Church of England converts congregations to cashless
Payments heaven is a place on Earth… or at least in England.
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Australia’s challenger bank Tyro launches Tap & Save payments service
Tyro’s new service enables merchants to process debit tap-and-go payments through the Eftpos network.
Mobile card control tech vendor Ondot expands to Asia
Ondot Systems’ Mobile Card Services solution is coming to Asia.
equensWorldline to process instant payments for de Volksbank
De Volksbank has chosen equensWorldline to process its immediate payments transactions.
Bank of England chief claims cryptocurrencies kind of cool
He’s changed his tune.
Form3 connects Ebury to UK Faster Payments in “industry first” service
UK-based cloud paytech provider Form3 has gained a new client, Ebury.
Metro Bank in shout out for “walk out trading” service
Will allow businesses to accept debit and credit card payments as soon as account is opened.
BBVA doesn’t hide “invisible payments” strategy
Bank is developing payment methods based on biometrics to make checkout at stores “invisible”.
Absa takes payments shot with Sling Pay
South African bank unveils new app that allows users to send money, data and airtime.
bPay teams with seven brands to launch contactless payment watches
Contactless watches for every taste.
Online payroll and HR tech provider Gusto goes freemium
Gusto’s HR Basics offers small businesses a set of basic HR tools for free.
BlueVine and Veem: SME financing meets cross-border payments
New partnership to enable small business owners to save on international payments.
PayU and Kreditech muscle into India’s lending market
Providing cardless equated monthly instalments (EMIs) to finance the online purchases of consumers in India.
Retail payments platform Pine Labs raises $82m
India’s largest digital retail payments platform Pine Labs raises $82 million in a funding round led by Actis.
Riyad Bank launches Saudi Arabia’s first contactless payment wristband
Riyad Bank has teamed up with Gemalto for Saudi Arabia’s first range of contactless payment wristbands.
Interview: Caren Robb, Letshego – look on the bright side
Creating inclusive banking for remote communities.
Moneyou’s Tikkie app comes to Germany
The app and its tech were jointly developed with the Munich-based FinTecSystems.
TransferWise turns to Wirecard for debit card issuing
A full roll-out of the new debit card for TransferWise’s “borderless account” planned for later in 2018.
Standard Bank sells mobile paytech Oltio to Mastercard
Mastercard has acquired Oltio, a mobile paytech firm in South Africa.
Infographic: the better half of remittances
Debunking some common myths about women and remittances.
Ziraat Bank launches proprietary mobile wallet
Bankkart Mobil was built by Ziraat Teknoloji, VeriPark and MagiClick Digital.
Forget foodtech and retailtech, dinetech may be the next big thing
Devie Mohan’s thoughts on the new “Dine and Dash” offering from Barclaycard.
India’s government looks for flexible fintech
Nation seeks to promote financial inclusion and make regulations more flexible.
Australia’s New Payments Platform: Adventureland
The payments reforms in Australia are going full steam ahead.
Ink Protocol and Kleros to tackle P2P marketplace transaction disputes
They seek justice. It is written onto the Ethereum blockchain.
Fleetcor unveils pilot payments programme with Ripple
New pilot will explore use of digital asset XRP.
Third of UK customers ready to trust tech firms with bank account
Customers happy to sign over access to their financial data to “trusted” tech companies.
Bank of England guv’nor gives cryptocurrencies grief
BoE-ring! Carney joins critical-of-cryptocurrencies crowd.
US Fed preps for next phase of payments push
All part of Fed’s ambition to revamp nation’s payments system by 2020.
UK challenger Revolut rejoices as it breaks even
Revolut is leading the charge for challenger banks by breaking even for the first time.
Ingenico brings touch of glass to PIN payments
Users can insert cards in compact smartcard reader and enter PIN on personal mobile device of merchant.
PayPal settles FTC complaints over Venmo vagueness
FTC reaches settlement over allegations that PayPal provided inaccurate payments information to Venmo users.
Bean plans to be kernel of UK comparison apps
Gets FCA approval to launch its payments service across the nation.
Signifyd to provide guaranteed fraud protection to Corra’s e-commerce clients
Guaranteed fraud prevention technology for Corra’s high-end enterprise retail customers.
Banking Technology March 2018 issue out now
Fintech with flourish. Nourish your brain.
CaixaBank and Visa take it up a watch with Garmin Pay
Watch out fintech folks, Spain gets a wearable look.
Banking systems go down at South Africa’s Standard Bank
Bank reported problems with its self-service channels.
Fintech funding round-up: 28 February 2018
Features Babb, Payslip and a global reminder.
Facebook Messenger fuels Mastercard’s payments pursuit in Africa and Asia
Pilot in Nigeria is start of larger plan to get more businesses into their version of digital economy.
Global VC investment in fintech reaches record $27.4bn
Driven by surge in India, US and UK, Accenture analysis finds.
