Credit card firm Discover yesterday announced a brand new partnership with Apple Pay, meaning that the technology giant now represents every major credit card company in the United States.

The Nevada based tech-engineering and development company is one step closer to mass-producing biometric EMV/Chip cards.

Tesco sought to move on from last week’s announcement of a record £6.4 billion loss by announcing that their banking app will become available on the Apple Watch.

2C2P has secured $7m (S$9.71 million) in Series C funding from international investors including GMO Venture Partners Inc. and Amun Capital AG.

SureCash, a Bangladeshi mobile payment operator has received $7m in funding in order to improve banking systems and employability for Bangladeshi nationals.

Richard Branson, one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, is set to hold a Blockchain summit on his private island.