Samsung Next Makes Investment in Curve
The venture arm of electronics giant Samsung has made a strategic investment in all-in-one card app Curve. Curve has now raised over $250 million in...
Atoa, the open banking payments startup, secures $6.5 million in funding
Atoa Payments, a UK startup leveraging open banking to provide merchants with an alternative to debit card payments, has secured $6.5 million in a seed...
Chase UK to Prohibit Cryptocurrency Transactions
Chase UK has announced a ban on crypto-related transactions through its mobile app in response to rising concerns over fraud. Starting mid-October, customers will be...
Klarna Sells Its Checkout Division
Klarna is selling its online checkout business to a consortium of investors for approximately €485 million to eliminate the conflict of interest arising with partners...
Former Barclays CEO Declares Banks Are Turning into “Museums of Technology”
Ex-Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins has criticized banks as "museums of technology," claiming they have not fully embraced genuine digital transformation and are losing substantial numbers...
Warsaw Stock Exchange Delays System Upgrade
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has decided to delay the rollout of its new trading system, GPW WATS, to the end of 2025. This decision...
American Express to Test Biometric Authentication for Online Checkout
American Express is set to pilot facial and fingerprint recognition for user authentication during online checkouts. The biometric capabilities have been integrated into the card...
NatWest Joins Mastercard’s Click to Pay Initiative for Debit Cards
NatWest has officially become the first bank in the UK to offer Mastercard's Click to Pay feature to all its customers. Having been in trial...
US Judge Dismisses $30 Billion Interchange Fee Settlement
A US judge has rejected a $30 billion settlement between Visa, Mastercard, and retailers concerning credit card interchange fees. US District Judge Margo Brodie had...
Japanese Digital Bank Habitto Launches Services
Habitto, a Tokyo-based startup aiming to challenge Japan's major banks, has launched its first savings account, offering an attractive 0.3% interest on the first one...