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The U.K.’s Payment Systems Regulator is escalating its inquiry into the role banks play in preventing money-transfer scams where consumers are tricked into sending funds to fraudsters.

Samsung Electronics Co. has made its Android and Apple Pay competitor available in the U.K. Tuesday, as it attempts to play catch-up in one of the major markets for contactless payments.

Kreditech will deliver its artificial intelligence and machine-learning credit underwriting and loan management technology to PayU’s network of 300,000 merchants

Irish fintech execs discuss the sector's growth in their country and the opportunities from Brexit.

Andreas Dombret, the head of banking supervision for the German central bank, talks with American Banker's John Heltman about the need for international cooperation, how blockchain changes regulation, and the difference between the German and U.S. banking systems.

Toreson Lloyd was a vice president of relationship management at WorldPay and a business development manager at American Express before joining London-based APEXX.

Regulators are calling for the boards of the three separate faster-payments initiatives to review and endorse the consolidation plan and complete most of the consolidation before the end of 2017.

Even as consumers embrace digital payments in the U.K., the value and amount of cash in circulation remain high.

Samsung Pay last week went live in four more regions—Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland and the UAE—but despite reaching 14 major global markets, it’s still not officially available in the U.K., one of the world’s most active zones for contactless payments.

Visa Inc. has partnered with Dallas-based Active Network, whose customers organize activities and events, to make Visa Checkout available as a payment option at events in the U.S., Canada, Ireland and the U.K.