Tagged: digital payments

August 1, 2022 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexi announced a collaboration with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) intended to innovate virtual payments services and assisting with the digitalization of SMEs, Corporates, Public Administrations and Financial Institutions across European markets via vertical value-added solutions in order to respond to specific requirements as easy to adopt… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s leading open banking platform, announced the availability of TrueLayer Payments for WooCommerce plugin, “enabling ecommerce SMBs to seamlessly add instant, secure account-to-account payments to their website.” Luxury watch retailer BQ Watches is one of “the first businesses to implement… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 6:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, which claims to be a leading global Fintech platform, announced the launch of its Airwallex Online Payments App on Shopify. The Airwallex Online Payments App is “a payment gateway plugin that merchants can integrate on their online store to accept payments from their global… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Pay with Adyen enables shoppers “to securely pay online and in-person using the cards stored in the Google account.” The integration is described as being “secure (supporting 3DS), ubiquitous (multiple currencies across many countries) and effortless.” Adyen has partnered with Google “for quite some… Read More

July 14, 2022 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Primex, a “privacy-first” payments company specializing in secure digital payment solutions for merchants and consumers, announced the launch of its payment platform VLoad in partnership with New York-based Metropolitan Commercial Bank (NYSE: MCB). VLoad is an online payment method that provides privacy and security… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

French startup Qori has officially launched services, allowing Europeans to make payments in store, remotely or online with their bank or virtual currency wallets without being required to download a proprietary app. The “pay by bank” and “pay by crypto” tech is currently available to… Read More

July 9, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

i2c Inc., a provider of digital payment and banking tech, announced its partnership with Colorado-based financial tech firm Marygold & Co., in order to power the platform’s Tap to Pay Debit Mastercard and new “customer-centric” savings program. Leveraging i2c’s “plug-and-play” payment APIs, Marygold & Co…. Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QNB, which is one of the largest financial institutions in the MENA region, has introduced  WeChat Pay and AliPay+ to its existing range of payment options that are accepted by its merchant network in Qatar, making it the first banking institution in the country to… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BKN301 – a Fintech creating payment services and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions – has acquired €15 million via its Series A round. This, after finalizing the first seed round a few months back. The investment round includes key investors and brings the firm’s valuation to €63… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Italy’s payments Fintech Nexi NEXII.MI and Greece’s Alpha ACBr.AT bank revealed on Monday (July 4, 2022) that they intend to invest €100 million (appr. $104.55 million) within the next 5 years in the Greek digital payments sector. In 2021, Nexi agreed to acquire Alpha Bank’s… Read More

June 26, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kasheesh, a “first-to-market” digital payment platform, allows people to split payment for online purchases “across multiple combinations of debit and credit cards in any way they want, without added cost or interest hikes.” As part of its launch, Kasheesh has also announced it has raised… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet and payments platform, has appointed Clark Povey as its new Operations Director “to shape the moments that matter in people’s crypto experience.” Clark has more than 20 years’ experience “leading global operations at financial services and technology companies.” He will… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), which claims to be the leader in virtual payments, recently announced the launch of its global She’s Next initiative in the United Arab Emirates in order to economically empower women entrepreneurs. The initiative has been introduced with assistance from First Abu Dhabi… Read More

June 18, 2022 @ 1:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PPRO, the provider of digital payments infrastructure, has appointed former Wayfair Europe finance executive Rahul Raswant as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rahul takes over the role from Götz Möller, who will be stepping down after over 3 years at the firm. Rahul brings… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​Co-op Solutions and Constellation Digital Partners recently announced that the two credit union service organizations have established a task force of mutual customers to speed up the integration of Co-op digital apps into Constellation’s online and mobile banking platform. Gail Tofil, VP, Strategic Business Development,… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After the appointment of Jason Levy to lead its Strategic Development and Partnership plans in the charity sector, digital payments provider PayPoint is launching PayPoint Donate. PayPoint Donate brings together a digital solution to offer charities and their supply partners with an integrated platform to… Read More

June 11, 2022 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nekoosa Port Edwards State Bank recently became the 1,000th financial institution to offer Zelle® via Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions. Zelle® allows consumers “to send and receive money directly from one U.S. bank account to another,… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Razer Fintech, the financial technology arm of Razer, the global lifestyle brand for gamers, recently announced the acquisition of PT E2Pay Global Utama, which claims to be one of the leading B2B2C digital payment facilitators and e-money players in Indonesia. Razer Fintech is an O2O… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the payments company making crypto accessible to everyone, has reportedly added Apple Pay as a payment option for its US clients in 36 states. As mentioned in the update shared with CI, the mobile payment option, “already available to consumers on Ramp in the… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian Fintech firm Razorpay notes that Slack has become one of the “most popular” communication apps used in businesses today. As mentioned in a blog post by Razorpay, Slack is a digital workplace communication tool that “connects you to people and tools you work with.”… Read More