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Today on PaymentEye, Austin Clark reports on a new round of funding for the Mastercard Start Path programme, which focuses on blockchain, digital ID and the increasingly important role of start-ups in the future of payment technology.

Also today, Luke Trayfoot, Director of Business Development in Europe, Hyperwallet, shares five key trends we can expect to see in the payments industry for 2018. Read more below.

Luke Trayfoot, Director of Business Development at Hyperwallet, shares five trends you can expect to see in the payments industry in 2018.

Its latest round of funding focuses on blockchain, digital ID, and the increasingly important role of start-ups in the future of payment technology.

PaymentEye sat down with Gina Taylor Cotter at Money20/20 Las Vegas to discuss the future of lending and how American Express keeps up with innovation in the industry.