After announcing that it was hit by a cyberattack in December, Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin announced in a note that it is shutting its business and refunding its clients. “Our service has been damaged hard in technical and financial way,” the exchange said in the note....
Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, Google Pay has rolled out mobile support for cards from 13 U.S. banks. Services like Google Pay must come to an agreement with a credit union or bank before they can support a consumer’s debit or credit card,...
Bud, a FinTech startup based in the United Kingdom, said Monday (Feb. 4) that it has grabbed $20 million in funding. This latest round, the company said, was co-led by HSBC and Goldman Sachs. And it comes as a partnership (as, after all, the banks...
Australia’s major banks aren’t in support of an overhaul to the new Banking Code of Practice. According to Smart Company, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB and ANZ announced this week that they are in agreement that consumer credit protection laws shouldn’t be extended to cover small...
January 23, 2018
Conversations about digital transformation often start with new experiences that those evolutions make possible — or the new technologies essential to underpin them. Few of them start with what engineers actually think. According to Raghavendra (Raghu) Bhat, ANZ Banking Group’s head of Technology, Digital Channels, engineers are the glue that reinforce the transition from concept to […]
January 05, 2018
Member of the tribe? Or maybe part of the squad? If both terms sound out of place in banking or payments and more at home on fields of battle, then...
October 07, 2021
Visa has expanded its Visa Installments program in Australia, partnering with financial institution ANZ as well as merchant payment provider Quest, which will help shoppers access buy now, pay later (BNPL) financing, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Shoppers can use the option via their ANZ credit cards during checkout in stores and […]
January 18, 2021
After announcing that it was hit by a cyberattack in December, Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin announced in a note that it is shutting its business and refunding its clients. “Our service...
July 03, 2019
Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, Google Pay has rolled out mobile support for cards from 13 U.S. banks. Services like Google Pay must come to an agreement with...
October 12, 2018
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announced Friday (October 12) that it fired more than 200 employees for engaging in misconduct, reported Reuters, citing ANZ Chief Executive Shayne Elliott. According...
