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UK Consumers Trail Merchants in Digital Wallet Know-How

UK Consumers Trail Merchants in Digital Wallet Know-How
UK Consumers Trail Merchants in Digital Wallet Know-How
April 09, 2025  |  Payment Methods

Trust and familiarity are central to the payments experience. At the end of the day, consumers won’t pay with methods they don’t know much about...

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PayPal Brings Personalized Ads Offering to UK Shoppers
PayPal Brings Personalized Ads Offering to UK Shoppers
April 02, 2025  |  Retail

PayPal is bringing its PayPal Ads program to the United Kingdom. The solution, first introduced last year in the United States, lets brands and merchants...

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UK’s FCA Plans to Retire Outdated Guidance to Streamline Regulation
UK’s FCA Plans to Retire Outdated Guidance to Streamline Regulation
March 25, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority plans to retire more than 100 pages of outdated guidance, withdraw hundreds of supervisory publications and take other steps...

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Monzo Debuts Tool to Ease Shared Expense Awkwardness
Monzo Debuts Tool to Ease Shared Expense Awkwardness
March 24, 2025  |  Digital Payments

United Kingdom FinTech Monzo debuted a tool to help consumers share expenses with friends and family. Monzo Split is aimed at solving what the company...

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Adyen and Affirm Expand Partnership to UK
Adyen and Affirm Expand Partnership to UK
March 20, 2025  |  BNPL

Global payments platform Adyen and BNPL platform Affirm have extended their partnership into the U.K., a move designed to help British merchants offer consumers more...

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Revolut Goes On Hiring Spree to Prep ‘Mobilization’ for UK Banking
Revolut Goes On Hiring Spree to Prep ‘Mobilization’ for UK Banking
March 13, 2025  |  Banking

Revolut is reportedly hiring 100 new staffers as it prepares to expand its U.K. banking business. The FinTech received its long-awaited British banking license last...

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Chair of UK’s Payment Systems Regulator Calls Abolition ‘Pragmatic Next Step’
Chair of UK’s Payment Systems Regulator Calls Abolition ‘Pragmatic Next Step’
March 12, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

The head of the United Kingdom’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) reportedly said Wednesday (March 12) that he had been aware since January that the regulator could be...

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Visa and Mastercard Accused of Card Monopoly by UK Watchdog
Visa and Mastercard Accused of Card Monopoly by UK Watchdog
March 06, 2025  |  ANTITRUST

Visa and Mastercard face regulatory action in the United Kingdom following a payments watchdog’s investigation. The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is considering “remedies” for the...

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