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For many small and medium-sized businesses, the cost of accepting card payments can feel like a fixed burden—something dictated by banks, networks, and providers with little room for negotiation. That sense of powerlessness has only intensified in recent years. As more transactions moved online, particularly during and after the pandemic, businesses saw a sharp rise […]

Circle is moving to widen the reach of its dollar-backed stablecoin, USDC, through a new collaboration with Sasai Fintech, the payments arm of Cassava Technologies. The initiative is aimed at expanding digital-dollar payment options and strengthening blockchain-based financial rails across African markets. The announcement signals a broader push to use stablecoins not just as crypto

A new collaboration between Huawei and Luxembourg-based fintech Yowpay is pushing the boundaries of how — and where — payments can happen. The two companies have introduced what they describe as the first open banking-powered point-of-sale (POS) solution built directly into a smartwatch, effectively shrinking a payment terminal down to a wearable device. Payments from

PAYONE GmbH, a firm with historical court findings of racism and a key subsidiary of the struggling French payments giant Worldline, is heading to a high-stakes 7-day trial this October as its corporate culture and data security protocols come under the microscope. The upcoming trial follows appellate rulings which confirmed that staff at the firm

Before turning to the substance, it is worth setting out the timeline clearly: November 2025 – The Request There is a point in many data access requests where things shift. It stops being about process, and starts being about substance. That point seems to have been reached here. In November 2025, a request was made

In January 2026, Worldline UK apologised to a data requester for causing “unintended anxiety” in its handling of an ongoing data subject access request. That acknowledgement followed shifting verification requirements, additional procedural steps, and the introduction of an external portal into what would ordinarily be expected to remain a straightforward statutory process. What has unfolded

European payments provider Unzer is strengthening its collaboration with payment technology specialist Verifone as it expands its in-store point-of-sale capabilities, signalling a broader push to deliver fully integrated commerce solutions for merchants. The initiative builds on Unzer’s strong digital payments infrastructure and extends its offering into physical retail environments. By combining payment acceptance, data integration

Coming soon Loopline Media will next track a live subject access request involving TK Maxx. The correspondence around he request is live. We’ll be reporting as it unfolds.

Swiss performance sportswear brand On has announced the opening of a new London store on Brompton Road in Kensington, bringing its total number of retail locations in the capital to four. With this launch, London becomes the city with the highest number of On stores worldwide, highlighting both the brand’s long-term commitment to the UK

The Curious Case of Access Without Copies In its previous reporting, Loopline Media noted that Worldline UK had apologised for “unintended anxiety” arising from a request for personal data. Subsequent correspondence brings that underlying issue into sharper focus. The original request, dated 24 November 2025, was expressly framed as a request under Articles 12–15 UK