News Round-ups

EC moves on personal data transfer equivalence

EBA Opinion on ASPSPs blocking TPPs

EPI publishes RFI for Technical partners

HMT releases Kalifa report on UK Fintechs

UK Finance on future regulatory framework

Which? pushes access to cash agenda

Transferwise rebrands

Western Union integrates SWIFT gpi

Intuit interchange filing against Visa & Mastercard

Stripe now supporting BNPL

Swiss COMCO investigates Mastercard

Vocalink Open Banking Tracker

UK Post Office moves on Digital Identity

FCA Insight article on Digital Identity

Which? approaches banks on Access to cash

Google Maps integrates Google Pay

Marqueta makes IPO application and expands into credit cards

EC Call for advice on digital finance

PSR Calls for views on APP Scams and Interbank payments

UK Finance Report on next 10 years for UK payments

DCMS moves on digital identity

Mastercard to start supporting crypto

Mastercard leverages Ethoca purchase

Global Payments and Google partnership

IKEA makes financial services move

Transferwise flags IBAN discrimination

BIS on Fintech regulation

BaFin President resignation

FCA to regulate BNPL

PSR consults on NPA delivery

OBIE consults on CoP and CRM Code

Visa preparing for crypto trading

NatWest to switch debit to Mastercard

BBVA gives up on Holvi

Payoneer gets $3.3 billion valuation

Payfuture  ‘Customer Conversion Recovery Tool’.

BIS survey on CBDCs and related speech

FCA proposing SCA-RTS changes

FCA possible move on Contactless limit

LINK publishes cash data

Moneygram expands Visa debit card service

Transferwise pilots Visa Cloud Connect

Mastercard announces Enhanced Contactless

NCR acquires Cardtronics

JP Morgan to launch UK digital bank

EC publishes new economic and financial system strategy

EC also publishes Blockchain Strategy Brochure

Irish CCPC rejects instant payments JV

Turkey launches new instant payments system

ONS to use CHAPs data for pandemic insights

Mastercard brings in new interchange rules post-Brexit

Worldline moves on stablecoins

PPRO raises US$180 millions.

Transferwise and Trustly going for IPOs, ACI for sale?