Tagged: fintech trends

April 22, 2024 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, and Milkywire, an environmental impact platform, have launched a new fund to open to tech and finance companies which want to invest directly in impactful projects to contribute to global biodiversity targets but don’t know where… Read More

April 18, 2024 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finix, the payment processor enabling businesses to accept and send payments, launched its Merchant Underwriting solution to automate underwriting workflows and streamline merchant onboarding processes. Finix’s solution collects and verifies necessary information “via pre-built brandable forms to empower businesses to onboard more merchants faster while… Read More

April 18, 2024 @ 9:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, the global enabler of B2B payments, today announced it has brought full payments integration to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. In addition Paystand will support Dynamics NAV, GP, AX, and Dynamics 365 Finance. It has also established a partnership “with independent software vendor ERP… Read More

April 17, 2024 @ 5:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, today announced a partnership with URBN to power online and in-person retail payments for Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People, and FP Movement. With Stripe as its primary payments infrastructure, URBN will “introduce a more consistent checkout experience… Read More

April 12, 2024 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The subscription model involves paying in periodic intervals for goods or services based on a prearranged capacity, the team at Juniper Research notes in a report. The research report explains that the subscription economy is an umbrella term for the market surrounding subscriptions, “including subscription… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank payment company GoCardless has announced the renewal and expansion of its strategic partnership with Sage, the global enabler of accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses. The latest agreement, which “builds on a successful six-year collaboration, will open up new… Read More

March 30, 2024 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is partnering with Adobe Commerce to deliver flexible online and offline payments solutions to global enterprise merchants operating on Adobe Commerce. The payments partnership enables Adobe Commerce customers “to simplify and scale their… Read More

March 23, 2024 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced an expansion of its Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) partnership by powering payments for retailers using Just Walk Out technology in Australia and Canada. Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology is “designed to be an effortless shopping experience. The guest enters… Read More

March 21, 2024 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) continues to expand its cross-border payment solutions with a new connection to Alipay, China’s digital open platform under Ant Group. The move comes as consumers increasingly “look for ways to send money across the globe quickly and securely.” Insights from Mastercard’s Borderless… Read More

March 10, 2024 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a launching partner for Visa+, announced that the innovative new service is available to DailyPay’s millions of users nationwide. Launched in late 2023, the mission of Visa+ is to create “an interoperable future, where paying across services is as seamless as using any one… Read More

March 8, 2024 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrustCommerce, a Sphere company and a provider of end-to-end integrated healthcare payments and security software, announced that it is adding PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Venmo, in the U.S., to its healthcare-focused payments platform, enabling providers to offer patients additional flexibility and modern payment options. Through this… Read More

March 8, 2024 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Invoys, a fintech transforming the invoicing industry, and KUNA Pay, a key player in the crypto payment space, have announced a collaboration to enable businesses with crypto payment options directly from invoice links. The partnership between Invoys and KUNA Pay is said to “mark a… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uber (NYSE: UBER) announced a new partnership with Mastercard and Payfare to launch the Uber Pro Card, providing free instant payouts after every trip or delivery1 and enhanced loyalty features for drivers and delivery people on the Uber platform in Canada, powered by Payfare’s leading… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM), a global asset manager with US$213 billion in alternative assets under management, and iCapital, the global fintech platform driving the world’s alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, announced a partnership to open up access “for APAC wealth managers… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing, has unveiled The Lending Hub, a platform that transforms how banks deliver lending solutions for merchants and their customers at scale. Designed to empower banks and financial institutions “to streamline the development, management, and distribution of multiple… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Innovate Finance, the independent industry body for UK Fintech, has launched the Unicorn Council for UK Fintech (UCFT), a coalition of UK-based Fintech unicorn founders to accelerate and unlock promised growth in the UK FinTech sector. The Council will be “co-chaired by Janine Hirt, CEO… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, the Fintech firm focused on simplifying business processes in a multi-currency environment, has teamed up with UK-headquartered Fintech company, TangoPay to improve its remittance service for its UK-based expat clients. This enhancement will be achieved by introducing real-time competitive foreign exchange (FX) rates along… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 6:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although the rapid rise of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services has been accompanied by a growing chorus of concern about runaway consumer debt, the customers who are using these services are growing “increasingly satisfied with their experiences.” According to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S…. Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yapily, a provider of open banking solutions, is announcing its partnership with Uncapped, a Fintech providing working capital funding to scaling brands, retailers, and merchants across the UK, EU, and US. This collaboration significantly bolsters progress in “the financial lending sector and democratises access to… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 12:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase says that Alacriti, a cloud-based payments and money services provider, will integrate its payments hub solution into the Backbase Engagement Banking Platform. Through this partnership, Backbase clients will be “able to offer instant payment capabilities to their customers. Backbase, leveraging Alacriti’s Orbipay Payments Hub, will… Read More