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    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Claer Barrett
      Could a digital pound pay off for consumers?

      The Bank of England’s ‘Britcoin’ project could transform transactions — but questions about who gains from our data remain

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Amy Kazmin
      Italy, India, and the bumpy road to cashless payments

      Giorgia Meloni’s attempt to impose a €60 minimum for cards has been quashed, to the relief of Italian consumers

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
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      Fintech upstarts challenge payment card empires

      The pandemic has intensified the threat posed by neobanks and ‘buy now, pay later’ companies

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
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      Why Visa and Mastercard have yet to face their Kodak moment

      The fintech disrupters of the payments sector are no such thing

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
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      Consumers may not feel much benefit from greater competition

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
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      Investment arm of South Africa’s Naspers says certain conditions for purchase had not been met

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
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      Jamie Dimon warned executives to put aside rivalries and deliver critical ‘pay-by-bank’ project

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      Court ruling in lawsuit alleging profits from illegal content lead credit card issuers to distance themselves from TrafficJunky

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
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      SumUp struggles to €8bn valuation as tech sell-off hits UK fintech

      London-based payment-services group had earlier hoped to raise funds at €20bn pricetag

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
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      Driven round the bend by cashless parking

      Is it convenience or council cost-cutting that’s really driving the race towards digital services?

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
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      Indonesia’s biggest start-up is banking on the lending space as it works to become profitable

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
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      Tech group announces short-term loans system even as pandemic ecommerce boom begins to wane

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
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      African payments company makes rare purchase of US fintech

      Deal by MFS Africa is further evolution of continent’s rapidly growing fintech scene

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
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      FT Money wants to hear from readers being driven around the bend by digital parking payments

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
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      Telecoms group is not without competition but digital banking shows great potential to boost revenues

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
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      Announcement comes alongside government commitment to ensuring access to cash

    • Monday, 2 May, 2022
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      Apple charged by Brussels with abusing its market power in mobile payments

      EU preliminary findings say US group limits rivals’ access to ‘tap and go’ technology

    • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
      Nigeria’s Flutterwave reaches $3bn valuation after $250mn fundraising

      Payments company becomes the most valuable start-up in Africa as investors bet on continent’s fintech scene

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      ‘Buy now, pay later’ company posted partial results to Twitter before market close

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    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
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      Which countries offer the most potential for handsets, broadband networks, payment cards and streaming?

    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
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      Covid-led drop in cash transactions and a shift to mobile payments drive digital wallet adoption

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      Consumers turn to mobile banking and ecommerce during pandemic, fuelling investor interest

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      The float disappointed despite a strong local listing market, with record funds raised this year

    • Sunday, 17 October, 2021
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      Regulatory changes include new wording to clarify the group is offering credit and a ‘pay now’ option

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