Apple Card fees pinch retailers’ profits this Christmas – FinTech Futures
The Apple Card’s ‘elite’ status which levies higher interchange fees on merchants could be swiping away as much as half of some retailers’ profits this...
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Apple Card fees pinch retailers’ profit this Christmas – FinTech Futures
The Apple Card’s ‘elite’ status which levies higher interchange fees on merchants could be swiping away as much as half of some retailers’ profits this...
Monzo hires Visa exec to lead US push – FinTech Futures
Monzo has hired a Visa executive — who was previously with Standard Chartered — to lead its US business as it ramps up efforts to...
Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets $360M, mints unicorn, draws Chinese VC
November 2019 could mark when Nigeria (arguably) became Africa’s unofficial capital for fintech investment and digital finance startups. The month saw $360 million invested in...
Cornèr Bank launches first biometric credit card in Switzerland – FinTech Futures
Switzerland-based Cornèr Bank has launched a new biometric credit card in its home country, part of a collaboration with Visa, Gemalto and Fingerprints. 100 users...
Visa’s Latest Blockchain Solution Protects Permissioned Ledgers Against Malicious Actors
Visa unveiled its newest innovation this week: a trusted execution environment (TEE) that can help induce a fair and just computational layer that maintains privacy...
Visa partners with Georgian challenger bank Space – FinTech Futures
Georgian challenger Space has announced a partnership agreement with Visa which will see the bank develop new banking solutions and attempt a geographic expansion. Space...
Visa, Mastercard draw FTC inquiry over debit card transactions
Visa and Mastercard are once again in the crosshairs of U.S. antitrust regulators over policies that can prohibit merchants from routing card transactions over alternative...
PalmPay launches in Nigeria on $40M round led by China’s Transsion
Africa focused payment startup PalmPay has launched in Nigeria after raising a $40 million seed-round led by Chinese mobile-phone maker Transsion. The investment came via...
Wirex Launches Cryptocurrency-Enabled Visa Travelcard
Wirex, a London-based payment wallet firm, has announced the launch of a new crypto-enabled multi-currency Visa Travelcard which will ease the process of spending cryptocurrencies...
In possible sign of global expansion, Alipay and WeChat Pay add foreign card support
China’s two largest mobile payment providers, Alipay and WeChat Pay, have announced support for western cards, opening up both services to visitors to the Middle...
Italians Prefer BTC to Visa or Mastercard When Shopping Online
According to new data from marketing analysis firm SEMRush, Bitcoin (BTC) is the third-most preferred online payment method in Italy. Bitcoin comes in third place...
How Centralized Payment Systems Learned to Accept Decentralized Cryptocurrency
They might not be shouting it from the rooftops, but fiat payment gateways are no longer the enemy of bitcoin. Hostilities have ceased, the bad...
Click to Pay e-commerce solution launched by AmEx, Mastercard, Visa – FinTech Futures
American Express, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa have announced the US launch of Click to Pay, an online checkout solution based on the EMV Secure Remote...