Payments Monitor

TOP STORIES Digital currency network Ripple Labs just received a new round of funding for US$4 Million from Santander InnoVentures. Mastercard is doing biometric trials for payments Google Alphabet invests in Symphony. China’s renminbi is now the 4th most used currency in the world OPINION Payments walls, registrations, OAuth and ChangeTip. DEVELOPING STORY European Union’s 15-Year data sharing pact with the US has now been termed invalid. DID YOU KNOW Apple Pay turns one year old today. And coincidentally has only 1.0% of the retail payment marketshare.