Briefing

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square ups delivery game; Allianz turns to blockchain for cross-border transfers; EMV advances globally; Checkout.com expands to Saudi Arabia.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon's folding Whole Foods loyalty program into Prime; Mastercard and Visa plan a new payments button; Google Pay extends to private jets; Snapchat adds shopping; Supply chain tech expands in Africa; TranserWise joins the U.K.'s faster payments program.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Interac's in the Middle East; Revolut adds cryptocurrency to round up feature; ActionFraud unwittingly used by fraudsters; WeChat and Alipay extend support for traveler payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: QR codes expand for payments in the Philippines and checking in the UAE; Worldpay adds support for new integrated point of sale technology; Mastercard applies for a patent for a blockchain identity security system.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Australian banks oppose open banking; Louisiana town plots its own currency; No more FOMO for bitcoin; Russia plans its own mobile payment system.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: China's version of Amazon Go grows quickly; The cops end a blockchain event in Beijing; Mastercard's hiring AI experts; Will tariffs make POS hardware more expensive?

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amex launches a branding campaign; Uber links to mass transit; Taiwan regulates crypto; Long Blockchain faces delisting; Is more data more important than faster payments?

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: NAB's in the middle of a payments fraud probe; Russia moves to faster payments; ATM attacks on the rise; Unauthorized cryptomining is an expanding threat.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay gets a boost from Ripple; HSBC uses AI to fight money laundering; Banco Santander recruits payments vets; Tech help desk fraud.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Starbucks, Samsung team on voice ordering; Spain cracks down on cryptocurrency; Walmart bolsters online order pickup; SEC freezes Longfin's crypto trades; UFO coin.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Coinbase launches fund; Sears, Delta suffer a data breach; India cracks down on cryptocurrency; Amazon adds more locks to Key; Zimbabwe automates payment system; U.K. group sets security standards for third parties.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Russia plots a payments network; South Africa sets up a crytpocurrency unit; Commonwealth Bank suffers an outage; Monzo makes progress with its new accounts.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: NatWest uses AI to thwart payments fraud; Apple Pay launches in Brazil; Domino's gamifies loyalty; Currency conversion comes to alternative currency.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Panera's data leak; Google cracks down on cryptomining; Seoul plans its own cryptocurrency; People fear the Equifax breach; Amazon expands voice donations.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alibaba pays billions to acquire mobile delivery startup; Waves builds a cryptopay gateway; FINRA warns on screen scraping; Phishing attackers get arrested; Payment fraudsters hit Italian football club.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Atlanta slowly comes back online after ramsonware attack; Monero's not as "invisible" as its reputation; EU changes its transaction fee rules; More green cryptocurrency.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber applies for an e-money license; Shyp shuts down; Apple Watch getting a redesign; Massachusetts halts some ICOs.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Venmo's new privacy policy; Alipay's boss on blockchain; Jet.com's new president; and more.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Santander embraces contactless giving; Long Island Blockchain invests in a financial institution; China nudges toward virtual currency; Amex acquires mobile pay firm Cake; Steven Seagal-backed virtual currency faces political heat.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square speeds payments in the U.K.; Saga aims to counter cryptocurrency fears; A group forms to help with PSD2 compliance; Bitcoin scores in New York real estate.