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Costco now supports Apple Pay across all of its US stores

Gates Foundations new opensource software helps impoverished communities around the world access financial services

African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises 30M backed by Jeff Bezos

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Apple enters the BNPL market as regulation competition intensify

Apple Pay launches in Malaysia

Payrails emerges from stealth with 64M led by a16z to build the OS for payments

Forget the piggy bank Till Financials kids spend management app gets Gates backing

Google to offer checking accounts in partnership with banks starting next year

TrueLayer nabs 130M at a 1B valuation as open banking rises as a viable option to card networks

Apple Pay finally launches in Germany

Egyptian fintech Sympl raises 6M for its save now pay later service

Nigerian businesses can now accept Apple Pay on Paystack

LemonBox which brings US vitamins to Chinese consumers raises 2M

Venmo adds a checkcashing feature waives fees for stimulus checks

FrankieOne nabs 16M to provide fintechs with ID and fraud management as a service

PalmPay raised 100M Series A last August claims to have 5 million users

Looking to emulate Venmo JoomPay preps a Euro launch for easy bill splitting and cash payments

Fueled by pandemic contactless mobile payments to surpass half of all smartphone users in US by 2025

Flipkart Group launches payments app Supermoney in fintech push

Apple Pay is coming to Target Taco Bell Speedway and two other US chains

Ivorian ecommerce startup ANKA formerly Afrikrea raises 62M preSeries A

Alibaba rival JDcom plays the longgame on technology investment

The next phase of WeChat

Banked raises 20M Series A led by Bank of America and Edenred for US expansion

Carrier billing startup Boku to raise 45M in London IPO November 20

The Best Mobile Card Readers for Startups and Why Your Business Needs One

Sunday competitor Qlub emerges with 17M Seed round from Cherry and Point Nine

Payment service Toss becomes Koreas newest unicorn after raising 80M

The next generation of global payments: Afterpay Square

Foreign visitors to China can finally go cashless like locals

Ant Group buys Singapores 2C2P to further global payments ambitions

Mobile marketplace OfferUp adds Hold Offers feature as it battles Craigslist eBay and Facebook

French peertopeer payment app Lydia adds Apple Pay support

Indias PhonePe tops 12 billion valuation in new funding

Over 5000 Wells Fargo ATMs now support cardfree access via Apple Pay and other mobile wallets

3 Major Technology Trends to Streamline Efficiency and Productivity

WhenThens nocode payments platform attracts 6M from European VCs Stride and Cavalry

Flutterwave backs UK fintech Dapio in 34M round for its contactless payments play

WeChat ewallet teams up with Line to target Japans 7M Chinese tourists

Paystand banks 50M to make B2B payments cashless and with no fees

Apple Pay Cash launches in beta today letting you send and receive cash in Messages

In the buy now pay later wars PayPal is primed for dominance

Venmo adds a check cashing feature waives fees for stimulus checks

Highnote emerges from stealth with 54M and a plan to take on Marqeta in the world of card issuing as a service

Klarna offers Pay Now option in US Klarna Card coming soon

Jiko announces partnership to launch a banking app for the transgender community

Google update will allow digital Covid19 vaccination cards and test results to be stored on Android devices

Razer goes big on payments with Visa prepaid card

Revolut adds Apple Pay support in 16 markets