Tagged: digital commerce

March 31, 2020 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KIR, the national payments processor in Poland, has partnered with Cryptomathic in order to allow the country’s residents to sign documents electronically (and remotely), following the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The eIDAS-certified remote qualified e-signature service (QES) allows Poland’s citizens and firms based in the… Read More

March 28, 2020 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bulgaria-based payment companies, Paynetics, and phyre, have both finalized investment rounds, which were led by the Bulgarian American Credit Bank and VC New Vision 3. Paynetics, which secured €2.5 million in funding, and phyre, which acquired €1.55 million in capital, were both established by Bulgarian… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based Fintech OLB Group, a digital commerce solution provider that offers outsourced private label shopping solutions to large websites and retail outlets, has introduced measures and initiatives to help reduce their risks and to ensure stakeholder protection as the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to… Read More

March 23, 2020 @ 9:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QPAY International, which is listed as a member of the NEXXO Network, a Fintech firm based in Qatar that provides services to more than 15,000 local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and over 250,000 low-income workers, is reducing its point of sale (POS) prices by… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the nation’s central bank, has announced that it will be lowering the capital requirements for payment aggregators. This move may further increase the number of digital transactions carried out in the country. The RBI noted in a statement published… Read More

February 19, 2020 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech company Axept has unveiled a Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) compliant payment method, which uses contactless payments cards for settling e-commerce transactions. Axept’s new solution does not require users to type in their card details, usernames, passwords or sign up while purchasing items. If… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indonesia-based PT Pegadaian, a state-owned pawnshop, is reportedly planning to work with several Fintech firms in order to create digital financing solutions, which will help the pawnshop expand its business operations. PT Pegadaian’s management realizes the potential of the growing digital finance ecosystem and intends… Read More

January 26, 2020 @ 7:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tokopedia, an Indonesia-based e-commerce marketplace, is reportedly in the final stages of closing an investment round valued at around $1.5 billion from Japan’s Softbank, China’s Alibaba Group and Singapore-based Temasek. The Tokopedia marketplace, which is notably the largest of its kind in Indonesia, is now… Read More

June 3, 2019 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced on Monday the launch of its new digital commerce platform. The PayPal Commerce Platform is notably designed to meet the specific needs of marketplaces, e-commerce solution providers, crowdfunding platforms, and more by bringing together the most comprehensive set of technologies, tools,… Read More