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Egyptian payments startup Flash picks up $6 million seed investment

Flash, an Egyptian startup offering cashless transactions to businesses via QR Codes, has closed a $6 million seed funding round.

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Bank-backed Irish payments app faces more delays

Synch Payments, the mobile payments joint venture set up by Ireland's leading banks, will not launch until at least next year after being told it needs approval under EU rules.

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Open banking payments startup Atoa raises $6.5m

Atoa Payments, a UK startup using open banking to offer merchants an alternative to debit card payments, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding round led by Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures.

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The Netherlands gets nationwide contactless public transport payments system

The Netherlands has become the first country to launch a fully contactless public transport payments system nationwide.

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JP Morgan launches Payment Partner Network

JP Morgan has unveiled its Payments Partner Network, a B2B digital marketplace, powered by Salesforce, that allows the bank's merchants and corporate treasury clients to tap into an ecosystem of third party integrations for their end-to-end payments and working capital needs.

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Digital euro could smoothly integrate into payments landscape - Nexi

A digital euro could be smoothly integrated into the existing European payments landscape while leaving ample scope for innovative features and technologies, testing from the ECB and Italian outfit Nexi has shown.

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CaixaBank launches app to turn phones into POS devices

Spain's CaixaBank has built an app that lets merchants take payments, view account history, generate receipts and handle refunds from their phone, all without the need for additional hardware.

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Amazon One rolls out age verification so you can buy beer with just your palm

Amazon has added age verification capabilities to its palm reading technology, enabling eligible shoppers to buy alcohol with a wave of their hand - without having to dig into their wallets for ID.

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Mollie launches payment terminal

European payments fintech Mollie is boosting its in-person capabilities with the launch of a POS terminal.

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NatWest soft launches SoftPOS

NatWest is to launch Tap to Pay on Android, enabling businesses to accept payments with the touch of a card on their smart phone.

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Westpac rolls out Apple's Tap to Pay on iPhone

Westpac has rolled out Tap to Pay on iPhone, enabling merchant customers to accept payment with just a touch of a card on their iOS device.

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Citi builds embedded payments suite with POS instalment loans and lines of credit

Citi Retail Services is boosting its embedded payments capabilities by enabling merchants to offer lines of credit and instalment loans at the point of sale.

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NCR POS business Aloha hit by ransomware attack

NCR has been hit by a ransomware attack afflicting its Aloha POS system for the hospitality industry.

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Soft Space raises largest Series B by a Malaysian startup

Malaysian SoftPOS player Soft Space has completed a $31.5 million Series B1 funding to expand its global footprint and widen its customer base.

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Singapore and Malaysia launch cross-border QR-code merchant payments

Singapore and Malaysia have linked their payment systems, enabling shoppers to make purchases across borders by scanning QR codes.

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Ingenico acquires SoftPOS vendor Phos

Ingenico has acquired SoftPOS vendor Phos for an undisclosed sum.

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JP Morgan pilots biometric payments with US merchants

JP Morgan is set to pilot biometric payments with retailers in the US, enabling shoppers to make purchases by scanning their palms or faces.

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Panera Bread trials Amazon palm reading tech

Fast food giant Panera Bread is piloting palm reading technology from Amazon that lets customers pay and access the chain's loyalty programme.

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French payments firms Synalcom and Qori merge

French payments firm Synalcom and Qori are merging to form a new company, called Sylq, that promise to offer an all-in-one merchant payments platform.

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Ingenico and Binance team on in-store crypto payment acceptance

POS terminal manufacturer Ingenico has teamed up with Binance to pilot in-store cryptocurrency payment acceptance.