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Kate Palmer

BBVA Compass allows mobile users to make text payments

BBVA Compass customers can send money to another account using the recipient’s email address or mobile number, in an update to its mobile banking system Pay People.

Barclaycard offers instant credit to online shoppers

Consumers could get up to $2,273 instantly to spend online due to the launch of Barclaycard’s immediate finance service, bFlex.

Visa and MasterCard agree on US chip technology

Payment giants Visa and MasterCard have agreed to work together to introduce standardised chip-and-pin technology to US consumers.

Mashreq launches loyalty scheme for travelling customers

Mashreq Bank has launched a promotion to try and encourage the use of credit cards by its customers abroad.

Ahli Bank Qatar starts growth plan with fee free Ramadan

Ahli Bank, Qatar’s tenth-largest bank by assets, has launched its national expansion plans by offering customers a holiday from credit card charges around the Ramadan period.

HDFC Bank offers credit cards in rural India

India’s HDFC Bank is issuing credit cards to customers in some remote parts of the country.

HSBC signs five year deal with Visa

HSBC has signed a five year deal with Visa for its debit card customers across the Middle East and North Africa.