Briefing

  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: WeChat adopts facial recognition for payments; CaixaBank will issue environmentally friendly gift cards; Facebook courts external developers for Libra; Paytm adds QR codes for train payments.

    August 28
    WeChat logo
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Grab and Go-Jek's battle; Indian payments app draws investment; Installment options expand for fashion and beauty retailers; Google Pay's adding a dark mode.

    August 27
    Grab-bb.jpg
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Is Libra's regulatory heat too much for the project's partners?; Revlut adds top execs; Venezuelan department store turns to blockchain to combat inflation; InstaRem looks for more corridors.

    August 26
    Zuckerberg517BL
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon invests in incentive marketing in India; Ripple adds discount transfer company to network; More signs PSD2's migration is going poorly; New technology emerges for rental payments.

    August 23
    Amazon shipping box
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Barclays adds literal climate to stores; Australia's real-time pay system suffers a breach; Austrian mobile provider tests crypto pay; DoorDash makes an acquisition.

    August 22
    Barclays window sign
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa fights Indian regs; MoviePass suffers a breach; M&A sparks payment deal record; Square hires a crypto experts; Acorns draws celebrity investors.

    August 21
    Visa card in reader
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: How China's central bank currency could harm Alipay and WeChat Pay; Miami transit turns contactless; PayPal gets deeper into retail; Metal Pay draws investment.

    August 20
    Alipay at the counter
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: How well do voice assistants understand commands?; Hy-Vee suffers a breach; Shared workspace adds biometric payments; London deploys more contactless payment points for donations.

    August 19
    Google-bloomberg-ps.jpg
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Contactless payments jump in New York subways; Coinbase switches banks; Dovu's green crypto; Ant's impact on the fintech investment market;

    August 16
    NYCsubwayOMNY-BL
  • The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Shopify adds chat; New technology battles card skimming; Checkout-free stores advance in Brazil; South Korean blockchain adds streaming music payments.

    August 15
    Shopify signage