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Worldpay To Merge With US Rival Vantiv In £9.3bn Deal
American rival Vantiv to expand beyond its US borders thanks to global reach of WorldPay
Funding For UK Fintech Surges Despite Brexit Vote
Weathering Brexit...funding skyrockets for British fintech start-ups, as UK ranked third for investment
Bank Of England Opens RTGS To Non-Banks To Aid FinTech Innovation
Bank of England opens its payment system to non-banks to allow payment competition from fintech firms
European Banks Choose IBM Blockchain For Trade Finance System
Blockchain growth in banking sector continues after seven major European banks sign deal with IBM
Scottish Government Warned Over Farming IT System
Scottish government risks £60m fine for 'serious issues' with IT system for farmers north of the border
IBM And AIG Build Blockchain Insurance Policy For London Bank
IBM-built Blockchain project completed to tackle complex insurance policies for London bank
Mastercard Shows Off Credit Card With Built In Fingerprint Sensor
The technology is being rolled out in South Africa with plans to come to Europe later this year
Visa Offers Amazon Business Purchase Data For UK Enterprise Customers
More visibility into purchases means easier reconciliation for business accountants
Barclaycard bPay Stuffs Contactless Payment Tech Into Jewellery & Watches
Barclaycard bPay payment tech will be used integrated into high-street jewelry and watches
Barclaycard Secures 10-Year Contract With TfL To Deliver Contactless Payments
The payments company has extended its long-standing partnership with TfL
IBM Teams Up With Visa To Commercialise IoT Devices
Making money from IoT. Partnership to allow IoT devices to undertake secure payment services
Simplified Blockchain Security Promised By Accenture
Effort to drive uptake of blockchain technologies sees solution to integrate enterprise IT security solution
Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona
Strathclyde University Offers UK’s First Fintech Degree Course
Good news for British banking sector after Scottish university offers first fintech degree course in the UK
Bitcoin Value Plunges After Christmas High
Bull run of the digital currency ends after sharp fall in value in Thursday trading
Bitcoin Total Value Tops $14bn
Two year high for digital currency as its total value reaches £11.3bn, with most bitcoin trading located in China
Alipay Partners With Barclays And Other EU Financial Firms To Boost European Push
The Chinese payments giant continues to look beyond China with its European expansion
Majority Of Banks Will Adopt Blockchain Says IBM
Blockchain to be used by majority of financial institutions within three years, as adoption ramps up
Europol Warns Of Gangs Making Fake Android Mobile Payments
Euro cops warn of criminal gangs said to be using Android smartphones to conduct fraudulent transactions
Microsoft Azure Signs Bank Of America For Blockchain
Bank of America to collaborate with Microsoft on Blockchain to 'transform' financial transactions
Facebook Brings Native Payments To iOS and Android Messenger App
The social networking giant has tweaked its chatbot platform with a suite of features
Startup Showcase: Azimo
Marta Krupinska, general manager and co-founder of Azimo, talks about money transfers, Facebook Messenger integration and Brexit
Samsung Invests Heavily In IoT For US Market
Pledges £820m IoT investment in the United States and challenges rivals to develop "human centred" IoT applications
Microsoft’s Project Bletchley Adds Middleware To Azure Blockchain
Project Bletchley to extend use of Blockchains using middleware and cryptlets for open cloud platforms
Worldpay: SMBs Must Adopt New Payment Methods Or Face Extinction
Reluctance to introduce new systems could see up to 60,00 British small businesses could face the chop as consumers ditch cash for cards
Deloitte Backs Blockchain With New Development Lab
Dublin-based centre will look to encourage blockchain development and roll out across the financial industry
Contactless Will Help Card Payments Overtake Cash ‘In 2021’
The simplicity and popularity of contactless will see card payments overtake cash within five years, according to Payment Assocation
NXP Takes Contactless Payments Into The Home And Beyond
NXP FTF: NXP says its first POS system will allow more companies to build contactless payments to tables, TVs and other devices
Why Do Some Payment Technologies Rise And Others Fall?
Barclaycard's Nick Kerigan tells us what can payment companies can learn from tech providers