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03.01.2020

ADN’co Payments Insight – December 2019

Cards – The Rise of Eco-Friendly Payment Cards EUROPE – Bunq launches an eco-friendly payment card. Read more FINLAND – Enfuce tracks day-to-day expenses’ carbon emissions. Read more UNITED STATES – Mastercard and Doconomy let customers...

Payment
10.01.2020

Belgian Banks Joining Forces on Building Shared ATM Network

FACTS Belfius, BNP Paribas Fortis, ING and KBC Bank are joining forces to create a shared ATM network: a response to shared cash management issues faced by banks.

Mobility
14.01.2020

Electrolease: New Entrant on the Market for Full-Electric Long-Term Leasing for Businesses

FACTS Axialease (SWS group) –leasing company focusing on corporate equipment– unveils a new subsidiary specialising in long-term leasing offers applied to electric cars for corporate customers.

Payment
14.01.2020

FinTech: Visa Acquires Plaid

FACTS The US card scheme Visa announced they are acquiring the FinTech Plaid for $5.3 billion.

Payment
13.01.2020

Mastercard Unveils an AR App

FACTS At the CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Mastercard introduced an Augmented Reality app enabling cardholders to search through and have access to card-linked offers.

Payment
03.01.2020

Payments News in Brief – December 2019

Players’ Strategy UNITED KINGDOM – Monese lets their UK customers open joint accounts and starts featuring joint accounts in euros for EEA customers, too. Instant EUR to GBP transfers between Monese accounts will not be charged. FRANCE – The...

Payment
Players’ Strategy
31.01.2020

Currencycloud Secures Investment from Visa and BNP

FACTS The British start-up Currencycloud announces an $80 million funding Series.

Credit
31.01.2020

REX: Finnocar Enters the Market for Financing Second-Hand Vehicles

FACTS Finnocar –start-up featuring financing and insurance tools for car industry specialists– reports results for their first three months.

Payment
30.01.2020

HSBC Unveils Treasury Management APIs

FACTS The British bank HSBC launches an API suite for corporate treasury.

Payment
Players’ Strategy
29.01.2020

FinTech: Crédit Agricole Buys Out Linxo

FACTS Crédit Agricole will be holding a majority share in the French account aggregation and payment initiation specialist Linxo.

Blockchain
28.01.2020

Kapsul: Money-Back Guarantee by Société Générale

FACTS Société Générale introduces a low-cost bank account on an already crowded market with an entry-level offer called Kapsul, complete with value-added services, including a cashback programme.

FinTech
27.01.2020

REX: N26 Hits 5M Customers Milestone

FACTS The German FinTech N26 hit the 5 million customers’ milestone (including 1 million in France). N26 deems that 2019 “turned out to be [their] most tremendous year of growth to date. According to their founder, Germany largely accounts for...

Technology
24.01.2020

KBC Introduces Matti, a Smart Investment Bot

FACTS The Belgian institution KBC unveils Matti, their smart investment assistant.

Loyalty
Distribution Channel – Branches
23.01.2020

Retail: Face Recognition for Highly Customised Offers

FACTS Cali Group (holding company focused on using technology to transform the restaurant and retail industries) teams up with the loyalty specialist Brierley Partners to shape the future of facial recognition in-store.

Insurance
23.01.2020

Open Banking: By Miles Builds a Payment Institution

FACTS The British InsurTech By Miles, specialising in pay-per-mile car insurance offers, has been granted a licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). They intend to rely on Open Banking-entailed opportunities to fine-tune their risk a...

Payment
FinTech
22.01.2020

Open Banking: Tink Raises €90M

FACTS The Swedish Open Banking FinTech Tink raises €90 million.

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