Briefing

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.