Tagged: online payments

Ant International and Partners Unveil MSME Sustainability Too

Global digital payment and financial services firm Ant International is collaborating with industry partners to develop the MSME Sustainability Impact Scorecard (MSME S-Card). This pioneering digital solution aims to empower Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Asia to track their environmental and social impacts… Read More

Digital Payments: Mastercard and KaiOS to Streamline Payment Acceptance for SMEs in Emerging Markets

KaiOS, the operating system that brings the best of the internet to affordable devices, announced a partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to integrate a range of digital payments solutions. Mastercard and KaiOS explained in a blog post that they will aim to deliver affordable payment acceptance… Read More

Online Payments Fintech Telr and Mastercard Introduce Digital Checkout Solution

Telr, the online payment gateway, has announced its strategic collaboration with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to introduce its digital checkout solution, Click to Pay, across its extensive network of merchants in the UAE. Through this partnership, Telr will deploy payment technologies “to enhance the customer experience.”… Read More

Sendsprint Acquires Nobel Financial to Expand US-to-Africa Remittance Services

Sendsprint, a rapidly growing remittance startup founded in 2022 by former Flutterwave executive Damisi Busari, has completed the acquisition of Nobel Financial Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition marks a significant milestone in Sendsprint’s expansion, enabling the company to extend its services to users… Read More

DNA Payments Group Teams Up with sunday, a Restaurant Payment Solution

DNA Payments Group, an omnichannel payments company in the UK and EU, and sunday, a restaurant payment solution, have shared an update. The Fintech firms say that they will jointly exhibit on Stand h1063 at Hotel, Restaurant & Catering, ExCel in London from March 25th… Read More

Philippines: PLDT Launches Digital Payments Platform Digico

Philippine-listed network provider PLDT Inc. has announced the launch of Digico, a new digital venture created to harness the extensive data assets of the MVP Group of Companies. This initiative marks a significant move towards accelerating digital transformation and opening up new growth and value… Read More

China’s Ant Group Boosts Transaction Limits for International Travelers

Chinese Fintech firm Ant Group has announced substantial increases in transaction limits for international travelers using its cross-border payment services. Effective immediately, the single-transaction limit has been raised from $1,000 to $5,000, and the annual cumulative transaction limit from $10,000 to $50,000. This policy change,… Read More

Stax Payments Acquires APPS, Expands Tech Stack to Provide Seamless Payment Processing Experience

Stax Payments, a payment technology provider, announced its acquisition of Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems (APPS), creating an end-to-end, seamless payment processing platform. The integration of APPS marks “a significant expansion of Stax’s technology stack, giving partners and merchants flexible, customizable options for their payment processing needs… Read More

Stablecoins: Crypto Payments Platform BitPay Adds PayPal USD (PYUSD) Stablecoin Support

BitPay, which claims to be the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, announced it has rolled out PayPal USD (PYUSD) payments for merchants and consumers. Xsolla will be one of the first merchants “to accept PYUSD, enabling their customers to buy any… Read More

BNPL Fintech Klarna Teams Up with UK Luxury Store Liberty to Offer Payment Flexibility

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping destination, has today announced its partnership with iconic British department store Liberty, “with its flexible and interest-free payment options now available online.” The partnership will aim to “help Liberty’s customers save time and money and worry… Read More

Checkout.com, a Payment Solution Provider, Partners with NetEase Games, the Online Gaming Unit of NetEase

Checkout.com, a global payment solution provider, announced today a partnership with NetEase Games, the online games division of NetEase, Inc. and a leading global developer and publisher of video game IP “for their international payment operations.” Leveraging Checkout.com’s extensive experience in cross-border payments and global… Read More

Financial Wellbeing: Fintech DailyPay, Remington Hospitality to Improve Employee Experience

Remington Hospitality, a hotel management company, announced its partnership with DailyPay, the leading provider of on-demand pay. With DailyPay, Remington Hospitality employees have “access to their earned pay as they earn it.” This critical financial wellness benefit “provides the employees with the power of choice… Read More

EstateGuru, a P2P Investing Platform, Adds Lemonway ‘Pay by Bank’ Option

EstateGuru has partnered with Lemonway in order to bring the Pay by Bank online payment solution to the platform, allowing users to add funds to their accounts directly from their bank accounts. EstateGuru has shared instructions as to how it works. The firm reminds clients… Read More

Printemps Paris Integrates Alipay+ Solutions to Enable Digital Payment Experience for Asian Clients

Printemps, the French luxury department store, announced the integration of Alipay+, a suite of global cross-border digital payment and marketing solutions, in order “to offer Asian consumers a convenient and seamless checkout experience with their home e-wallets.” Through a simple integration, Kakao Pay and AlipayHK… Read More

European SMEs Are Increasingly Making Online Payments, According to Research by Qonto

European SMEs are increasingly using cards and making online and  virtual payments, according to research by Qonto, the European business finance  solution for SMEs. Analysis published has looked at “the spending habits of 350,000 SMEs and freelancers.” The  data “shows increased card usage as well… Read More

Digital Transactions: Economic Rebound to Allow Card Payments to Grow by 4.8% in Hong Kong (China SAR) in 2023, New Report Claims

Hong Kong’s card payments market is “expected to grow by 4.8% to reach HKD1.06 trillion ($136.0 billion) in 2023, supported by an economic rebound and a growing consumer preference for electronic payments,” says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s Payment Cards Analytics,… Read More

Fintech Clik2pay Enables Online Debit Payments on WooCommerce

Payment service provider Clik2pay announced it has developed a Clik2pay plugin for WooCommerce, “enabling any business on the platform to quickly and easily enable Clik2pay for their online store.” WooCommerce users can now “offer their customers a direct-from-account payment option and begin accepting debit payments… Read More

Online Payments Report: Indian Households to Make Over 50% Non-Cash Transactions by FY26

Redseer Strategy Consultants released a report titled ‘Future of Online Payments’ in collaboration with Plural by Pine Labs. The report “highlights growth projections for the forecast period FY23-26 and shares insights on segments like UPI, Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), Embedded Finance, and e-commerce.” As… Read More

Online Payments: Fintech Freepay, Finaro to Strengthen Danish Market Presence as Payment Provider

Freepay has announced a collaboration with Finaro to strengthen its position in the Danish market as a payment provider (payment gateway). Through this collaboration, Freepay can now “offer a broader solution within online payments on various technical platforms, both physically and online, where card payment… Read More

BNPL: Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Seeks Public Consultation on Rules for Regulating Buy Now Pay Later Fintechs

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) seeks public consultation on the draft “Rules for Regulating Buy Now Pay later (BNPL) Companies.” In the interest of transparency and wider participation, SAMA reportedly “invites stakeholders and public to provide suggestions and observations on the draft Rules by visiting… Read More

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