News Round-ups

ECB ensures instant payments reach.

BaFin to get greater authority.

HM Treasury Payments landscape review.

PSR on Consumer protection.

Global Payments tie-in with AWS.

Splitit raises more funds.

Apple buys tap-on-phone start-up.

Facebook Accelerator program.

Amazon Go arriving in UK?

EBA reminds FIs on Brexit preparations

FCA flags requirements under Electronic Commerce Directive

PSR consults on future strategy

LINK on interchange and cash use

Visa lays out support for crypto

Mastercard launches business intelligence platform

Amazon Fraud Detector announced

TransferWise reaches $5 billion valuation

Monzo Bank flags Covid-19 danger to business

EC launches sector inquiry into IoT

EC Survey on banking fraud

Banque de France moves on CBDC

HM Treasury seeks to strengthen financial promotions oversight

Mastercard accelerates crypto card support

eBay rolls-out managed payments

Ant Group plans IPOs.

IBM pushes financial services cloud

BIS sets out cross-border roadmap

FATF warns on So-called Stablecoins

EMVCo offers guidelines for travel industry

European Parliament sets out AML measures

ESMA charged with investigating Wirecard collapse

FCA consults on access to cash guidelines

ACI Worldwide sees eCommerce boom

Amazon’s sellers EU hit by Brexit change

Transferwise valuation grows

Currencycloud gets e-money licence

EC publishes new Platform for Business rules

Dutch banks establish AML initiative

FCA sets out e-money safeguarding guidance

Card Schemes go for global Click to Pay

Mastercard issues card supporting LGBTQ+ community

Worldline nears Ingenico deal endgame

Klarna launches sensible shopping initiative

Revolut maintains partnership with Modulr

EC issues IFR impact Report

European Payment Initiative launched

EBA supports EC Digital Finance Strategy

SCT Inst limit increased

SEPA Request to Pay system delivered.

UK Confirmation of Payee roll-out

New Swedish BNPL rules