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 ...
Mastercard CEO on Functionally Cool Technology
The CEO of Mastercard, Ajay Banga, makes his opinions known about technology in the Financial Brand; while he embraces new technology it is not ok ...
Nationwide Launches Flanker Bank for Small Businesses
Nationwide announced new partnerships with Mastercard and ClearBank to help the firm to launch their flanker bank focused on small businesses; this follows investments ...
Announcements & Releases for July 19, 2019
Martin Gilbert won’t solve all Revolut’s problems KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Upgrade Master Pass-Thru Trust, Series 2019-ST2 ...