News Round-ups

Ingenico to support Alipay+

Central Bank of Ireland adopts new consumer protection legislation for BNPL

Square integrates Afterpay

Splitit launches an Instalments-as-a-Service platform

APEXX partners with Global Payments to offer multiple BNPL providers through a single integration

Inditex will charge returns in 30 countries

Uber is launching a new subscription service in the UK and Germany

Volt launches product to encourage shoppers to switch to an open banking payment after choosing to pay with a debit card

FCA to ensure that cash withdrawal and deposit facilities are available in communities across the UK

European Commission seeks market feedback on amendments to the PSD2

Zettle by PayPal ditches the dongle

Visa announces Visa Ready for BNPL

Paddle becomes the UK’s latest tech unicorn

Gucci will begin accepting cryptocurrency payments

April’s results suggest online retail boom is over

Bunq becomes second largest neobank in the EU

Google is working with card schemes to bring virtual cards to Chrome and Android

PSR fined NatWest Group banks £1.82m for overcharging interchange fees

New law to protect access to cash announced in the latest Queen’s speech

European Commission considers curbs on the ability of stablecoins to become widely used in place of fiat currency

Monneo enables merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments natively through their websites

Google announces intention to bring back its payment app, Wallet

The average UK consumer is targeted twice a week by fraudsters

Contis has launched a new standalone processing solution

Qualco UK introduces white-label A2A payment options

BLIK looking at expansion in Europe

Trustly rolls out Trustly Express in Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK

FCA founds improvements are needed in financial crime controls at challenger banks

Adyen will offer Tap to Pay on iPhone later this year

RS2 launches own acquiring business in Germany

Zilch partners with Experian

UK government wants to make the country a global hub for crypto

Mollie partners with subscription management solution Recharge

EBA publishes final Report on exemption to SCA for account access

Piraeus Bank to build a new online-only independent bank

The state of open banking in Europe

Adyen to offer embedded finance

19% of people would struggle to cope in a cashless society

Santander launches instant payments from Spain into Brazil

Bank of Italy bans N26 from onboarding new clients

Payment fraud attack rate across fintech ballooned 70%

Temenos and Mastercard seek to accelerate Request to Pay in the UK

PSR to look at how A2A payments could be an alternative to card payments

EPI initiative has abandoned the project to create a card scheme

122% increase in in-store mobile transactions using smartphones in Italy in 2021

NatWest to enter the BNPL sector in the summer

Apple has acquired Credit Kudos

Adobe helps retailers embed augmented reality shopping options into ecommerce platforms

GoCardless launches open banking powered fraud prevention tool

ChargeAfter raises $44 million

UK EV charging to be paid via contactless cards