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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Contactless at the university; LinkedIn co-founder helps launch smart contracts for subscriptions; Alipay and WeChat Pay's processor draws funds; Coincorner pays its staff in crypto; Domino's tries e-bike delivery.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: NatWest tries voice assistant; MoneyGram's web relaunch; New Zealand allows crypto salary; Deliveroo quits Germany; Mexico suffers a card outage.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon extends robot delivery; HSBC adds more currency to commercial card; Ireland makes PSD2 concessions; Ripple's looking for investments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Commerz pilots M2M; Postmates deploys robots; Libra encourages new technology; State Farm suffers a breach; Rhode Island issues crypto regulations.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: FCA recommends authentication delay; Visa CEO on gun payments; Fraud dips in Australia; Bitcoin tax bill advances; Stripe expands in Latin America.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Critics pounce on Libra's privacy; Paytm diversifies; Mastercard combats fraudulent fashion; Singapore plans new digital payment regulations.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard looks for crypto experts; Monzo's security gap; Payveris's CUSO picks up investment; Ohio State goes digital for sports tickets.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: R3's expanding in London; Wirecard makes a contactless play in Italy; Poshmark's breach; Nexo offers a credit card for crypto; South Korea opens testing for blockchain.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Digital payments advance in sports; Amazon Dash set to expire; Albania cracks down on tax pay cheats; Facial recognition ATMs expand in Spain; A stablecoin for legal weed.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay adds security for UPI in India; Fold offers crypto rewards for mobile pay; U.K. convenience chain deploys checkout-free tech; Singapore bank installs QR code ATMs.