News in Brief – August 2019
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – BNP Paribas observed a sharp increase in their number of active mobile users for Hello bank! As well as consiste...
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Players’ Strategy FRANCE – BNP Paribas observed a sharp increase in their number of active mobile users for Hello bank! As well as consiste...
Still more HCE launches AUSTRALIA – The Australian bank CUA partnered with Cuscal on launching redi2PAY: an HCE-based mobile contactless...
Players’ strategy – Alibaba aims for worldwide reach CHINA – Ant Financial, Alibaba’s financial arm, announced they will be buying out Mone...
LAST MINUTE: Rumours regarding Apple Pay’s arrival in France are being confirmed. Discussions would be underway with several banks to propose thi...
Barclays and PayPal announced a partnership whereby their US and UK customers (especially SMEs) will be able to access new payment features. Thes...
FACTS Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover Financial Services are teaming up to build a one-click payment option.
The Nikkei Asian Review reports that the Japanese car manufacturer Honda Motor has been expanding their partnership with Alibaba. This agreement ...
Visa proposes Visa Strategy Manager: a new solution designed to help financial institutions with defining and implementing strategies to identify...
POS Checkout – In-Store Mobile Payments Gaining Ground SPAIN – Lidl tests their QR code-based mobile payment solution, Lidl Pay. Read more ...
The number of PSPs proposing solutions on Facebook is steadily increasing. In addition to Visa PlaySpan, PayPal, Google CheckOut and others, Soci...
Players’ Strategy CHINA – Wirecard sets to acquire all shares in Allscore Payments Services. This agreement, amounting to €72.4 million, gi...
Players’ strategy – Even More Moves for Amazon in the Field of Payments UNITED STATES - UNITED KINGDOM – Amazon and Visa are allowing Amazo...
Visa’s Strategic Partnership on Mobile Contactless Use WORLD – Visa and Samsung have announced a global partnership enabling the integratio...
Players’ strategy UNITED KINGDOM – Yolt expands the ongoing test phase for their payment initiation service. They now aim for Nationwide, ...
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – China UnionPay partners with the British start-up Tribe Payments on launching their services in Europe. In addit...
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Revolut applies for a banking licence in Luxembourg. This start-up has been granted EMI status in the UK and rel...
Players’ strategy INTERNATIONAL – N26 is now available in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Poland. Launched in 2013 in Germany, they keep focusi...
Players’ Strategy – PayPal Aiming for Both Small and Large-Scale Merchants UNITED STATES – PayPal acquires the Swedish start-up iZettle for...
Players’ strategies – FinTech companies following in banks’ footsteps EUROPE – Klarna has been granted a banking licence allowing them to l...
eBay and PayPal Splitting up UNITED STATES – PayPal’s spinoff from eBay is underway. The long-lasting rumour has been confirmed: PayPal wil...