News Round-ups

What MEPs want on AI

LINK on Covid-19 impact on Cash usage

BRC Payments Survey accuses ICS

Visa sees huge contactless growth

Tap on Phone availability expansion

Monese becomes principal Mastercard issuer

PayPal goes for crypto

Klarna expands in Italy

BBVA card with no printed PAN

Nets DACH move

Financial Stability Board publishes three major reports

HM Treasury outlines the future for cash access

EC answers question on Wirecard

EMVCo pilot testing for Tap on Phone

Visa on UK social media shopping

Pay in 3 UK launch

Nexi new acquiring platform

BIS and Central banks lay out CBDC principles

SWIFT Paper on gpi

Visa enhances Payables with Stripe Connect

Mastercard invests in Marqeta

P27 buys Bankgiro

Nexi and SIA to merge

Verizon flags drop in PCI DSS compliance

ING survey suggests Open banking ambivalence

ECB moves forward on potential digital euro

MEPs set out priorities on Digital Services

SWIFT makes move on lo-value payments

PSR publishes more on its UK payments strategy

OBIE bullish on UK Open Banking

UK Finance looks at AI

Ant Group works with global banks on blockchain

Mastercard seeks to improve transaction details

Amazon trials palm authentication

EC adopts digital finance package and crypto proposals

UK FCA flags new regulation model

ECB looks at stablecoins impact

UK Finance reports on H1/20 fraud

PayPal and Mastercard expand debit issuance

Binance rolls-out Visa crypto card

Volante provides payments platform for Goldman Sachs