Tagged: digital transactions

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 16, 2022 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE:AXP) has launched the “refreshed” Blue Cash Everyday Card with “new online shopping rewards, credits for streaming and cooking at home, and a sleek new Card design.” Blue Cash Everyday now “offers 3% cash back on U.S. online retail purchases, at U.S. supermarkets,… 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 13, 2022 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BPC, the international payments solution provider, has been selected as partner by NanoPay in Mexico, and has launched its anti-fraud solution SmartVista in order to safeguard credit card transfers for its clients. Daniel Hernández, Business Development Director and Country Manager Mexico at BPC, said: “The… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kadmos, the end-to-end salary payments platform for cross-border employers, has raised €29 million in a Series A funding round “led by Blossom Capital.” The investment round, which follows an €8.3 million seed round back in December, also included existing investors Addition and Atlantic Labs. The… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada’s debit network Interac is reportedly adding a backup network provider after this past week’s large-scale outage at Rogers, which had left millions of clients unable to complete payments. In statements shared with Reuters, the company’s management noted: “We are adding a supplier (besides Rogers)… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

International payments Fintech, Till Payments recently announced a partnership with Alipay+, a suite of cross-border payments and marketing solutions operated by Ant Group, in order to integrate Alipay into its Education product offering while exploring the potential integration of other virtual payment methods offered by… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu, a Cloud banking platform, announced a partnership with Visa (NYSE: V) to utilize Visa DPS – one of the largest processors of Visa debit transactions. The partnership will aim to give Mambu clients a connection to Visa DPS for end-to-end card issuing as well… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vibrant, the Danish app that turns Android mobile devices into points of sale, has raised a €4 million seed round led by byFounders, with Luminar Ventures participating. Vibrant’s mission is “to make monetary merchant-customer transactions easier and more accessible than ever before.” According to Visa,… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology platform FIS (NYSE: FIS) announced the launch of its Guaranteed Payments solution, becoming the “only” payments processor to “offer a fully integrated solution designed to guarantee merchants increased eCommerce transaction approval rates and eliminate the financial liability of chargebacks due to fraudulent purchases.”… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 1:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liminal, a wallet operations infrastructure that secures digital assets, has reportedly surpassed $3 billion in transactions via its platform. Established in 2021, this milestone comes “as a reflection of the company’s capacity to scale in a relatively short amount of time,” according to an update… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEXC Global, which claims to be a leading digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform, reveals that it has taken steps towards improving the process of crypto purchases by offering investors in 180 countries the option of buying cryptocurrencies using Visa or Mastercard. Visa and Mastercard… 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 24, 2022 @ 9:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Fintech firm Northmill, which has the vision to improve financial life, launches Apple Pay for all its card users. It gives users “a safe and simple way to pay with iPhone and Apple Watch.” Northmill has also “introduced an account and a card –… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), which claims to be global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, recently released the findings of a new customer survey detailing trends around “how families in the United States are transferring money around the world this year.” These… 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 @ 1:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirex, a crypto payments firm, has made their recently launched non-custodial wallet more accessible to APAC users “after releasing a new payment method.” The addition of instant bank transfers and local payment systems for Indonesian and Malaysia customers “to purchase crypto on the app will… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SurePay, the Confirmation of Payee provider, announced that it has supported Virgin Money with the implementation of its UK Confirmation of Payee solution in order to protect consumers against fraudulent activities and misdirected payments. Confirmation of Payee is a way of giving users more assurance… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram, which claims to be an international “leader” in the evolution of digital P2P payments, and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar, an open-source public blockchain that allows money to be tokenized and transferred globally,… 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