Tagged: payments

July 7, 2022 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QNB, which is one of the largest financial institutions in the MENA region, has introduced  WeChat Pay and AliPay+ to its existing range of payment options that are accepted by its merchant network in Qatar, making it the first banking institution in the country to… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the super-app with over 18 million retail customers globally and more than 500,000 corporate clients, is offering Revolut Reader in the United Kingdom and Ireland. A “fast” and ‘powerful” lightweight card reader, the new product is designed “to allow merchants of all kinds to… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based business financial platform Tide has teamed up with Transcorp International Limited in order to issue prepaid cards intended for SMEs across India. The co-branded Tide Expense Cards should be introduced as an entry product, supported by India‘s card payment network, Rupay. The Tide app… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

allpay recently announced the introduction of their Confirmation of Payee solution. Developed in-house, the tech should enable the Hereford-based payment service provider’s 16,000 Banking Lite cardholders to take advantage of the Open Banking ecosystem. Clients can link up their allpay pre-paid account to other banking… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of Amazon Egypt’s ongoing commitment to improve its shopping experience and offer clients in the country with flexible and affordable payment options, Amazon Egypt (amazon.eg) is offering installment plans via valU, the Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) lifestyle-enabling Fintech in MENA, a subsidiary of EFG… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Italy’s payments Fintech Nexi NEXII.MI and Greece’s Alpha ACBr.AT bank revealed on Monday (July 4, 2022) that they intend to invest €100 million (appr. $104.55 million) within the next 5 years in the Greek digital payments sector. In 2021, Nexi agreed to acquire Alpha Bank’s… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Online payments platform, Payset, is utilizing bank accounts from Banking Circle to offer fast, “low-cost” global payments. Providing customers with multi-currency accounts, pre-paid cards and currency exchange services, Payset helps businesses “hold, exchange and move money around the world quickly, effortlessly, and affordably.” Working with… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments platform Wirex has announced the launch of Wirex Credit which is described as offering competitive interest rates and no origination fee for crypto-backed loans. Wirex states that users may borrow up to $100,000 in stablecoins, with a loan to value (LTV) of up to… Read More

July 4, 2022 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a specialized payments platform, recently announced its entry into the Arkansas mobile sports-betting market through a partnership with BetSaracen, the sportsbook app from Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, which is “owned by the Quapaw Tribe, based in Oklahoma.” The partnership’s… Read More

July 4, 2022 @ 11:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ivalua, which claims to be a global “leader” in Cloud Spend Management solutions, recently announced a strategic partnership with C2FO, which is one of the largest global platforms for working capital, “to empower Ivalua customers with enhanced supplier selection and the ability to streamline costs… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synch Payments, the Irish instant mobile payments provider, recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with European Paytech Nexi as its platform and service provider to help bring the Synch proposition to Irish clients. Synch has reportedly obtained authorization from the Competition and… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transact365, a UK-headquartered payments platform supporting merchants across the world, has recorded 300% YoY growth during its third year of European business operations. Established in 2017, Transact365 provides an international payments solution platform for merchants in major industries. With head offices in London, Transact365 currently… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 5:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derivative Path, a provider of capital markets tech and derivatives execution services to regional and community banks, announced it is working with Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking (TxB) to offer “an automated, digital-first payments platform to help financial institutions with spot foreign exchange and international payments.”… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Jairo Riveros  |  

Cryptocurrency is gaining traction with investors, businesses, and even Uncle Sam this year. Despite being around for over a decade, the global cryptocurrency market is now worth over $1 trillion. At the end of February, the 24-hour average trading volume of all cryptocurrencies across the… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Denario, the payment platform built for SMEs, recently secured €1.8 million in seed capital and is introducing a product that will support European firms with paying each other directly without being required to log into their banking accounts. Pohlmann, Co-founder and CEO of Denario, said:… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Linnworks, a UK-headquartered digital commerce tech firm, has announced a partnership with the global ‘leader” in commerce technology and payments Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) to “simplify cross-border and B2B transactions for their customers.” The partnership will “provide retailers with integrated options to receive funds and make… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global financial services platform iBanFirst recently confirmed the acquisition of the London-headquartered FX provider, Cornhill. The strategic acquisition aims to further build on iBanFirst’s funding partnership with private equity company arlin Equity Partners, launched in June of last year. As mentioned in the update, this… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 3:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) has reportedly selected Ecospend, the United Kingdom’s Open Banking provider, in order to offer a “pay by bank” service to its customers. Ecospend’s solution should enable HL’s clients to complete payments directly to their HL accounts more quickly and securely and without… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 11:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading Asian SME financing platform and emerging neobank Funding Societies is acquiring regional payments solution, CardUp. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. CardUp is a payments provider serving both businesses and individuals. CardUp was founded in 2016 and operates in Singapore, Hong Kong,… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over a third (39%) of American consumers have “permanently” changed how they pay since early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, reveals research by specialized payments platform Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE). The study also shows that contactless payments have “gone mainstream.” The consumer research, which was… Read More