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Fintech Revolut to launch in the U.S. by year-end with Mastercard deal

Digital banking app Revolut is set to begin issuing its cards in the United States by the end of this year via a partnership with payments company Mastercard Inc MA.N

TransferWise is expanding in the Middle East with a new Abu Dhabi license

The company announced Tuesday it obtained a license as a Money Services Provider in Abu Dhabi.

5 Industry Game-Changers To Watch For In 2020

There are always innovators and pathfinders that pursue revolutionary change in their industry. Check out five of the top industry changers to look out for in 2020.

Ingenico and Pennies donations hit huge £2million mark

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payments, is celebrating a focus campaign on Corporate Social Responsibility with an extra charitable boost

Return of the Zombie LIBOR

The sequel to the LIBOR scandal threatens to be a chiller for financial institutions sitting on an undead graveyard of unstructured data

How Asia Is Revolutionizing The $70B X-Border Tuition Space

Flywire has partnered with JCB International in a relationship that provides international students in Asia with options as they make cross-border tuition payments

FinTech partnership helps UK banks and financial institutions stay competitive with SME customers

Five°degrees announces its partnership with Codat

MasterCard and Visa abandon support of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

The two payments specialists are joined by eBay and other financial firms in leaving the Libra Association

Fintech, banks: Spunta, the sector blockchain passes test of annual data

Spunta Banca Project, the project promoted by ABI and coordinated by ABI Lab, has successfully completed the technical testing on 200 million data uploaded

Facebook’s Libra must meet strict standards, says Bank of England

Digital currency must be subject to measures such as stress tests to gain approval

Europe gets tougher on tech

Apple's music and video bundling plan, duckiebot driving, Kindle for kids.

Why Can’t Banks Get Digital Account Opening Right?

According to Brett King, author of Bank 4.0, “Twenty-five years into the commercial internet and banks still haven’t adapted to the most basic element of online capability, namely onboarding a customer.”