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East & Partners

Sector: Payments

(7 March 2022 – Europe) American Express, Mastercard, and Visa have escalated their response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and...

(28 February 2022 – Europe) The  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and allies have imposed severe sanctions upon Russia in...

(25 February 2022 – Global) A group of Swift veterans have unveiled a global payment addressing service for banks and...

(23 February 2022 – Japan) Mitsubishi UFJ has pulled the plug on its blockchain-based online payment network, Global Open Network...

(22 February 2022 – Singapore) Ant-backed M-DAQ has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Wallex, a business-to-business (B2B) cross...

(17 February 2022 – Global) Amazon has dropped its threat to stop accepting Visa cards across its global operations after...

(10 February – 2022 – Australia) The aggregation of eftpos, New Payments Platform Australia (NPPA) and BPAY under their new...

(2 February 2022 – UAE) The Central Bank of the UAE has selected a consortium formed of Accenture, SIA, Nexi...

(28 January 2022 – United States) Crypto-linked payments are not high on the priority list for AmEx (American Express) according...

(27 January 2022 – Global) Apple is working on an update that will transform its iPhone into a payment terminal,...