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(6 October 2016 – Japan) Japan’s third-largest convenience store chain, Lawson plans to apply for a banking license from the...
(17 August 2016 – United Kingdom) London-based money transfer provider TransferWise is looking beyond consumer payments with the launch of...
(19 July 2016 – Europe) Germany and Switzerland are the latest European nations to institutionalise and expand Islamic finance within...
(18 July 2016 – Germany) Berlin-based mobile payments firm Cringle is using the banking license and Sepa Access API of...
(14 July 2016 – Australia) Google's mobile wallet Android Pay has officially launched in Australia, however ANZ Bank is the...
(6 July 2016 – United States) American Express (AmEx) has announced plans to launch an online loan platform for small-business...
(22 June 2016 – Italy) Italian payments processor SIA has partnered with domestic bank UBI to pilot an extension of...
(20 June 2016 – Hong Kong) Last week, Apple announced that it is planning to launch it mobile payment service,...
(14 June 2016 – United Kingdom) Four of the UK’s biggest high street banks have signed up to launch “Pay...
(23 May 2016 – Australia) Two of Australia’s “Big Four” banks, along with Qantas have invested in a Sydney-based startup...