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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BBVA pushes open banking in the U.S.; Curve plans support for mobile wallets; Civil's first news IPO falls short; Apptizer adds new restaurant technology.

Stripe’s expanding global profile has come with a growing security risk operation, which will now be overseen by former Google security expert Niels Provos.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Sony pursues blockchain for copyright; Twitter sends odd notifications; Facebook Portal could collect data for advertising; Australian banks invest in receipt technology.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: India's payment regs, Westpac's wearables; New Zealand debunks bitcoin claim; and more.

Financial crisis-era rebel Simple is turning to payments innovation — along with its traditional combativeness on fees and rates — to stay relevant against the many fintechs lurking at the edges of the banking world.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Chinese payment companies suffer breach; Mumbai transit adds PayPal; Shopify opens a store; Scotland makes contactless art.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay finds a way to reach banks in Germany; Western Union goes after larger payments; U.K. bank lobby pushes fraud recovery tax; Mastercard gets another blockchain patent.

While the fintechs that offer merchant loans usually argue they’re lending to the ultra-small businesses that banks don't serve, competitive forces will bring the technology companies deeper into banks’ domain.

Square CFO Sarah Friar, who helped lead the company's many forays into financial services, is leaving Square to become CEO of Nextdoor, a social network for local neighborhoods.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal and Skype payments expand; Tencent invests in Brazilian startup; Commonwealth Bank tests programmable money; GlobalPlatform develops flexible wearable technology.