March 22, 2019 @ 8:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Borgun, a European payment processor and merchant acquirer, announced earlier this week it has signed an agreement with the fintech and insurtech company novae to support its digital transformation. Borgun reported that it and novae are aiming to co-create solutions in a digital capability framework… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 1:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Galileo, a U.S.-based payments processors and program management firm, announced on Wednesday its significant growth and an expanded portfolio of payments and cash management solutions that increase business opportunities for its clients. Galileo reported its client base grew 34 percent and the company’s number of employees increased… Read More

March 19, 2019 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a month after securing $40 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by General Catalyst and Stripe, UK-based fintech Rapyd announced on Tuesday the launch of its hyper-local payments solution that allows merchants to accept local payment types… Read More

March 18, 2019 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global payment technology provider Worldpay, Inc. (NYSE: WP; LSE: WPY) announced on Monday it has been acquired by FIS (NYSE: FIS), a financial services technology firm. FIS reportedly purchased the payment processor for $35 billion. Founded in 1993, WorldPay claims to be a “global leader” in payments… Read More

November 7, 2018 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Payscape announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with CardFlight, a mobile POS and SaaS payment technology company, to offer CardFlight’s leading payment acceptance solution, SwipeSimple, to merchants across the U.S. Payscape reported that with SwipeSimple it will be able to offer merchants a broad range of… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after announcing it is now offering several new alternative payment options in the UK, online payment processing provider Allied Wallet announced more payment options for Ireland. The company added Paysafecard, Boleto Bancário, SEPA Credit Transfer, and SEPA Direct Debit to its NextGen Payment… Read More

October 22, 2018 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Klarna announced on Monday it has signed Rancourt & Co., premium leather shoe crafters, as its first U.S. merchant. This news comes less than two weeks after H&M reportedly invested $20 million into the Swedish fintech. As previously reported, Klarna was founded in 2005 and offers… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 12:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian global payments provider Verrency announced on Tuesday that it has been selected for Plug and Play’s accelerator programs in the Silicon Valley, Singapore and now in Frankfurt, Germany as the company extends its global reach in the fintech market. According to Verrency, thousands of start-up companies apply to Plug… Read More

June 25, 2018 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mobilum, a Gibraltar-based payment processing platform that enables real-time cryptocurrency payments at the point of sale, announced on Monday it has formed a new partnership with peer-to-peer crowdfunding platform, EthicHub. According to Mobilum, the collaboration will allow both Mobilum and EthicHub users to benefit from a… Read More

March 26, 2018 @ 12:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Candex, a California-based enterprise payments processor, announced last week it secured $3.5 million in seed funding from  Edenred Capital Partners, Partech Ventures, Advisors.Fund, Camp One Ventures, NFX, Tekton Ventures, Big Sur Ventures, and Mark Goines. As part of the round, Goines has joined Candex as… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after Starling Bank announced it is offering Apple Pay to UK customers, the challenger bank revealed this week is now offering Fitbit Pay to its UK customers as well. Fitbit’s payment process now allows customers to pay through the company’s wearable, Fitbit… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paygevity, Inc., a payment processing and vendor services company, announcex the launch of a Convertible Note crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder. Paygevity will use the funds to scale their proprietary PromptPay platform, market their technology and build out their sales team. Its campaign has only been live… Read More

October 8, 2014 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, a provider of payments for platforms, introduced announced on Wednesday (October 8th) its latest product, WePay Clear, which allows platforms to facilitate payments while WePay manages fraud, risk and compliance from behind the scenes. CEO of WePay, Bill Clerico shared,“Most online platforms have an… Read More