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Shopify has announced it is launching its own credit card reader, which will be available from June 2017. Shopify merchants with an existing Shopify POS solution will pay $29 for the reader but [...]

Oakam has incorporated gamification into a new app to help improve borrowers’ repayment rates and reduce costs. Borrowers can earn points when making repayments on time via the app, watch short [...]

Credit Suisse has reportedly launched its digital private banking app in the UK. The app was initially launched in Singapore last spring, and was rolled out to Hong Kong and Taiwan later in the [...]

Square is reportedly planning to launch a physical Square Cash debit card. Its virtual Square Cash card, which lets users make payments using their Square Cash balance anywhere Apple Pay is [...]

Tesco Bank has defended its decision to launch larger loans of £25,001 to £35,000, saying they are subject to a ‘robust affordability assessment’, after The Daily Mail suggested it had [...]

Facebook Messenger AI assistant offers payments suggestions. Facebook’s AI assistant for messenger, ‘M’, can recognize intent in conversations and offer relevant content and capabilities in open [...]

Android Pay gets inside bank apps. Google has partnered with several banks including Bank of America, USAA, Discover and mBank to integrate Android Pay into their banking apps. This means that [...]

Headlines this week in Cards and Payments Facebook has announced the roll out of a new feature on its Messenger app which uses artificial intelligence to make recommendations RiskIQ survey has [...]

Highlights for Digital Investment this week Standard Life has said it is exploring robo-advice tools as part of its plans to expand the Elevate platform. P2P Global Investments, the UK’s first [...]

Headlines in Banking for this week Santander made €585m from money transfers in 2016, or nearly a tenth of its global profit of €6.2bn, according to documents seen by The Guardian. The leaked [...]