Amex moves closer to entering China’s $27 trillion market
American Express Co. cleared a key hurdle in its bid to accessing China’s $27 trillion payments market after the central...
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Tencent teams with state-backed UnionPay on mobile payments
Tencent Holdings Ltd. and China UnionPay Co. will soon unify the mobile codes that consumers scan to pay for purchases,...
Gas stations struggle to meet October chip card deadline
While chip cards are becoming a mainstay at brick-and-mortar retail checkouts, gas pump payment technology lags behind. Visa and Mastercard...
Financial app Qapital hacks the psychology of spending
George Friedman, Qapital CEO and co-founder At first glance, New York-based Qapital, a digital banking, investing and budgeting platform, might...
Recommendation engine Borrowell moves into bill tracking and pay advances
Borrowell, the Canadian financial product recommendation and lending platform reminiscent of Credit Karma, is getting into a subscription model. The...
Two more groups submit Singapore digital banking license bids
Two more consortiums said they submitted bids for digital banking licenses in Singapore as companies, ranging from a massage chair...
Banks can take cues from challengers on digital customer acquisition: Gartner
While large banks may not feel threatened by personal finance apps or digital-only challengers, they can learn from them on...
Betterment to appeal to a wider customer base in 2020
For Betterment, the upcoming year will see the continuation of its trajectory from an investment platform to a place where...
With cross-border payments, Curve seeks to challenge legacy providers
U.K.-based payments startup Curve launched a cross-border in-app money transfer feature, with hopes of making a dent in the lucrative...
Grab, Singtel team up on Singapore digital bank license bid
Grab Holdings Inc. is partnering with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to apply for a full digital banking license, jumping aboard a...
