News Round-ups

EPI has selected “wero” as the commercial name for its digital wallet

H&M starts charging shoppers for online returns

Digital payments set to grow by 28% by 2030 to reach $53.4 billion

Square’s CEO to leave the company

FIS agrees sale of Worldpay for $18.5 billion

Stablecoin transaction value to exceed $187bn in 2028

Revolut launches in New Zealand

Adyen and Shopify partner

Lufthansa sells AirPlus

Volt raises USD 60 million

Blik trebles profits

JP Morgan launches Payment Partner Network

Worldpay partners Affirm for BNPL

Klarna halves losses, expects profit

ECB makes headway on digital euro prototypes

Stripe Issuing gets charge card programme

Marqeta ceases operations in Australia

Adyen launches Payout Services

Marqeta cuts 15% workforce

FIS plans to keep 19.9% of Worldpay Merchant Solutions

PayPal considers Xoom sale

BLIK completes acquisition of VIAMO

Binance exits Canada

Stripe launches Open Banking verification product

EU adopts rule to make crypto transfers traceable

UK to regulate crypto like gambling

Visa launches Digital Authentication Framework

Square launches Tap to Pay on Android

Google offers different payment methods

Worldline and Credit Agricole create JV

Societe Generale launches stablecoin

Card based eCom purchases hit record $8.1trillion

Apple launches savings account

Lloyds Bank launches PayMe

FTC sues Chargebacks911

European Parliament votes in favour of MiCA

Adyen updates authentication solution

Mondu launches in the UK

ACI in sale talks

MangoPay acquires WhenThen

EU schedules MiCa debate: 18^th April

Circle chooses France for EU HQ

Mastercard acquires Baffin Bay Networks

Checkout.com launches issuing service