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Verdict Staff

Apple Pay arrives to ANZ customers in New Zealand

ANZ Bank New Zealand has announced that its customers with a Visa debit or personal ANZ Visa credit card can now use Apple Pay to carry out transactions in the country.

Wells Fargo CEO steps down amid sales scandal

Wells Fargo chairman and CEO John Stumpf has resigned, effective immediately, amid a scandal involving fraudulent sales tactics.

Lloyds to launch new technology to combat telephone fraudsters

Lloyds Banking Group has unveiled plans to launch new anti-fraud technology to protect its 30 million customers across Europe from telephone fraudsters.

Enterprise Financial Services to buy Jefferson County Bancshares for $130.6m

Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC) has agreed to acquire Jefferson County Bancshares (JCB) in a deal worth about $130.6m.

Wells Fargo forms new payment division; shakes up management

American banking giant Wells Fargo has created a new business division that will focus on payments, virtual solutions and innovation.

Euronet Worldwide completes YourCash Europe acquisition

Electronic payments provider Euronet Worldwide has wrapped up the acquisition of YourCash Europe, a UK-based ATM operator.

SolarisBank, MasterCard to develop new payments modules for digital startups

Global payment technology firm MasterCard and Berlin-based SolarisBank have signed a strategic agreement to develop new payments modules for digital startups.

RAKBANK launches remittance service in India

UAE-based RAKBANK has expanded its real-time money remittance service, RAKMoneyTransfer, in India through a network of 26 major banks, including Axis Bank and ICICI Bank.

Remittances to developing nations expected to rise slowly in 2016

Amid a backdrop of weak global growth, remittances to developing nations are expected to increase at weak pace in 2016, according to a new report by World Bank.

Citi to sell consumer banking operations in Brazil and Argentina

Citi has agreed to offload its consumer banking business in Brazil and Argentina to Itau Unibanco and Banco Santander Rio respectively, for undisclosed sums.