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News/security
Bank of Ireland (BoI) was hit by another outage on Friday when its mobile banking app went down for around four hours.
08 April 2024
News/payments
Toronto-based payment technology firm Brim Financial is targeting the US after raising $85 million in a Series C funding round led by EDC Investments.
03 April 2024
Visa has added a trio of AI-powered risk and fraud prevention tools to its suite of products for businesses.
28 March 2024
Robinhood continues to expand beyond its stock trading origins, launching a credit card with a host of perks, including three per cent cashback.
27 March 2024
After nearly 20 years of litigation, Visa and Mastercard have reached a settlement with US merchants lowering and capping credit card interchange rates in a deal that could save the merchants $30 billion over five years.
26 March 2024
News/startups
UK open banking-powered startup BuildMyCreditScore says users have seen an average 52 increase in their credit scores in the first three months.
21 March 2024
The UK is approaching a seismic shift in how people pay, with digital wallets set to comprise half of all e-commerce spend and nearly a third of POS transaction value by 2027, according to a report from Worldpay.
UK bakery chain Greggs was forced to temporarily close several stores due to payment processing issues, following similar issues faced by other UK retailers over the weekend.
20 March 2024
Finextra is returning to Stockholm for the annual NextGen Nordics event. Attendees can expect in-depth conversations on a variety of topics and much more.
19 March 2024
Visa has teamed up with SAP-owned supply chain finance outfit Taulia to make embedded finance accessible to businesses worldwide.
13 March 2024
At the annual Merchant Payments Ecosystem conference in Berlin, businesses and leaders in payments come together to exchange ideas, perspectives, and visions in the merchant payments industry.
12 March 2024
News/regulation
The US Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to stop it from implementing a rule to limit late credit card fees.
JP Morgan is joining Cartes Bancaires (CB), enabling its merchant clients to process card payments via the French network rather than Visa or Mastercard.
06 March 2024
American Express is writing to customers warning them that their account information may have been compromised in a data breach at a third party service provider.
04 March 2024
Fintech heated up a bit in February meaning you could have missed out on some of the biggest stories. Here are some of the top stories we saw in January 2024.
01 March 2024
News/inclusion
Founder of Sibstar, a debit card and app designed for dementia patients and their families to securely manage their funds, has received £125k from Dragon’s Den investors Sara Davies and Deborah Meaden.
Mastercard has launched a programme that uses open banking to streamline the account opening process for some US debit and prepaid products.
28 February 2024
Shares in French payments processor Worldline slipped in early morning trading after the company reported a net loss due to a €1.15 billion impairment charge in merchant services and a deteriorating outlook.
New Consumer Spend data from Barclays’ annual contactless trends report has revealed that 2023 was another record-breaking year for ‘touch and pay’, with the fastest growth coming among the over 65s.
27 February 2024
Finnish-founded card issuer and payment processor Enfuce has secured a UK e-money licence and installed former Tide CEO and Revolut COO Laurence Krieger as chairman.
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