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Finextra
02-07-2025
- Business
- Finextra
Tink to provide payment initiation service for Chip customers
Tink, A Visa Solution, and Chip, the award-winning wealth app, have today announced a partnership which will see Tink provide its Payment Initiation Services (PIS) to Chip customers. 0 Tink is working with Chip to provide seamless and secure open banking-powered money transfers for users topping up their account. Alex Latham, Chip Co-Founder, said: 'It's brilliant to partner with Tink, whose open banking solutions provide a fast and secure option for our users adding money to their savings on the Chip app. 'We're looking forward to working with the Tink team to promote these payment options, with a few more exciting updates coming soon.' Tink's Head of Payments, Ian Morrin, added: 'Chip have been on a tremendous growth journey in recent years, and we're delighted to become part of their success story by bringing more payment options to their user base.'
BBC News
23-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Burghfield Box Kart charity race returns after six year break
A village has seen drivers in fancy dress and homemade karts in all shapes and sizes race down a steep hill for the first time in six near Reading once again hosted its Box Kart Bash on Sunday, a charity event that last ran in 2019, before than 4,000 spectators lined the route and the organiser, Ian Morrin, said: "We were pretty determined this year to do it."The karts can reach about 30mph (48kmh) but nobody was hurt in the event, which saw Mongol Missile 2 beat 15 other teams to top the table. It began in 2017 at the historical home of the Auclum Hill Climb, which was a motorcar course close to Burghfield ahead of what was their seventh box cart event, Alex Watts - builder and driver for the team called Better Late than Never - said: "We meet some amazing people, we have a great day out."He added: "If anyone wants to have a go at this, please do because you'll have so much fun."His team raised money for the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice in Boxkart Bash supports Thames Valley Air Ambulance and helps to raise funds for a wide variety of charities. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
