch the UK's first buy now, pay later gift card store