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2019 09 - MarketEyeMastercard partners R3 on blockchain-powered cross- border payments; Stripe launches credit card; UK Mastercard issuers to pay retailers for cashback transactions; Profits remain elusive for digital banks; Visa, Samsung and First Data to offer dongle-less mPOS payments; M-Payment firms form Euro association
2019 08 - MarketEyeNew York MTA 'tap and pay' success; MasterCard acquires Nets account-to-account payments business; ING tests mobile phones POS software; Swift connects with Singapore's Fast to cut cross-border payment times; FCA delays introduction of Strong Customer Authentication rules; Capital One data breach exposes 100 million
2019 07 - MarketEyeVisa invests in payments infrastructure builder Finix; Nordic banks get EC green light for shared KYC platform; US Congress demand halt to Facebook digital currency plans; Huge increase in cyber incidents reported by financial services firms; Samsung Pay integrates loan and credit card applications in India; N26 launches in the US
2019 06 - MarketEyeVisa launches DLT-based cross-border payments platform; MasterCard rolls out Open Banking suite; Facebook to launch cryptocurrency in 2020; Payment firms raise fears over EU security rules; China UnionPay to offer European payment cards; Global Payments agrees deal with Total Systems Services
2019 05 - MarketEyeMasterCard trials biometric cards in Mexico; Visa completes Earthport acquisition; MasterCard to buy bill payment specialist Transactis; MasterCard and Visa to cut inter-regional fees for tourist cards in EU; Saudi Arabia launches real-time payments with Vocalink; AIB and First Data to acquire Payzone
2019 04 - MarketEyeJP Morgan launches SEPA instant payments in Europe; ING and Bank of Beijing to set up digital banking JV; MasterCard vows to give consumers control of digital identity; Hong Kong issues first virtual banking licences; Worldpay becomes first acquirer to enable Amazon Pay; Apple unveils credit card
2019 03 - MarketEyeApple Wallet to launch Goldman-backed credit card; FIS and Worldpay agree on a $43bn merger; MasterCard drops Earthport bid but acquires Transfast; Barclaycard extends partnership with Alipay; Amazon talks to Banco de México about government- backed m-payments system; EquensWorldline rolls out P2P routing service for pan- European mobile payments
2019 02 - MarketEyeAustralia's Volt Bank wins banking licence; New rules on EU cross-border payment charges; ECB consider instant payments to break Visa/MasterCard duopoly; Visa and MasterCard battle for Earthport; European Commission fines MasterCard EUR570million over interchange rules; American Express blocks Curve
2019 01 - MarketEyeMasterCard removes name in logo rebrand; Huawei Pay enters first overseas market; Fiserv agrees $22bn First Data acquisition; Google awarded payments licence in Ireland; Nets and Concardis complete merger; EU approves ruling to chop charges for cross-border Euro transactions
2018 12 - MarketEyePay.UK rolls out new technology against APP fraud; MasterCard and Microsoft work on digital identity issues; ECB launches real-time payments system; Revolut secures banking licence; EC and card schemes nearing inter-regional interchange fee agreement; Amazon explores expansion into retail and financial services
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