Tagged: e-commerce

November 9, 2021 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the international retail bank, payments and shopping service with 90 million users across the globe, has officially launched operations in Ireland today. As mentioned in the announcement, Klarna will aim to empower Irish consumers with a better overall shopping experience and improved control, transparency… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the international payments provider and shopping platform, has unveiled its new all-in-one or comprehensive shopping app across Klarna markets. As the app economy grows, today consumers “face an increasingly cluttered and confusing landscape of e-commerce apps – this is frustrating and time-wasting for the… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shopping and rewards platform ShopBack announced on November 2, 2021 that it has obtained consent from shareholders of hoolah, a Buy Now, Now Later (BNPL) platform, for a 100% acquisition of the firm by ShopBack. hoolah, combined with ShopBack’s position as the publisher and shopping… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a Fintech firm for payment solutions in Latin America, confirms that it has finalized the acquisition of Juno, a Brazilian payments firm that enables e-commerce via billing and banking services in the South American country. Juno, one of the key players in the domestic… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Logicbroker, the Cloud-powered digital commerce platform providing full drop ship and marketplace functionality to suppliers, retailers, brands, and 3PLs, announced that it secured over $135 million from K1 Investment Management. As noted in a release shared with CI, K1 is an investment company that’s focused… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cybersource, a Visa solution, and Ebanx, an international payments Fintech that is focused on  Latin American (LatAm) markets, have entered into a partnership for handling payments in Brazil. Cybersource’s customers across the globe will have access to EBANX‘s payment services for  Brazil, and provide their… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), an international provider of payments and financial services tech solutions, announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire BentoBox, a digital marketing and commerce platform provider that offers a seamless diner experience “dedicated to accelerating growth and helping restaurants seamlessly… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

An entire generation of shoppers has started to expect the ease and convenience of Amazon’s one-click checkout—it’s “seamless and hassle-free,” the Bolt team writes in a blog post. They pointed out that Shopify has also been fairly successful with Shop Pay, which enables users to… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar, the financial services firm that provides Nordic consumers and businesses a new way to bank and make payments, announces the acquisition of Paylike in order to make online payments simpler and faster for digital commerce businesses and consumers. Being able to take payments and… 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 8, 2021 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FreedomPay, a consumer-focused commerce platform, has performed an integration with Klarna, the international retail bank, payments and shopping service. Beginning today (October 7, 2021), FreedomPay’s US merchants may provide Klarna’s interest-free payment services at checkout in-store, which should help with boosting sales and “bringing added… 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 15, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SellersFunding, an international Fintech firm focused on growth for digital commerce sellers, reveals that it has acquired $166.5 million in capital via a combination of equity and credit facility, with a round that was led by Northzone, along with contributions from Endeavor Catalyst and Fasanara…. Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Coronavirus crisis has led to an international surge in digital commerce sales and online or all-digital businesses, as nationwide lockdowns have forced customers to engage with e-commerce platforms. As consumers continue to use digital commerce platforms and make cashless payments with virtual cards and… Read More

September 13, 2021 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (in Pakistan) and its business and tech partner TPS Worldwide, have introduced “NIFT ePay,” which is the nation’s all-inclusive payment gateway supporting business solutions beyond payments. As mentioned in a release, NIFT ePay supports digital commerce payments by aggregating different… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gr4vy, a cloud-powered payments platform, reveals that it has formed two new partnerships focused on providing consumers flexible ways to pay with a bank account while empowering merchants in the process. The new partnerships, currently integrated into Gr4vy’s Cloud-enabled payment orchestration platform (POP), are with… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 6:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JCB International Co., Ltd., the global operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., and Checkout.com, the international payments processing platform, revealed that they’ve extended their partnership with the introduction of J/Secure 2.0 which is “compliant with EMV 3-D Secure (EMV 3DS) to Checkout.com’s merchants in the… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which is one of Europe’s leading Open Banking platforms, reveals that Mariko Beising has been appointed as the firm’s Head of Payment Partnerships, bringing around 10 years of professional experience, most recently at Fintech company Klarna where she was responsible for forming partnerships with… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Heroes, an established digital commerce firm which acquires, operates and scales “top performing” Amazon brands, reveals that it has finalized a $200 million round from US-headquartered investor Crayhill Capital Management. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the investment round will aim to facilitate… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, an international retail bank, payments, and shopping service, and Global-e (NASDAQ: GLBE), a cross-border digital commerce platform, have extended their partnership to provide  flexible payment methods to clients across the US, UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Australia. Klarna‘s payment services will be accessible to… Read More