Ant Financial, Coinbase, Lydia, Visa in payments this week

Ant Financial is planning to raise around $5bn in a funding round expected to value the Alibaba payments affiliate at more than $100bn Coinbase, which has blamed recent changes to the coding of cryptocurrency purchases for a recent spate of erroneous charges against...

Amazon, Atos, Curve and VISA in Payments

Amazon is to open its first checkout-free grocery store to the public this week. Amazon Go, in Seattle, has been tested by staff for the past year. Atos has announced three new initiatives to strengthen its global FinTech Partner Program – FinLab, a cloud-based...
Alibaba, Alipay, Facebook and VISA in Payments this week

Alibaba, Alipay, Facebook and VISA in Payments this week

Alibaba and Honda have signed an agreement to offer online payments to drivers for fuel, parking and other services in China Alipay has released research showing that 82% of the transactions on its platform in 2017 were made through mobile devices. There were 520m...