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News/payments
On Thursday, UK shoppers were hit by a payments outage, preventing them from making online and card payments using Visa and Mastercard.
12 July 2024
News/crypto
Crypto wallet provider Tangem is partnering with Visa on the launch of a payment card that will be integrated with the Swiss firm's self-custodial hardware wallet.
09 July 2024
Visa and Mastercard have committed to keep a cap on tourist card fees in place for another five years, says the European Commission.
08 July 2024
A US district court judge has rejected an agreed $30 billion settlement over swipe fees between the two major card schemes and US merchants partially on the grounds that Visa and Mastercard have the financial armoury to pay "substantially" more.
01 July 2024
A new Visa service means that travellers that lose their wallet can now get a digital card replacement via text or email.
27 June 2024
A US judge has rejected a $30 billion settlement between Visa, Mastercard and retailers over credit card interchange fees.
25 June 2024
News/startups
Egyptian Banking-as-a-Service startup Connect Money has closed an $8 million seed funding round led by Disruptech Ventures and Algebra Ventures.
News/wholesale
Berlin-based corporate card platform Pliant has secured a deal with Commerzbank for the delivery of a fully digital credit card for business customers.
20 June 2024
News/retail
Danish neobank Lunar has launched a debit card with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) that allows users to gain and use EuroBonus points.
18 June 2024
Mastercard has set itself a target of hitting 100% e-commerce tokenisation in Europe by 2030, phasing out manual card entry and making online shopping safer and more accessible.
11 June 2024
Visa is rolling out a service for financial institutions to provide cardholders with a convenient way to manage and track their subscriptions.
10 June 2024
News/security
Capital One, Stripe and Adyen have banded together on a free, open source product designed to help reduce fraud losses and false declines for merchants.
07 June 2024
Card issuer and payment processor Enfuce has teamed up with French worktech Swile to launch an all-in-one employee benefits card.
04 June 2024
Google Pay has received a revamp to make it easier for shoppers to see card benefits, use BNPL on more sites, and ditch CVV codes in favour of biometrics at checkout.
23 May 2024
Mastercard is using generative AI to double the speed at which it can detect potentially compromised cards.
The collapse of BaaS platform Synapse has forced teen finance app Copper to suddenly discontinue its bank deposit accounts and debit cards, leaving some customers unable to access their funds.
22 May 2024
A team of ex-Revolut employees have released Zeal, a DeFi wallet and debit card combination that enables direct cryptocurrency spending on everyday items, eliminating the need for conversion to fiat currency.
The UK's Payment System Regulator (PSR) has stepped back from imposing financial penalties on Visa and Mastercard scheme and processing fees, despite evidence that the firms are running an effective duopoly in the supply of services to merchants.
21 May 2024
Visa has unveiled a suite of new digital-first products and services that it claims will revolutionise the card and address the future needs of businesses, merchants and consumers and the financial institutions that serve them
16 May 2024
Israeli startup Kima is running a project with Mastercard's FinSec Innovation Lab to connect decentralised finance (DeFi) applications with fiat systems.
14 May 2024
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