PaymentEye caught up with Christian Von Hammel-Bonten, executive VP of Sales Telecommunications at Wirecard AG, about the rise of biometric security and the possibility of cashless societies.

Global NGO Unicef and clothing firm H&M have collaborated to launch Unicoins, a new charitable crypto-currency, to help children support others around the world access educational resources.

Scratch, a chat-based mobile and web app that allows customers to reach shopping experts on-demand, has raised $3.6 million in seed funding led by venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners.

Spanish payment solution provider SetPay has chosen mPOS developer payworks to release its new debit and credit card device, allowing merchants and SME owners to accept EMV payments instantly.

Remitly, the Jeff Bezos-backed mobile remittance service, has acquired Talio, a mobile messaging company that allows users to make images and text to disappear similar to Snapchat.

International payment and foreign exchange group Moneycorp has hired three senior Barclays employees to help spearhead its expansion into the global payments market.