Briefing

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa's new APIs; Coffee battle in China; PayPal wins a patent to battle ramsonware; Coinbase expands; India leaves crypto out of sandbox.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm details payments strategy; New blockchain VC; Surecomp opens an innovation lab; Industry groups join forces.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Will Europe act to counter the U.S. and China's influence on payments?; Monzo adds emojis; Google Pay tightens ties to Gmail; A new payments association forms;

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Standard Chartered expands collections; MoneyGram partners for gig economy payments; Copia Kenya delivers to rural areas; Global Payments and Discover bolster merchant acquiring in Asia.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple improves biometric security; Klarna opens at Showfields; Japanese bank will no longer support Money Tap; Dashlane draws investment.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay supports gold sales in India; German regulators pressure N26; Bakkt adds payment veteran; Amazon acquires robotics company Canvas Technology.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square opens online store in U.K.; Swift releases new security research; Physical ATM attacks on the rise; Most hotels have a security gap.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart expands robot program; Regulators say banks aren't moving fast enough on PSD2; Bitstamp gets New York license; New iPHone attack; Financeit appoints execs for U.S. expansion.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm adds staff for offline initiative; Standard Chartered opens an innovation hub in Kenya; Santander bolsters payment security; PhonePe chases fanstasy cricket payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Attackers hit DNS servers at financial companies; Shareholder sues over Fiserv's deal to buy First Data; New sandbox; Digital ID advances in the Philippines; Russia's gas company turns to DLT.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Western Union expands in the Philippines; Apple Pay's transit pay reaches Singapore; The SEC issues guidance on ICOs; Sila launches a smart contract program.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay jumps in Australia; Blockchain advances for health care payments; A new DLT group in Europe; Facebook suffers another security vulnerability.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon cuts prices at Whole Foods; eBay alters its advertising strategy; Georgia Tech suffers a breach; Amazon extends contract with Delta Airlines.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Coinbase and Ripple partner for payment feature; Fingopay will launch vein payments in Manchester; Fintechs ManoMano and Novo draw investors.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google enhances invoice editing; Consumers may use Apple Pay more with a card; Facebook's hiring more blockchain talent; Researchers spot advanced keylogging.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square and Apple Pay go to the ballpark; Government payment gateway draws funds; CoinAcquiring approaches merchants; Movie ticket subscriptions get even more crowded.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Worldpay goes deeper into Australia; Apple Pay expands in Europe; Infinity plans a movie ticketing service; Crypto exchanges have a KYC problem.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square adds invoicing in the U.K.; Wayfair plans brick and mortar store; Tandem's developing PSD2-specific products; McDonald's acquires AI for drive through lanes.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Domino's plans in-car order and pay; Arizona college adopts robot serving; Monzo leaves U.K. check image scheme; IBM's blockchain picks up more adoption.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple plans card with Goldman Sachs; Russia pushes alternative payment network; Shopify dumps Mailchimp; Walmart plans gaming system; Banks miss a PSD2 deadline.