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2016 11a - MarketEyeVisa looks to replace passwords with biometrics; Alipay enters US market with First Data/Verifone deals; Visa tells Europe to be ready for 3-D Secure 2.0 by April 2018; Russia wants to make new payments system compatible with China; Misys cancels plans to float; New real-time mobile payment platform launched in Finland
2016 10a - MarketEyeUS increases prepaid card protection; Stripe launches Instant Payouts service; Misys to float in early November; US becomes Visa's largest chip card market; Nets valued at $4.5 billion in IPO; Nordea switches to Danske Bank's MobilePay
2016 09a - MarketEyePayPal and MasterCard strike deal; Ingenico provides gateway to Europe for Alipay; Potential £14 billion lawsuit against MasterCard in UK; Nets files for IPO; Apple Pay Dispute in Australia; Singapore proposes new payments regulatory framework
2016 08a - MarketEyeMasterCard agrees £700m VocaLink acquisition; MasterCard to apply for China payments licence; Square to launch in Europe; US EMV move slower than anticipated; Strategic partnership for rivals Visa and PayPal; UnionPay launches QuickPass mobile payments in Canada
2016 07a - MarketEyeING and KBC create unified payments and loyalty platform; MasterCard to pay Sainsbury's $91 million after losing interchange battle; PSD2: German regulator rules against restriction of e- payment services by banks; Visa and MasterCard’s $7.25bn interchange settlement overruled by appeals court; Potential implications of Brexit; Visa Inc completes Visa Europe acquisition
2016 06a - MarketEyeICBPI and Nets partner for Italian instant payments; Walmart Canada to refuse Visa credit cards; China opens up to Visa and MasterCard; EC approves Visa Europe acquisition; PayPal forced to shut down in Turkey; Apple Pay comes to the web
2016 05a - MarketEyeCiti to roll out voice recognition tech across Asia; Turkey launches national payments system; Forty banks support EBA Clearing instant payments plan; MasterCard enters exclusive talks over VocaLink; Visa Inc amends Visa Europe deal; Telefonica to launch mobile bank.
2016 04a - Market EyeEuropean Parliament to host blockchain conference; EPC launches public consultation; Alipay to expand into Europe; Mobile start-up Atom Bank goes live; Swiss banks investigate joint mobile payments system; Mobile payment network rolled out in Austria
2016 03a - MarketEyeMasterCard works to reduce false declines; HSBC to roll out voice and Touch ID to 15 million UK customers; SIA confirms IPO plans; Payment Systems Regulator recommends sale of VocaLink shares by banks; MasterCard contactless transactions in Europe pass one billion milestone in 2015; US Bank and Bank of America offer real-time mobile P2P
2016 02a - Market EyeVisa Europe expands tokenisation service; Bank of England to develop blueprint for overhaul of UK payments system; MasterCard to introduce instalment payment option; UK government supports open banking API framework; EU tightens money laundering controls; ECB to develop European P2P payments; Tsys agrees $2.35bn TransFirst acquisition; Monthly UK contactless spending reaches £1 billion
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