Briefing

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay finds a way to reach banks in Germany; Western Union goes after larger payments; U.K. bank lobby pushes fraud recovery tax; Mastercard gets another blockchain patent.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal and Skype payments expand; Tencent invests in Brazilian startup; Commonwealth Bank tests programmable money; GlobalPlatform develops flexible wearable technology.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay's geographic expansion; NCR terminal gets gas EMV certification; ICICI pushes smart city technology; California cracks down on predicable passwords.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Grab extends its merchant reach; DoJ accuses Russian hackers of using bitcoin to cover tracks; KKR and Tencent invest in payment technology in the Philippines; Mastercard extends digital pay in South Africa.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon invests in mobile pay tech in India; Danske bank tests contactless chip; Digital currency sponsors U.K. golf tournament; Coinbase tries to fix crypto fee instability.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple embeds in college IDs; Alipay automates marriage records; PSD2 fintech directory expands; Bitmain invests in Bitcoin Cash wallet.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm battles spam; Albertson's extends low-touch pay project to gas; BBVA sets up fintech matchmaker; Bill Clinton warns on overregulating blockchain.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Canada considers PSD2-style reforms; Google exec joins Swift; Biometric payments advance in Bahrain; Ingenico joins Visa's transit program.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Veem attracts big investors; Fintech vets join RS2 board; Ripple gets regulatory win in Japan; Mozilla complains about Venmo's privacy settings; Uber gets fined over data breach.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Hong Kong's getting a real-time transfer system; Zelle's bank network gets larger; Tesco faces a breach fine; Circle releases a stablecoin.