European digital banking and payments provider PPS has debuted Google Pay functionality in the U.K. through challenger bank customer Monese, according to a press release. The rollout signifies growth for the mobile wallet market, the release stated. PPS now delivers Google Pay, Apple Pay and...
U.K.-based restaurant chain Pret A Manger announced Tuesday (Nov. 30) that it would be trialing its first loyalty program called “Pret Perks” with rewards ranging from coffee and popcorn to vegan cookies. The company said the loyalty scheme, which will be rolled out in phases,...
The central banks of Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed an agreement to boost payment system cooperation. As Open Gov Asia reported on Monday (Nov. 29), the agreement is focused on safer and more efficient transactions, cross-border payment systems, and anti-money laundering...
Global FinTech platform iOL Pay, a subsidiary of Illusions Online, went live in 37 countries to assist the hospitality payments space across North America, Europe, the Middle East, APAC and Africa, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS on Tuesday (Nov. 30). iOL Pay...
In China, what seems to be a crackdown on Big Tech — on the payments giants in particular — continues. Or maybe not, depending on where you look. And thus, some confusion reigns, at least for now. To that end, as reported by Crowdfundinsider.com, the...
The European Union is on the verge of rewriting the rules of the road governing how search engines, online marketplaces, social media and other web platforms search out and remove illegal content. The Digital Services Act (DSA) has one overarching principle, according to a European...
French retail giant Carrefour announced this month in a press release the launch of the first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered store in Paris, dubbed Flash 10/10 (10 seconds to shop and 10 seconds to pay). The concept of the technology store was first tested at the...
In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, U.K. FinTech startup Thought Machine raises $200 million at a $1 billion valuation; Flutterwave launches new a marketplace; the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposes changes to European Union regulation; inflation and the pandemic harm...
Tencent Holdings Ltd. is opening its WeChat groups and will soon allow Alibaba’s Tmall and Taobao, among other social media rivals, to display their own external shopping site links, marking the slow removal of obstacles between Tencent and its Chinese rivals, Bloomberg reported Monday (Nov....
