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Merchants storing and batch processing payments offline in the U.K. are opening the door for fraudsters to potentially use contactless cards that have been reported lost or stolen for several months after a bank cancels them.

Germany's Wirecard is expanding again through the acquisition of MyGate Communications, a small but fast-growing payment services provider based in Cape Town, South Africa.

JPMorgan Chase is in talks to buy a Dublin office building as the bank considers expanding in the Irish capital as one of its options for when Britain leaves the European Union, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Square Inc. is rolling out mobile payment services in the U.K., marking its biggest global expansion in a push to boost growth while the U.S. market nears saturation.

Citigroup plans to close three of its four London branches as the company seeks to cut costs and focus on digital services.

Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of France's Ingenico, has signed an agreement with Air China to accept Discover Card payments in North America, a key market for the Beijing-based airline, with plans to expand to other regions later this year.

H. Palmer Proctor has been the Atlanta company's president since 2004.

Societe Generale is working with Microsoft and Amazon.com to become one of the first large European banks to adopt cloud computing for the bulk of its operations.

Ever since Apple opened its Siri voice assistant to outside developers late last year, payment companies have been experimenting with the potential of voice-controlled payments. Here's a look at what some of the early adopters have already accomplished.

Financial services providers and fintech startups in the U.K. will soon have another bank to work with to gain access to the country's payment systems and core banking technology — and potentially save money in doing so.