This week on Five Point Friday include, Facebook to end news sharing as payment bill passes in canada, Alipay partners with Mastercard and launches new payments option, US-based crypto payments firm Wyre to shut down, Google Cloud launches Anti Money Laundering AI and the International Monetary Fund works on launching international central bank digital currencies platform. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include, UBS completes acquisition of Credit Suisse, Twitter Developing Video App for Smart TVs, Revolut launches new premium plan ‘Ultra’, Meta Introduces Generative AI Model With Speech Generation Capabilities and Slovakia adds right to cash payments in constitution over digital euro fears. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include, Tencent goes viral on Tiktok with launch of Wechat Palm pay, Netherlands rolls out nationwide contactless transport payment system, Apple introduced its next generation iOS update at WWDC 2023, Australia to "kill off" cheques by 2030, and Money2020 Europe returned to Amsterdam. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include, Klarna’s Q1 results show fintech unicorn’s turnaround, Ant Group makes four mobile wallets available in Thailand, India’s UPI Real-Time Payments System hits 9 Billion Monthly Transactions, Revolut’s Global Retail Customer Base Tops 30 Million, and Worldline delivers a front-end prototype for the digital euro. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include, Twitter reveals subscription payments publicly, Klarna allows credit "opt out", Amazon Palm scanning now verifies age , , Japan in talks to adopt India's UPI system and Starling bank CEO to step down amid huge profits. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include, France vs. UK: Who will take the Fintech crown?, Ant group to advance Hangzhou’s digital transformation, Apple launches tap-to-pay in Australia , Uber to provide financial services in Mexico, and Bank of England plans to reject Revolut’s banking license request. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include, Revolut's UK banking license journey, Bittrex files for bankruptcy, Whatsapp chat payments launch in Singapore, Expedia Partners with Mastercard and Uber and Hopper might have just created a one-of-a kind Fintech Travel app. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include: Microsoft Teams opens up to payments, North Carolina votes to ban digital Dollar payments to the State, Revolut enters Brazil, Passkeys are now accessible on all major platforms, and "Godfather of AI" worries about future of technology. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include, Klarna and Block slam outdated United Kingdom buy-now-pay-later regulation proposals, Lemon8, the sibling app of TikTok is steadily growing, Venmo will soon enable its customers to transfer cryptocurrency, South-Korea fintech Kakao Pay acquired a 19.9% stake in US broker Siebert, and Apple to allow links to outside App Store payments. Okay, lets begin!

This week on Five Point Friday include Apple’s new high yield savings accounts, Google opens up third party payments in another country, Credit Agricole and Worldline on setting up a joint venture, the European Parliament voted to boost semiconductor supply in Europe, and Revolut connects directly to the SEPA financial network . Okay, lets begin!