Global

September 14, 2023 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) revealed findings from the seventh edition of its Global Back to Business Study, which found that a majority of surveyed small and micro businesses (SMBs) plan to prioritize cross-border sales as they look to scale beyond Main Street and High Street to… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU) is launching one more type of secured loan for its customers in Brazil: the FGTS-backed loan. The new product aligns with the company’s plan “to expand its secure credit offering in 2023 and is gradually being made available to the eligible customer base.”… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deduce, which claims to be the “only” patented technology platform designed to prevent AI-generated identity fraud, announced $9M in funding led by Freestyle Capital, with additional investment by Foundry and True Ventures. The funding will launch Deduce’s GenAI Identity fraud solution “out of stealth and… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 6:54 am By Michael Wong  |  

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) has sanctioned financing exceeding $150 million for initiatives across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. These funds will target modern infrastructure development in sectors like health, education, agriculture, water, and sanitation, and also extend financial assistance… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments provider, releases its latest research on the disparities in payment performance in the digital economy. The ‘High-Performance Payments: The hidden billion-dollar opportunity’ whitepaper, supported by research from Oxford Economics, finds “that US businesses lose, on average, 2.1% of global revenues due… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Corpay, a FLEETCOR (NYSE: FLT) brand and global leader in business payments, is proud to announce that Corpay’s Cross-Border business has launched Payments GPS, a proprietary tracking technology that allows clients and partners to monitor payments in real time. Leveraging various technologies, “including SWIFT GPI… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitPay, which claims to be the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, announced it has rolled out PayPal USD (PYUSD) payments for merchants and consumers. Xsolla will be one of the first merchants “to accept PYUSD, enabling their customers to buy any… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qudian Inc. (NYSE: QD), a consumer-oriented technology company, announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. As noted by Qudian, the Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights are: Total revenues were RMB11.1 million (US$1.5 million), compared to RMB105.4 million for the same… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, the payments platform connecting global companies with customers in rising digital markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa Cherrey Johnson as the new VP of Merchant Success – Americas and Europe. With her extensive experience in the payments industry and a deep… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Form3 announces that Visa (NYSE:V) has invested in the cloud-native account-to-account platform, which will help Form3 continue its expansion. This funding is in parallel to news that Form3 will “provide Visa’s clients with access to their payments platform, to enable them to modernize their payments’… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grocery retailers Matrebellerna and commerce software provider Focalpay announce a strategic partnership. Focalpay will roll out its commerce platform that “includes, among other features, payment, checkout and backoffice functionality, across 23 Matrebellerna stores in Sweden from September onwards.” Matrebellerna is a collective of independent grocery… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Safello, the crypto exchange in the Nordics, announces the integration of Apple Pay and Google Pay, “expanding its payment options and providing customers with a seamless and secure method to purchase cryptocurrencies.” Following Safello’s recent agreement with Worldpay, “enabling the processing of card payments for… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rabobank is pleased to announce its collaboration with 2Tokens, ABN AMRO, and Assetblocks in their joint application for the European Blockchain Sandbox (EBS). Our use case has been accepted by the EU in the 1st Cohort 2023. They partnership aims to legally “explore the innovative… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Bitget has introduced a $100 million fund in order to make strategic investments in exchanges, data analytics and other initiatives. As widely reported, Bitget’s EmpowerX Fund should support efforts related to expanding and further diversifying the crypto provider’s solutions.  The fund is expected… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoins are digital currencies which are pegged to major (and relatively stable) fiat currencies like the US dollar, Euro, the British pound (among others). Recently, the team at S&P Global provided a deep dive report into valuation and depegging of stablecoins. As explained in the… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 1:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), which claims to be world leader in digital payments, released the Fall 2023 edition of its Biannual Threats Report which “highlights emerging fraud schemes targeting the global economy.” This edition showcases “a significant rise of phishing schemes proliferated through generative AI tools,… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financial research factor S&P Global Market Intelligence has distributed a report on Fintech, pointing at real time payments as an opportunity that is experiencing choppy adoption depending on the jurisdiction. S&P says that the rollout of FedNow, the US government’s effort to power instant payments… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In response to the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Morocco, Binance Charity will airdrop up to $3 million in BNB to Binance users “identified as living in the areas affected by the tragedy.” Identification of the users will be “based on Proof of… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin (BTC) and broader digital assets market is experiencing increased volatility. Matteo Greco, Research Analyst at the publicly listed digital asset and fintech investment business Fineqia International (CSE:FNQ), notes that Bitcoin (BTC) had “closed last week around $25,850, a 0.5% decrease in price from… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The month of August has shown “promising growth” on Mintos. As noted in a blog post by Mintos, the total investments saw “a significant increase of €99.5 million worth of Notes funded, and interest earned by investors climbed to €4.3 million.” The average interest rate… Read More