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News/payments
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.
05 December 2024
News/crypto
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.
04 December 2024
It has been reported that claimants had been seeking £10 billion in compensation for alleged overcharging over several years.
News/sustainable
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.
03 December 2024
Embedded credit card platform Cardless has raised $30 million in growth equity funding.
27 November 2024
News/inclusion
Canadian startup Beacon has opened the waitlist for its purpose-built digital wallet for immigrants moving to the country.
20 November 2024
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.
Barclays Bank is understood to be in discussions with Brookfield Asset Management about giving up 80% of its merchant acquiring arm.
18 November 2024
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.
15 November 2024
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.
14 November 2024
Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital has invested $20 million in embedded financial and payment infrastructure service provider NovoPayment.
News/security
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.
Augmentum Fintech has led a $7 million funding round with a $4 million investment in UAE expense management startup Pemo.
13 November 2024
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.
American Express has formed an API-powered data access agreement with MX Technologies, enabling customers to connect their accounts to third-party providers.
11 November 2024
Natwest has rolled out a virtual card payment tool, Approval2Buy, for business expenses, using Mastercard’s mobile virtual app card and tokenisation technology.
05 November 2024
Well Fargo is the latest lender to offer Early Warning Service's Paze online checkout option to its debit and credit card customers.
01 November 2024
Singapore-based payments firm Airwallex is in talks to raise $200 million at a $6 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg.
31 October 2024
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.
25 October 2024
Klarna is teaming up with Blackhawk Network to launch the UK's first buy now, pay later gift card store
24 October 2024
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