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The letter also asks consumers to visit a "parked" website that tries to dump browser extensions on visitors, Krebs reports.
Who gets crypto.com?
Given the craze around cryptocurrency and blockchain, the domain name crypto.com would stand to be in high demand.
The crypto payment card company Monaco has purchased the domain for "millions," reports
Earlier estimates pegged the domain's value as high as $10 million, though Monaco did not disclose the specific amount it paid.
WeChat Riviera
WeChat Pay's expansion across Europe has landed in Nice, where the app has launched at the Nice Cote D'Azur Airport.
More than a dozen shops at the airport will support the service. The stores' management company, Lagardere Travel Retail France, has recruited Chinese sales advisors to support the increased volume of Chinese tourists, according to the
The airport has added other services, such as links to Chinese news and other Mandarin services for passengers.
Western Union's Russian play
Western Union has expanded its collaboration with Russia's Post to enable Post Bank's mobile app to send Western Union money transfers. Consumers can make payments directly into bank accounts or in cash at Western Union retail locations.
To use the service, consumers fill out a form on the bank's iOS or Android app, and use a one-time password to send the payment. The move will allow the bank to offer more cross-border payment options, according to a release.
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BBC News | Sun July 8, 2018 - BP fuel stations across the UK are now able to accept card payments after a glitch which lasted over three hours. BP had said earlier its stations were only able to accept cash and that it was directing customers to its ATMs. The oil giant said all its sites had now returned to normal service, and it was launching "a full investigation" into what had caused the problem.
Financial Times | Sun July 8, 2018 - Rapid growth driven by a transformation in the way consumers pay for products has pushed dealmaking in the global payments industry to record heights, with 2018 already the biggest year ever in terms of acquisitions in the sector. Payments technology has stood out even amid a general surge in merger and acquisition activity. There were 102 transactions worth a total of $46bn in the first six months of the year, according to data from Dealogic, surpassing 2017’s full-year figure of $32.9bn.
Irish Tech News | Fri July 6, 2018 - New regulations will require payments to have two factors of authentication. With new EU regulations coming into place next September, Mastercard is predicting a significant increase in the use of biometric technology to authenticate who is paying. With regards to card payments, currently just 1-2% of online transactions require cardholder authentication to complete a transaction (most likely using a password), but this is set to rise to up to 25% or 1 in 4 payments from next autumn.
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