Tag: Cards
Mastercard teams with Worldpay and Zip to expand open banking options
Mastercard is intensifying its involvement in open banking through partnerships with Worldpay, a merchant solutions business, and Zip, a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)...
NatWest enables Mastercard’s click-to-pay for all users
NatWest has become the first UK bank to offer Mastercard's Click to Pay service to all its customers.
Having been in trial at the bank...
Starling Bank eliminates monthly fees for children
Starling Bank is eliminating the £2 monthly fee for its Kite debit card and app for children following research that revealed the UK's young...
Amaiz introduces app-based banking service for UK ‘solopreneurs’
UK-based startup Amaiz has announced the launch of a specialist banking app for freelancers, gig workers, entrepreneurs, and contractors.
The all-in-one business banking app aims...
Visa to hire more experts for its ‘crypto-team’
Card payments giant Visa is secretly building a 'crypto-team' as a part of gaining an early upper-hand in the crypto ecosystem.
The firm recently listed...
Mastercard agrees to buy Ethoca to tackle e-commerce fraud
Mastercard has agreed to acquire Ethoca, a global provider of technology solutions that enables real-time collaboration of merchants and card issuers for quick identification...
NatWest launches biometric payments card pilot
Natwest is doing a nationwide trial of in-card biometric technology that enables customers to verify transactions with their fingerprints.
Initially tested with 200 customers, the...
Wave acquires SME banking startup Every
Toronto-based startup Wave has acquired SME business accounts and debit cards provider Every on undisclosed financial terms.
Also based in Toronto, Every's Visa debit card...
Kroger extends its Visa ban to subsidiary stores
United States supermarket chain Kroger has decided to extends its ban of Visa credit cards to its subsidiary Smith's Food and Drug Stores.
Mike Schlotman,...
Taiwan’s E SUN Bank rolls out facial recognition ATMs
Taiwanese financial institution E. SUN Commercial Bank has used NEC’s facial recognition technology NeoFace to deploy biometric ATMs at five locations in Taiwan.
First-time users of the...
