Amazon, Atos, Curve and VISA in Payments
Amazon is to open its first checkout-free grocery store to the public this week. Amazon Go, in Seattle, has been tested by staff for the past year. Atos has announced three new initiatives to [...]
Paypal, Amazon, Adyen and Worldpay in cards this week
PayPal has disclosed that the personal information of around 1.6m users may have been compromised at its TIO Networks unit, a company it acquired in July 2017. Data that may have been impacted [...]
Orange Bank, branch closures, Coop Bank, and GAFA in Banking
HSBC, Barclays and the Government Digital Service have partnered with Orange, OT-Morpho and the Open Identity Exchange to test a system through which French citizens can open a bank account in [...]
Paypal, Transferwise, Worldine, Worldpay and Experian in Cards and Payments
PayPal is to start issuing debit cards in Europe after negotiating a deal with Visa. Under the new arrangement, PayPal will offer PayPal-branded Visa debit cards which are expected to appeal to [...]
Paytm’s funding, Transferwise is profitable, and Revolut’s money transfer service in Payments
Paytm, India’s largest digital payments startup, raised $1.4 billion from SoftBank Group in the largest funding round from a single investor for the country’s technology sector. The funding into [...]
Shopify’s card reader, Social Media payment bots, Amazon pay and WeChat Pay in Payments
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 [...]
Facebook Messenger, Stripe’s Atlas, Ingenico gamification and Azimo’s remittances in cards and payments news
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 [...]