Briefing

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. fintech investment plows ahead; Patreon draws more funds; Tether erases crypto; Is AI too hard to understand?

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Samsung works on digital ID; Royal Mint supports crypto; Kenya bars sports betting payments; South Korean company patents blockchain payments technology.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Australian banks suffer payment shutdown; U.K. banks pool resources to combat money laundering; European regulators slow to licnese crypto firms; Mark Cuban takes a swipe at Libra.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Lobby group pushes PSD2 delay; Debit expands for car rentals; Dolphins embrace crypto; Hong Kong transit adds Apple Pay.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Domino's tests no-cash stores; Fold adds crypto pay; Revolut adds office in Germany; Fintechs get licenses to anticipate Brexit.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. issues GDPR fines; Dutch authorities block using payment data for marketing; Uber gets a transit boost in Denver; FitPay expands its Flip app.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: India plans new restrictions for external payment companies; British Airways gets a breach fine; 7-Eleven Japan halts mobile pay app after security issue; China may accelerate digital currency to counter Libra.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon faces regulatory pressure in the U.K.; Manchester adds transit tech; Paytm opens hub in Montreal; PSD2 has poor compliance.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber Eats expands inside restaurants; Alipay adds beauty filters to selfie-pay; Japan's regulators pressure Libra; Legal battle brews over currency policy in Zimbabwe; BigCommerce and Klarna expand partnership.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: QR codes for education payments; Tencent and Paytm mull investment in streaming service; Dutch ministers call for cash removal; Retailers lobby against Amazon and Google; FIS adds job board tech.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm says it's not charging "convenience fees"; Flux adds restaurant technology; Austin upgrades transit pay; Revolut rounds up for donations; A new blockchain collaboration in Singapore.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon gets a boost from streamers; Upgrade cycles get longer, and create opportunity for hackers; Singapore will issue digital bank licenses.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Facebook Calibra credit; JCPenney brings back Apple Pay; Grab gets funding; and more.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Shell speeds up EMV; Apple Pay adds markets and Shopify integration; Technology companies chase B2B automation and biometric cards.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard and N27 advance Nordic real-time payments; Amazon Prime Day gets longer; Swedbank adds watch payments; Minnesota legislators try to ban crypto political donations.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: RBC adds business pay tracker; 7-Eleven upgrades deliveries; U.K. open banking fintech adds to its network; U.S. Bank pushes health care payment automation.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart's theft sensors; European regulators show some flexibility on authentication rules; Google and PayPal extend partnership; Desjardins suffers a breach.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alexa adds parking; Flywire adds education pay collaboration; Celero makes two deals; Google bolsters merchant rewards.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Microsoft joins Hyperledger; A global summit for crypto rules; Fintechs build new mPOS in Europe; Paytm rebrands its gaming unit.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Regulators criticize Facebook's crypto; India may ease local data storage regs; Distributed ledgers advance in Italy; Real-time rails gain more users in the U.S.