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Major crypto exchange @binance has been hacked for $6.3bn after an engineer's laptop was compromised. The largest digital asset theft on record, and sobering reading for efforts to shift banking onto coin-based rails. ft.com/content/c7f5e395-c3a9…
Per @ThePaypers, @Adyen is rolling out @Visa's device biometric 3D Secure alternative, Visa Payment Passkey (VPP), within its payments acceptance optimisation offering "Adyen Uplift". It uses the same passkey as device unlock. thepaypers.com/fraud-and-fin…
Major UK small business card acquirer DNA Payments / @Optomany has selected London startup @get_zeal to run its new card-linked merchant loyalty offering at the payment terminal. dnapayments.com/news/dna-pay…
A couple of years after @AmericanExpress divested it, PE-backed risk screening platform @AccertifyInc, founded 20 years ago to tackle payments fraud, has launched a new partner programme aimed at building a consortium that helps good customers transact. accertify.com/resource/accer…
In the US, food delivery app @DoorDash is acquiring grocery delivery rival @Instacart for $17bn, betting on keeping pace with local grocery delivery leader @amazon. Six years after IPO, $DASH has a $76bn market cap; three years after IPO, $CART's is $14bn. ft.com/content/13c96ad2-6aee…
Food delivery app @JustEatUK is the first major brand to offer @Revolut's new branded "on us" (A2A) payments button. Beyond banking, Revolut is proving effective at affiliate marketing: subscription bundling, points redemption and now payments at partners. linkedin.com/posts/robfernan…
ATM maker Diebold Nixdorf and payments firm Euronet plan global ATM outsourcing collaboration via @ThePaypers thepaypers.com/fintech/news/…
Canadian bank CIBC rolls out core banking platform from Thought Machine via @Finextra finextra.com/newsarticle/486…
Dutch payments provider Mollie introduces ChatGPT and Claude integrations via @Finextra finextra.com/pressarticle/11…
Ride-hailing firm Bolt and global payments platform Airwallex build Bolt Money wallet for drivers via @ThePaypers thepaypers.com/payments/news…
Hong Kong payments firm PhotonPay raises $40m for stablecoin-centric financial operating system via @Finextra finextra.com/newsarticle/486…
UK digital bank Monzo launches accounts in Spain linked to Spanish mobile payments scheme Bizum via @ThePaypers thepaypers.com/fintech/news/…
Visa and Chinese tech giant Tencent ink agentic commerce and cross-border payments MoU via @Finextra finextra.com/newsarticle/486…
Japanese financial group SBI Holdings and US fintech bank Cross River establish JV in Japan via @Finextra finextra.com/pressarticle/11…
UK Government takes on till fraud with point-of-sale software standards via @Finextra finextra.com/newsarticle/486…
European payments platform Zen and Mastercard expand Pay By Bank for merchants and consumers across Europe via @Finextra finextra.com/newsarticle/486…
AI-powered payment dispute platform Casap raises $56m via @Finextra finextra.com/pressarticle/11…
Despite the failed @Stripe / @adventintl deal, @PayPal's recovery shows signs of life: an 11% Q3 earnings beat and FY profit forecast up to $15.7bn. But the revenue miss tells the real story: growth in higher-margin BNPL and @Venmo, plus cost cuts. [PDF] s205.q4cdn.com/875401827/fil…
A new e-commerce cart vulnerability, largely affecting Magento and now compromising 953 stores, uses a JavaScript loader embedded in the CMS to check if a visitor is a real consumer or a security scanner, loading only for the former to evade detection. infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…
Code in @Android suggests @Google is preparing a native handset capability for @GooglePay and other users to pay via foreign QR code-initiated methods, such as @Alipay and @AlipayPlus, while travelling. androidauthority.com/google-…
