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Visa Europe Opens Innovation Hub Visa Europe has launched an innovation hub, promising to help startups build payments-related technologies and services, with the best being rolled out to the card giant's member banks, retailers and consumers.

Goldman a Lead Investor in Funding Round for Bitcoin Startup Circle Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is one of two lead investors in a $50 million funding round for bitcoin startup Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Goldman adds its name to a growing list of Wall Street institutions exploring digital-currency technology’s potential to provide faster and cheaper financial transactions and payments.

Hong Kong's Financial Tech Startups to Get Boost with New Bank-Backed Accelerator Programme Hong Kong’s efforts to build up its credentials in financial technology innovation are primed for a big boost, with the opening today of an “accelerator” programme for start-ups in the field by management consulting giant Accenture.

Social Trading Company ayondo Acquires 6m CHF for International Expansion Swiss social trading company ayondo announced this week that it has received an additional 6 million CHF (~$6.4 million) from Singaporean private equity group Luminor Capital. The investment will go toward ayondo’s international expansion into Asia. ayondo had a successful year in 2014, raising 9 million CHF (~$9.6 million) growth funding and entering into a partnership with ProSiebenSat.1’s venture arm, SevenVentures. The partnership helped to strengthen ayondo’s presence in the German market.

PayPal Brings Its Instant Checkout Service “One Touch” Across The Web PayPal is rolling out seamless, one-touch payments across the web, allowing customers to checkout from a merchant’s website without having to enter in their user ID and password again. The system, called One Touch for Web, is an expansion of PayPal’s earlier efforts on mobile.