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In Brazil, Banking Customers Turn To Debit, Digital Banking

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These shifts have made digital banking and debit transactions more important than ever. Consumers are also avoiding cash out of concern that the virus could linger on physical object and are thus favoring virtual and contactless payment cards instead. The Paytm cards can be used both in-store and online.

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LGBT+ Digital Bank Daylight Launches With Visa Fast Track Boost

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Daylight , the first digital bank for the LGBT+ community, just went live in a Nov. Daylight is just the latest member of Visa’s Fast Track program, an initiative that provides FinTechs looking to get off the ground with a bank sponsor and external payments processor.

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Mastercard Teams With Galileo For Instant Debit Card Issuing

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21) a collaboration to help FinTechs and other financial-affiliated businesses with fast issuing of debit cards and bank accounts for customers, without expensive startup fees or long-term contracts. FinTechs, for example, can leverage the new initiative to create debit cards and bank accounts more easily.

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Mastercard, Galileo Launch Instant Issuing For Debit Cards

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21) a collaboration to help FinTechs and other financial-affiliated businesses with fast issuing of debit cards and bank accounts for customers, without expensive startup fees or long-term contracts. FinTechs, for example, can leverage the new initiative to create debit cards and bank accounts more easily.

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Bank Of America’s Card Delinquency Rate Remains Flat In June

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Card delinquencies have remained steady at Bank of America , which reported June credit card delinquencies of 1.56 According to news earlier in the month, large credit card issuers in the United States reported lower delinquencies in May. percent compared to 2.83 percent in May.

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Today In Payments Around The World: Chase, Air Canada, Mastercard Team On Credit Card; Mexican Regulator Green-Lights Uber’s Cornershop Buy

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In today’s top payments news around the world, Chase Bank and Mastercard have joined forces with Air Canada to debut the airline’s Aeroplan credit card in the U.S., Plus, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has teamed with Visa to roll out an in-depth collection of digital business payment offerings.

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Monzo’s Cash Burn Sets Stage For Big Capital Raise In 2020

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million customers in 2019, offering those users a mobile app bank account and a distinctively-colored coral credit card. Revolut, a rival digital bank, is thought to be in talks to raise similar amounts of funding from investors that could value their company up to $10bn. RBS released Bó, yet another digital banking app.

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