Issue 406•April 2021•Subscriber edition

Issue 406 • April 2021

Subscriber edition

Pandemic drives rise in people shopping through social media

Fighting fraud in the wake of the pandemic

Visa expands reach of Visa Direct transfer platform

Contactless donations help feed zoo animals 

Covid-19 has caused a shift to digital payments due to worries surrounding ‘dirty’ cash. In light of this, charities are investing more in contactless technologies. The latest to do so is the Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

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  • Editor's note
  • Contents
  • Briefing
  • News in brief EPI
  • Barclays confirms its P2P service Pingit will close on June 30
  • Audio chat app Clubhouse join forces with Stripe to launch direct payment featur
  • WhatsApp receives nod to offer payment service in Brazil
  • MFS Africa now reaches over 320 million mobile money wallets
  • News in brief CI
  • Mastercard to buy identity verification firm Ekata for $850m
  • Nets and Gifted team up to develop digital instant prepaid gift card
  • Mastercard and Doconomy launch carbon calculator for banks
  • Absa Bank Kenya introduces contactless payment solution
  • Features
  • Pandemic drives rise in people shopping through social media 
  • The real-time payments revolution is underway
  • KBC and equensWorldline step into wearable payments market 
  • Fighting fraud in the wake of the pandemic 
  • Clubhouse adds payments, social media continues to park tanks on fintech’s lawn
  • Payment and settlement in the UK
  • Visa expands reach of Visa Direct transfer platform
  • ZSL and SumUp launch contactless donations, enabling visitors to ‘feed’ zoo anim
  • Hyundai Card designs merchandise for eating, writing and wearing
  • GoCardless wants direct debits to replace cards for recurring payments
  • Mastercard Request to Pay launches in UK
  • Globaldata Banking and Payments
  • Analysis
  • Banks need cloud platforms with built-in compliance and security to succeed 
  • The power of prevention in the fight against APP fraud
  • Mastercard report: 2020 sees consumers spend additional $900bn online 
  • Country reports: Brazil, Finland, Hong Kong
  • The EPI team