John Adams

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singapore pushes digital ID; Walmart hires an innovation chief; A French youth payment app raises funds; Coinbase expands PayPal support to Canada.

Global Payments' purchase of TSYS is the latest merger of large payment technology companies — and by no means the last.

TSYS and Global Payments have announced a $21.5 billion merger, the third M&A deal in the financial/fintech industry of more than $20 billion this year.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: TSYS and Global Payments agree to merge; Rabobank scales back crypto wallet; Carnival adds payment wearable; Mobile money expands;

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BNP Paribas adds wearable payments; Facebook's cryptocoin takes another step; USAT expands its executive ranks; Google deploys technology on the New York subway; Japan's regulators take a closer look at cryptocurrency.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Regulators in Nepal combat Alipay and WeChat Pay; Marqeta draws investment; Loot faces financial trouble; German regulators pressure N26 on AML compliance.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard exands digital IT work; NAB supports Apple Pay; ACI wins business in Chile; Cyrpto scams jump in the U.K.

The trend is moving far beyond the car, train, bus and car-sharing app. Transportation in 2019 has become a full portal to financial services—and a way to centralize urban movement at the same time.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: WeChat Pay grows in Europe; Facebook sets up fintech in Switzerland; Russians dump cash; ABN Amro halts cryptowallet project.

Visa’s recent green light from U.K. regulators to complete its Earthport acquisition was more than just the clearing of a regulatory hurdle — it was a revealing look at how important it has become for the card networks to diversify.