Amex Close to Entering Chinese Market
China’s central bank as accepted Amex’s application to start a bank card clearing business, but they still need to receive final approval; American Express has ...
American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa Partner on Checkout Experience
American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa have partnered to launched a joint buy button which will make the checkout experience seamless; Cinemark, Movember, and ...
Revolut Launching US Cards with Mastercard, Not Visa
The partnership will see Revolut cards launch in the US by the end of the year; Mastercard has been working with Revolut since 2015 ...
Facebook’s Libra Project Suffers More Partner Departures
Facebook’s Libra Project has faced persistent rumors about association members leaving and those rumors are starting to come true; last week PayPal backed out, ...
Announcements & Releases for October 11, 2019
Headlines Claiming Institutional Interest in Crypto Down Significantly Digital currencies: the rise of stablecoins Fidelity ...
Crypto Scam Engulfs Comerica and Mastercard in Scandal
Asian crypto startup VRB Corp has been touting partnerships with Comerica Bank and Mastercard who both say they have no affiliation with the startup; ...
NatWest Testing Credit Cards with Fingerprint Verification
UK based NatWest bank is running a 3 month trial, along with Mastercard and Gemalto, of a biometric credit card where you can use ...
Visa, Mastercard invested in Plaid
Plaid’s $250 million Series C round in December included Visa and Mastercard; other investors in the company include Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and American Express; ...
Visa, First Data and Samsung Partner on mPOS System
The partnership will focused on NFC technology that is already built into smartphones and tablets to accept payments from contactless cards; Visa is responsible ...
New Startup Looks to use AI to Help with Cultural Issues
Receptiviti is a new fintech startup that uses artificial intelligence to evaluate and monitor workplace stress; the technology examines prepositions and pronouns within conversations ...