August 21, 2019 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Faster payments and electronic transfers is a hot sector of Fintech. For quite some time, traditional banks sat on the sidelines watching Fintechs push into their business. Today, they are stepping things up but questions remain as to whether or not old finance has the… Read More

August 20, 2019 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Tuesday it will be exploring collaboration opportunities to provide a suite of financial services to make payments for OYO hotels and home bookings seamless and hassle-free across several regions in the world, notably, South-East… Read More

August 6, 2019 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment processing platform Klarna announced on Tuesday it secured $460 million through its latest equity funding round, bring its post-money valuation to $5.5 billion. The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, a San Francisco based growth-oriented investor. Other investors in the round include Commonwealth Bank… Read More

August 6, 2019 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Chair of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters issued a statement yesterday regarding the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will pursue a faster payments process for consumers. Long discussed with little movement, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Member Lael Brainard revealed the “FedNow” plan… Read More

August 5, 2019 @ 2:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, the Federal Reserve has taken political heat for its inability to pursue a faster payments system – something that has been technically feasible for years. Currently, payments and transfer languish for days creating issues for both sides of the transaction – most frequently individuals… Read More

August 5, 2019 @ 1:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment processing platform Klarna announced on Monday it and global fashion brand ASOS have expanded their payments partnership to the U.S. According to the duo, the partnership will extend into the U.S. market in order to offer flexible payment options to shoppers. Customers may now… Read More

August 5, 2019 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

KKR, a global investment firm with over $150 billion in assets under management, has an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Germany based Fintech heidelpay. The deal involved AnaCap Financial Partners which is currently the majority shareholder in heidelpay. Details on the acquisition were… Read More

July 26, 2019 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

International money transfer Fintech Paysend has closed an £8.5 million Series B funding round. The securities offering was combination VC/crowdfunding offer as GVA invested £3.95 million while smaller investors contributed £4.26 million via the Seedrs crowdfunding platform. The additional capital will be used to fuel… Read More

July 25, 2019 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced this week a new and improved onboarding flow for Express accounts. The payments leader reported that based on user feedback and analysis of thousands of Express accounts, it has made a number of updates to the Connect onboarding flow that drove… Read More

July 24, 2019 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

German payment platform Wirecard announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with Morocco’s national airline Royal Air Maroc to integrate digital payments globally. Wirecard reported it will handle all the payments for the airline’s online and travel agency bookings. “Royal Air Maroc is set… Read More

July 23, 2019 @ 2:25 am By Cali Haan  |  

SWIFT, the company behind the world’s largest electronic payments system, has executed cross-border payments between 7 corresponding countries -Australia, China, Canada, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Singapore and Thailand- and Singapore, in less than 25 seconds. The trial integrated SWIFT’s gpi Instant network and Singapore’s domestic instant… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 3:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK fintech Paysend is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £8.55 million in funding. The campaign was launched last month and quickly secured its initial £4.26 million funding target. Paysend is offering 3.30% in equity at a £124,904,832 pre-money… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paymate, an India-based B2B payments platform, has reportedly secured $25 million through its Series D funding round, which included participation from credit card giant, Visa, as well as other investors like Recruit Strategic Partners (Venture capital Arm of Recruit Co. Ltd. Japan), Brand Capital, existing… Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SWIFT, a global member-owned cooperative and provider of secure financial messaging services, announced on Tuesday it has launched a multi-bank GPI payment initiation and tracking service for corporates. The company revealed in a blog post: “Built in conjunction with banks and corporates, we’ve introduced a… Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based fintech Wirecard announced on Tuesday its new prototype of a Smart Mirror, developed by Wirecard’s Innovation Lab. The company claimed that the mirror is Germany’s first intelligent mirror through which consumers may also pay for items. “The unique offering offers a completely new customer… Read More

July 16, 2019 @ 10:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

GOJEK, a Southeast Asian unicorn, has received backing from global credit and payments provider Visa. According to a release, Visa participated in GOJEK’s ongoing Series F funding round for an undisclosed amount.  Other investors include Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, and investment from Mitsubishi UFJ… Read More

July 15, 2019 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SafeCharge (AIM: SCH) announced last week it has formed a new partnership with Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push payments platform, to help provide what it claims to be faster payouts for insurance-as-a-service company, Setoo. According to SafeCharge, Visa Direct enables businesses to push funds disbursements… Read More

July 9, 2019 @ 1:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bill.com, a business payments and software platform provider, announced on Tuesday it now supports more than 70 countries and 50 currencies worldwide. According to the platform, its international payments services help companies solve the obstacles historically presented by cross-border payments while offering a cost-effective and… Read More

July 7, 2019 @ 6:01 pm By Cali Haan  |  

African technology journalist Andile Masuku has written that corruption around remittances in Africa is so bad, “I have become numb to the daylight robbery that ensues whenever I receive money from abroad or send cash to my family back home.” Masuku cites figures from the World… Read More

July 5, 2019 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

PayU, Naspers’ payments firm, is expanding into Southeast Asia through the acquisition of a majority stake in Red Dot Payment (RDP), a Singapore-based online payment Fintech. RDP currently serves more than 500 merchants in 22 countries. RDP supports global and local alternate payment methods such… Read More