Visa wants to make MBDCs interoperable
Payment giant Visa has just revealed the new outline of its ambitions for Central Bank Digital Currencies. In order to become a reference in this...
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When a connected watch replaces a MasterCard
Fibank (First Investment Bank) will now allow its MasterCard customers to make payments from a Fitbit connected watch. The Bulgarian bank thus st...
BPCE will massively distribute "Visa-only" cards for the 2024 Olympic Games
The French bank*ing group BPCE has just strengthened its partnership with the American payment giant Visa by announcing the distribution of Visa-...
Payments Insight June 2021: Open Banking – A barely structured market
Open Banking – A market barely structured FRANCE - Pennylane creates a wallet for professionals with Swan FRANCE - Societe ...
Novus, a new committed banking application
Novus is a FinTech that holds the promise of a new banking offering combining lifestyle and CSR values within the same app. It has just signed wi...
Instead of Plaid, Visa acquires Tink
A few months after the failure of the Plaid takeover, payment giant Visa has just announced the acquisition of Tink, leader in the open banking m...
In brief: The European Request To Pay standard comes into force on 15 June 2021
This service, which allows an individual or a company to request the initiation of a payment to settle an invoice, will strengthen security a...
Evering: the new payment ring supported by Visa
FACTS Japanese company MTG has just opened pre-orders for its new e-wallet. Backed by Visa, it is materialized as a ring.
Payments Insight February 2021: The match goes on between CBDC and cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies – The match goes on between CBDC and cryptocurrencies UNITED STATES - VISA launches APIs to equip all banks with crypt...
Klarna opens bank accounts in Germany
FACTS Klarna, the Swedish split payment specialist and world-renowned unicorn, is now continuing to diversify by launching bank accounts in...
Cryptos: Visa launches APIs to equip all banks
FACTS New major announcement on the crypto-currency market: the Visa giant is working on a set of APIs for banks. Banks will be able to off...
Currencycloud Secures Investment from Visa and BNP
FACTS The British start-up Currencycloud announces an $80 million funding Series.
Open Banking: Tink Raises €90M
FACTS The Swedish Open Banking FinTech Tink raises €90 million.
FinTech: Visa Acquires Plaid
FACTS The US card scheme Visa announced they are acquiring the FinTech Plaid for $5.3 billion.
Cryptocurrencies: a First AMF-Approved ICO
FACTS The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF – French financial markets regulator) just granted their first approval for a fundraising tr...
Real Time Transfer: Visa Teams Up with TransferWise
FACTS TransferWise –British money transfer specialist– teams up with Visa.
NatWest Tests a Biometric Key Ring for Payments
FACTS The British bank NatWest started issuing payment key fobs equipped with biometric sensors.
NatWest’s Response to Challenger Banks (Eventually) Unveiled
FACTS Natwest, subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, officially launches Bó: a digital, fee-free m-banking offer for individual customers. ...
Payments News in Brief – November 2019
Players’ Strategy CHINA – Wirecard sets to acquire all shares in Allscore Payments Services. This agreement, amounting to €72.4 million, gi...
Orange Bank Aims for the Mortgage Industry with Nexity
FACTS During a press conference, Orange Bank reported recent results and announced they intended to enter the mortgage industry in partners...
