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U.K. and France
Revolut has introduced support for Apple Pay in the U.K. and France, pairing its prepaid cards with the Apple Pay Cash app.
Apple could pick up an extra route to reach travelers, particularly if the Revolut-supported markets expand, as Revolut's prepaid card offers interbank exchange fees for 150 currencies and no fees for most payments, reports
The number of markets may also be larger than meets the eye, reports 9to5Mac, which adds it's common for
The fit train
Fitbit will join Google and Apple as companies supporting
The fitness wearable company's mobile payment system will work with the MTA's payment program, reports
Fitbit Pay is also available for transit payments in other cities, including Chicago, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Sydney and Taiwan.
New breach
News aggregator Flipboard is resetting about 145 million user passwords following a data breach that potentially exposed user information that could lead to other payment-related crime, such as digital tokens that can connect to third-party sites.
The scope of the breach is unclear as Flipboard is still investigating, reports
The breach happened between June 2019 and March 2019. Flipboard has also replaced the tokens that are designed to protect the accounts that could be used to link to third-party sites, Engadget reports.
Another new breach
In a separate incident, Tampa-based Checkers restaurant chain reported a breach resulting from malware on payment card readers at more than 100 locations, reports the
The information includes cardholder names, card numbers, expiration dates and verification codes. The timing of the breach was not disclosed.
Checkers is in contact with law enforcement and has hired security experts to remove the malware.
Special relationship
The U.S. and U.K. have formed a partnership to drive payments, banking and other financial services innovation by encouraging collaboration among companies in both countries and sharing information about regulations and market trends.
Called The Financial Innovation Partnership, it will be overseen by the U.K.'s HM Treasury and the U.S. Department of Treasury, reports
The group faces political uncertainty due to
From the Web
TechCrunch | Wed May 29, 2019 - At its core, Pico is an identity layer for media — offering a way to implement paywalls, checkouts and analytics while actually knowing who your customers are. Precursor Ventures and payments processor Stripe are co-leading a $4.5 million seed round into the company.
CNBC | Wed May 29, 2019 - Plaid, which links one-quarter of all U.S. bank accounts to fintech apps, announces its U.K. debut. The company, valued at $2.7 billion, connects bank accounts to apps like Venmo, Robinhood, Coinbase and Acorns.
TechCrunch | Wed May 29, 2019 - Away from the limelight of urban cities, where an increasingly growing number of firms are fighting for a piece of India’s digital payments market, a South Korean startup’s app is quietly helping millions of Indians pay digitally and enjoy many financial services for the first time.
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