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JPMorgan

Big U.S. banks to take on tech rivals with instant payments

09/03/2016(0)
Depositors at some of the largest U.S. banks are finally going to get the chance to do something quick and simple: send money to another person’s account instantaneously by ... Read More
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Wirecard launches new prepaid Visa card mycard2go

02/03/2016(2)
Visa Simply One combined card – available from many retailers A new prepaid Visa card from Wirecard is now available to consumers: mycard2go is easy to top up and ... Read More
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Bank of Russia Sets Up Taskforce to Explore Bitcoin and FinTech

29/02/2016(0)
It may come as quite a surprise to some people, but the Bank of Russia will be exploring what Bitcoin technology has to offer to the financial world. The ... Read More
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RBC tests distributed ledger for remittances and loyalty programme

26/02/2016(0)
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the latest financial services giant to go public with its distributed ledger progress, confirming that it is working with Ripple on cross-border ... Read More
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MasterCard contactless transactions in Europe Surpass 1 Billion; Impressive 150% year on year growth

19/02/2016(0)
Impressive 150% year on year growth for MasterCard and Maestro contactless transactions, as merchants and issuers capitalize on opportunities Europeans continue to opt for contactless technology when making payments, ... Read More
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Amazon to acquire Indian payments firm Emvantage

18/02/2016(0)
Amazon.com, Inc. has agreed to acquire Emvantage Payments Pvt. Ltd., a privately held company that offers services in the area of online payments. EMVANTAGE has developed a series of ... Read More
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Barclays partners with SWIFT to enhance service quality for corporate clients

13/01/2016(0)
Barclays selects SWIFT India to reduce complexity and risk for its corporate clients SWIFT India announced today that Barclays has selected it as a channel for payments, cash management, ... Read More
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Visa: Why 2015 was the year for payments

28/12/2015(0)
2015 was definitely the year for payments.  The sector saw transaction volumes grow an average of nine percent. New players like Apple joined the game.  Others like Samsung and Google limbered ... Read More
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Sony LIV partners with Fortumo to offer easy payment solutions to its users

15/12/2015(0)
Sony LIV, Multi Screen Media’s (MSM) premium digital video entertainment service has associated with the mobile payments company, Fortumo. Fortumo will now power payments for Sony LIV users. On account of this association, ... Read More
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Microsoft blockchain-as-a-service embraces Ripple

08/12/2015(0)
Microsoft is working with Rippleto add a pure play transactional financial services angle to its recently released blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) toolkit, Microsoft announced in October plans to provide a blockchain ... Read More
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