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nicolinox··on Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests
They should start doing like Google, publishing a Transparency Report https://transparencyreport.google.com/
nicolinox··on Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests
the great thing about Revolut is that a) you can create multiple free virtual cards (with numbers different than the physical card) b) you can attach spending limits on each c) you never use the physical card details online d) you can cancel a card as soon as you notice a suspicious transaction which you have not done yourself - for this you can even use the virtual disposable card number. If a subscription was authorised previously on a card, you should have the track record from the transaction history, too.
nicolinox··on Visa and Mastercard near deal with merchants that would change rewards landscape
Use Revolut for no exchange rate fees added while paying in foreign currencies; also with disposable virtual debit card numbers for extra security when payment gateways or websites do get compromised.
nicolinox··on Swift and top global banks working on blockchain-based overhaul
See what Revolut is building.
nicolinox··on Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant
Revolut is simplifying this, also in Switzerland. You checkout with the "Pay with Revolut" option. It's instant, magic and safe. You don't need to copy card details, just authorise the push notification.

I have also used it on airline websites, Aer Lingus and Wizz Air.

nicolinox··on Launch HN: Cuckoo (YC W25) – Real-time AI translator for global teams
for this check www.palabra.ai
nicolinox··on Show HN: A New Way to Learn Languages
See Palabra.ai for an impressive quality simultaneous voice-to-voice translation app (Mac only) [1] and APIs [2].

[1] https://palabra.ai/ [2] https://docs.palabra.ai/

nicolinox··on HTTP/2 zero-day vulnerability results in record-breaking DDoS attacks
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/goo...
nicolinox··on Tell HN: Stripe Destroyed Our Business after 7 months of building our product
Switch to Revolut payments: https://developer.revolut.com/docs/accept-payments
nicolinox··on Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate
Revolut has a EU banking license.
nicolinox··on Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate
Use Revolut; Revolut business has fantastic APIs for global realtime transfers.
nicolinox··on Cashless society in Switzerland? People to vote on keeping cash forever
Revolut has already of few million users in Switzerland. It looks like swiss citizens and foreign immigrants being taken for a ride in fees by the swiss banks are now fed up and have alternatives...
nicolinox··on Amazon Time Sync is now available over the internet as a public NTP service
https://developers.google.com/time
nicolinox··on Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken?
Revolut is well positioned to launch an alternative p2p multi-currency (fiat) for both consumers and businesses with the partnership with Stripe [0].

This would challenge both Visa-Mastercard and SWIFT.

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-06/revolut-p...

nicolinox··on Indian online merchants cannot store credit card information from 2022
I found the approach of disposable virtual card numbers (Visa and Mastercard) that Revolut is giving to each app owner for free is amazing. This number (always different) can be autopopulated from a browser plugin during checkout from the PC and has a very smooth user experience. I don't need to take a card out of my wallet or open the smartphone app to do this. I am happy and regulator is happy too, in this case.
nicolinox··on European Payments Initiative (EPI)
Revolut is already working in the real time payment space for consumers and B2B, cross-country and cross-currency (mobile for consumers and B2B APIs for businesses) and it's active in EU, USA and Asia (SG, JP, AU) and expanding its footprint.
nicolinox··on European Payments Initiative (EPI)
This is a good update, than you for the resources. One only point to add to your last one: Revolut, already very popular in Europe, is also present in USA now. QR codes are already supported, as well as instant phone to phone payments with either phone number, name alias (uniqueID).
nicolinox··on European Payments Initiative (EPI)
Revolut is growing very aggressively in Europe and Australia and it's already doing cross-border instant cross-currency transfers (mobile to mobile).
nicolinox··on Cargo on fire explodes in the Atlantic Ocean on July 14th
have you read it somewhere in the news ?
nicolinox··on HN London Meetup
Yup. One more and spreading the voice.
nicolinox··on Ask HN: Speaker independent voice recognition for auto-generated transcriptions?
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