Tagged: payments

January 27, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hawk AI, Germany’s provider of anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud prevention technology for banks and payment companies, announced $17M in Series B financing “to accelerate product development and global expansion.” The investment round was “led by Sands Capital from Washington D.C., with participation from new… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay has announced it has secured $260 million of capital to fuel growth domestically, expand internationally and further invest in product innovation. DailyPay is a Fintech that enables employees to access their earnings in real-time. The funding is “divided between revolving credit facility capacity provided… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments and infrastructure Fintech Airwallex is expanding into Lithuania, according to a note from the firm. Airwallex currently operates in 19 locations around the world, including a presence in Asia Pacific, Europe, the UK and North America. Airwallex employes approximately 1200 individuals. After its last… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Girts Straujums, CEO of WeavePay, a UK-based payment platform that helps businesses go borderless. Girts Straujums talked about the issues facing Fintech platforms and how certain customer needs are still not being met. Straujums also shared the main reasons why… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Managing compliance risks can feel intimidating, “especially because identity crime and fraud attempts jumped by 36% in 2021 relative to 2020,” according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. As global regulations and accessibility increase, so do compliance risks. To ensure secure operations and offer a… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Touch ‘n Go Group, via the Touch ‘n Go eWallet, has formed a strategic partnership with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, in order “to launch the first corporate social responsibility (CSR)-linked Visa prepaid card in Malaysia.” The design of the new Visa card… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Pay, a cryptocurrency payment service powered by Binance, announced its partnership with DT One, a B2B micropayments platform. DT One is powering cross-border transfers of mobile top-ups, data bundles, gaming pins, and gift cards. This partnership will “enable more than 90 million Binance users… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a payments platform, announced its expansion into the new Ohio online sports-betting market after entering the Maryland iGaming space in Q4 2022. Paysafe is now “powering play safely for a range of sportsbooks in the Midwestern state by providing their players with… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 6:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FV Bank, the U.S. licensed global digital bank that offers a vertically-integrated suite of traditional and digital asset banking and custody services to Fintech and blockchain firms, has announced “the launch of their cross-border foreign exchange (FX) payments service for its U.S. and international account… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK) and Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of payments and financial services technology, have joined forces “to deliver additional capabilities for real-time foreign exchange (FX) rate quotes for payments from U.S. financial institutions.” Using innovative application programming interface (API) connectivity, financial… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On 20 January 2023, Huobi announced that it is currently cooperating with Fireblocks on institutional crypto custody and payments, and Off-Exchange services “to better serve clients who want greater security, control and capital efficiency on their assets.” Fireblocks is the digital asset infrastructure “for thousands… Read More

January 22, 2023 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qolo recently revealed that it processed more than $1 billion in total payouts in Q4 of 2022. As the world’s “first” and “only” fully cloud-based payments and card issuing processor, Qolo powers various Fintechs and banks “with flexible, scalable payout solutions.” Qolo delivers direct access… Read More

January 22, 2023 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Product innovation, growth and increasing profit – these are all things small business owners and entrepreneurs need to focus on, “particularly at the early stages of their company,” according to an update from Paysend. Paysend asks why is their attention being diverted by “trying to… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay announced it has developed an “industry-changing” application that allows any Shopify store to seamlessly “offer a direct-from-account payment option to customers.” The first business to use the new app on Shopify is popular eyewear company Ollie Quinn, which successfully “went live… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Citizens announced an expanded partnership, making Mastercard the exclusive payments network “across Citizens’ credit, debit and commercial portfolios, as well as services provider in the U.S.” With shared values and vision, Citizens and Mastercard are “united in the goal to provide… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 9:45 am By Cecilia Tamez  |  

Emerging markets have contributed almost two-thirds of global GDP growth over the past 15 years. So, it’s not surprising that businesses in established markets like the U.S. and U.K. are looking to expand their operations in these up-and-coming regions — whether it means working with… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Alchemy Pay team is pleased to announce that Visa has listed Alchemy Pay as an Official Service Provider. Alchemy Pay has been “added as part of Visa’s Third Party Agent (TPA) Program and can be found listed as Alchemy GPS here.” This is “a… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KapitalKontroll, an innovative Norwegian provider of debt management and collection services has partnered with Neonomics in order “to launch a fully automated debt collection system that manages all payments through Neonomics open banking platform, enabling increased efficiency and security for its customers who include an… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment solutions provider BPC has extended its collaboration with Bahrain-based International Payment Services B.S.C (IPS), a third party payments processing and payments firm. As part of the agreement, BPC will allow IPS “to extend the use of its open system e-payment platform ‘SmartVista’.” Headquartered in… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayJunction, a developer of payment processing technology, announced an integration with Plaid, a consumer-permissioned network powering the digital financial ecosystem to simplify bank payments, “enabling PayJunction customers and partners to deliver a better pay-by-bank experience.” Integrating Plaid’s secure account-to-account (A2A) bank connectivity technology with PayJunction’s… Read More