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Market intelligence on payment cards, mobile and online payments.

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We support leading cards & payments players around the globe with the bespoke market intelligence that drives their expansion strategies.

With deep expertise in payment cards, digital payments, acquiring and processing, retail banking and consumer credit.
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Apple is finally launching Apple Pay Later. The company has announced that users can use the service to apply for Pay Later loans of $50 to $1,000 and then repay those loans through four payments over the course of six weeks with no interest or fees. #bnp https://t.co/h72ZTfkPsS

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Amazon will stop accepting payments made using UK Visa credit cards next year. https://t.co/I5qiaUzMMd

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Mastercard has formed partnerships with digital asset service companies Amber Group, Bitkub and CoinJar in order to allow consumers and businesses across Asia Pacific to obtain crypto-linked Mastercard credit, debit and prepaid cards. https://t.co/cgAg4prjyk

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Citigroup is closing in on its goal to scale back in retail banking across much of Asia, drawing a curtain on the Wall Street group’s ambitions to be a global consumer bank. https://t.co/vhkaZLZaOl

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The partnership follows another giant deal last month: Square, agreed to acquire Afterpay for $29 billion. https://t.co/yfZAXDQrT2

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After years in which Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, led Africa’s tech revolution, momentum has shifted to west Africa & to Lagos, which has attracted more than $1bn in venture capital in the past 2yrs from Silicon Valley, China & elsewhere.
#nigeria #fintec https://t.co/IMGUj5FSNh

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South Africa’s @Yoco_ZA raises R1.2 billion.

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BREAKING NEWS - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed restrictions on Mastercard Asia / Pacific Pte. Ltd.Mastercard from on-boarding new domestic customers (debit, credit or prepaid) onto its card network from July 22, 2021

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India bans Mastercard from issuing new cards in data storage row https://t.co/f8fH50E8qN

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The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to introduce new rules for buy now, pay later firms amid mounting fears of a growing debt burden for cash-strapped shoppers.

#fca #BNPL #credit https://t.co/qXW5IUGUR9

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I'm not surprised about this announcement:
"From October 15, Mastercard will charge 1.5 per cent of the transaction value for every online credit card payment from the UK to the EU, up from 0.3 per cent at the moment". https://t.co/guXI7XNitz

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Gocardless nears unicorn status.
#payments #cardles #emoney #directdebit https://t.co/Q0y16Q5hb5

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Tap to Phone enables businesses to accept contactless payments on any NFC-enabled Android Device with no need for additional hardware.
#payments #fintech #hardware #android #payments #cashless #Visapayments #nfc https://t.co/i3c7LXPqQN

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Facebook goes all in on fintech with launch of new product group

#fintech #payment

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Visa and Mastercard have been accused of cashing in during the coronavirus crisis by charging "excessive fees".

# #payments #fintech #creditcards #debitcards #cards #Visa #mastercard #cashless #cash https://t.co/mQ7T2QKpTW

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Stripe is acquiring Paystack (Stripe of Africa) a startup out of Lagos, Nigeria that, like Stripe, provides a quick way to integrate payments services into an online or offline transaction by way of an API.

#payments #afrotech #APO https://t.co/W0JJ1OVCiw

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The Venmo Credit card.

#venmo #creditcard #paypalmoney #paypal
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Goldman to buy GM's credit card unit for $2.5 billion

#goldmansachs #payments #creditcards #barclays #marcus #capitalone https://t.co/2u6NrGsJnH

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The digital payments revolution still trips on its legacy roots https://t.co/6h2Oq6KzH3