Tagged: digital payments

October 18, 2021 @ 7:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hashbon, a project that aims to transform the decentralized cryptocurrency payment industry for individual users and businesses, reveals that they have expanded to the Hashbon FiRe (Finance Reinvented) ecosystem and also introduced a cross-chain DEX (CDEX), called Hashbon Rocket. The team says that they plan… Read More

October 17, 2021 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Salt Edge, a Financial API platform has partnered with Italian Fintech accelerator Supernovae Labs in order to support Italian financial institutions and third-party providers with aggregating banking data and carrying out payments enhanced by PSD2. Through their collaboration, Salt Edge and Supernovae Labs are providing… Read More

October 15, 2021 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Veem, the international payment network for SMBs, announced a partnership with Visa (NYSE: V), the leader in virtual payments. Now, more than 400,000 of Veem‘s clients will get access to a new SMB Visa card program and digital money movement capabilities via Visa Direct, which is… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei Corporation (Nasdaq and TSX: NVEI), the international payment tech partner of major brands, reveals that it’s teaming up with Visa, the leader in virtual payments, in order to offer Nuvei’s US customers with access to quick payouts via implementation of Visa Direct, which is… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As digital wallet usage accelerates, international payments provider Blackhawk Network and Magstar Inc., an ERP software provider for midsized retailers, have teamed up to expand digital wallet acceptance and improve virtual payments options in-store. Through this relationship, merchants and retailers are able to conveniently expand… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKCoin is reportedly the only US-licensed exchange to provide Lightning Network (LN) enabled deposits and withdrawals, and they’re doubling down on their commitment to the LN with their support for the recent ShellHacks hackathon and with the introduction of their Lightning API. As noted in… Read More

October 10, 2021 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UniCredit and J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) have teamed up for the SWIFT Go project – a transformative new service that “enables small businesses and consumers to send fast, highly secure, and competitively priced low-value cross-border payments anywhere in the world.” As mentioned in the announcement:… Read More

October 10, 2021 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), the leader in virtual payments, recently announced the expansion of Visa Installments in Australia in partnership with ANZ (ASX: ANZ), which is one of the nation’s largest financial institutions, and merchant payment provider Quest. As mentioned in a release, the Visa solution… Read More

October 10, 2021 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments are entering a new “experience-driven” era (Payments 4.X1), “ushered in by an accelerated transformation timeline” because of the Coronavirus crisis and the increasing virtual appetite of clients, according to the World Payments Report 2021 released by Capgemini. As noted in a release: “With the… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 8:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Travel and leisure booking platform Klook and Asian buy now pay later (BNPL) brand Atome today announced a regional partnership to expand BNPL payment acceptance for travel, attractions and leisure experiences across Southeast Asia. The partnership will start in Singapore before rolling out to Hong… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

United and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) revealed that they’ve introduced a new way to carry out touch-free inflight purchases, even in areas that don’t have Wi-Fi. Starting next month, United clients on select flights may simply show a flight attendant the PayPal QR Code in the… Read More

October 4, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QisstPay, which is one of Pakistan’s first Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services, recently revealed that they’ve secured $15 million in capital as part of their seed and pre-seed rounds with “a mix of equity and debt.” MSA Capital reportedly led QisstPay‘s investment round, with… Read More

October 4, 2021 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Catherine Gu, Global CBDC Product Lead at Visa (NYSE: V) writes in a blog post that you should try imagining splitting the check with your friends, like when everyone at the table may be using a different “type of money” — some using a central bank… Read More

October 4, 2021 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm SumUp, an international leader in virtual payments, has confirmed the appointment of a new CEO for Europe, Michael Schrezenmaier. Schrezenmaier brings with him a “founder’s mentality” and a “hands-on” attitude, as well as being a “perfect cultural fit” for the London-based company,… Read More

October 3, 2021 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the nation’s reserve bank and financial regulator, and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). the central bank of the Southeast Asian country, revealed that they are beginning a phased linkage of Singapore’s PayNow and Malaysia’s DuitNow real-time payment solutions. The initial… Read More

October 3, 2021 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

International payments provider Checkout.com reveals that it has appointed Leela Srinivasan as its Chief Marketing Officer and Kerry Van Voris as its Chief Human Resources Officer, both “formative executive appointments on the company’s exponential growth journey.” The announcement from Checkout.com also noted that the news… Read More

October 2, 2021 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking platform Revolut notes in a blog post that as you might already know, sending funds abroad with traditional banks can be quite costly and very slow. The fees may be really high and transactions may often take at least several business days to… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitPay, an established provider of cryptocurrency payment services, and Verifone, an international Fintech platform and payment solution provider to major retail brands, have announced the extension of BitPay’s blockchain payment tech to enable consumer crypto  payments on Verifone’s in-store and eCommerce Cloud Services platforms in… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) says it’s “reinventing” installments in order to give clients more payment options wherever they make purchases. According to an announcement from the payments giant, Mastercard Installments BNPL program will be introduced in the US, Australia, and the UK markets. The payments company… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The younger you are, the more warm you are to using social media-based payment apps, new research released this week by GoCardless suggested. The payments infrastructure provider recently surveyed 1,000 American adults about their payment preferences. They found 56% per cent of millennials and 54… Read More