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Barclaycard bPay turns watches contactless
July 7th, 2016
Barclaycard is expanding its bPay contactless payments range through the introduction of a small case that can be attached to watches and fitness bands. The bPay Loop is a silicon case containing an NFC chip that can be slid ...
MasterCard faces £19bn lawsuit over inflated card charges;the biggest in UK legal history
July 7th, 2016
Priceless? Not this time. MasterCard is facing a £19 billion lawsuit – the biggest in UK legal history – in a collective action over card charges that were passed on to shoppers. The claim is headed by ex-financial services ombudsman Walter ...
Travelex collaborates with Wirecard to launch new Supercard that lets you spend money abroad with no fees
June 15th, 2016
Card and App combination enables spending abroad without charges Wirecard and the leading foreign exchange provider, Travelex today announces the launch of Supercard. A new MasterCard® card and app combination for UK travellers to avoid overseas debit and credit ...
China opens its huge 8.4 trillion payment cards market to foreign firms
June 10th, 2016
China will allow foreign payment card companies to operate in the country under rules issued on Tuesday, potentially giving groups like Visa Inc (V.N) and MasterCard (MA.N) access to its 55-trillion-yuan ($8.4 trillion) card payment market. Visa and MasterCard, ...
Bitcoin Exchange CEX.IO Sees over $40 Million in VISA & Mastercard Deposits
May 18th, 2016
European bitcoin exchange CEX.IO has announced a milestone of over $40 million in fiat currency deposits via payment cards. The figure underlines users’ preference of purchasing bitcoins with credit and payment cards over other conventional methods. London-based CEX.IO has ...
Barclays and Barclaycard bring Apple Pay to U.K. customers
April 5th, 2016
Barclaycard and Barclays customers can, from today, use Apple Pay, the easy, secure and private way to pay at the hundreds of thousands of locations across the UK that accept contactless payments. The introduction of Apple Pay for Barclaycard ...
MasterCard to Bring Android Pay to Cardholders in the UK
March 28th, 2016
Millions of MasterCard cardholders and Android device owners in the UK will soon have additional safe and secure ways to make mobile payments and purchases, as Google today announced it will launch Android Pay in this market. HSBC, Lloyds, MBNA and M&S Bank ...
Citi to Ship New Costco Cards in May
March 28th, 2016
Costco and American Express announced end of 16-year relationship last year Costco shoppers will soon get their new plastic. Citigroup Inc. said on Friday that it will start mailing its new Costco Wholesale Corp. co-branded credit cards to members of the warehouse ...
BMO introduces MasterCard selfie payments for corporate cardholders
March 24th, 2016
Bank of Montreal (BMO) has teamed up with MasterCard to let Canadian and US corporate cardholders authenticate online payments with their fingerprints and selfies. The phased introduction will initially see BMO employees scan their fingerprints or snap selfies to ...
Wirecard launches new prepaid Visa card mycard2go
March 2nd, 2016
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 can be used in a variety of scenarios, for example ...
