Tagged: payments

May 26, 2022 @ 3:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet and payments platform, has announced the launch of Zumo Enterprise, its new B2B ‘Crypto-as-a-Service’ solution that “enables companies to offer crypto products and services to their customers.” The “first of its kind” in the UK, Zumo Enterprise is “the market’s… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) has announced that John Caplan will become the company’s new CEO. Caplan is expected to operate as co-CEO until the end of 2023 at which time current CEO Scott Galit “will continue in a strategic role.” Payoneer is a global payments platform… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the international Fintech with 7 million clients, has announced that it has grown its customer base in the United States by 66% in the past 12 months, to more than 500,000. This growth has been “driven by recent expansions of Paysend’s cross-border money transfer… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 4:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MYPINPAD, an international player in mobile-based payments acceptance and digital authentication solutions, has teamed up with CircleBlue Pay (CBP) and OTP Mobile in a move that will “allow thousands of merchants across Hungary to accept card payments via Tap to Phone technology.” Based in Budapest,… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercuryo, the cryptocurrency payments firm, has revealed that it has hit 3 million users globally. The key milestone represents an acceleration in growth for the London-based business, having reached 2 million clients only four months back (in January of this year). Mercuryo is an international… Read More

May 23, 2022 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xendit, one of the “fastest-growing” payments infrastructure platforms for Southeast Asia, announced that it closed $300 million in Series D funding, “taking the total amount raised to $538 million to power the world’s fastest-growing digital economy.” Coatue and Insight Partners co-led the investment round “with… Read More

May 22, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be one of Europe’s “leading” open banking platforms, recently announced that The Credit Thing has successfully “implemented its recurring payments API and made the first consumer Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) transactions in the UK.” The Competition and Markets Authority has mandated… Read More

May 22, 2022 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SpotOn, a software and payment company with comprehensive solutions for restaurants, retail businesses, and enterprise venues, recently announced $300 million in Series F funding, “raising its valuation to $3.6 billion.” The company will use the funding “to further develop technology products that enable businesses to… Read More

May 21, 2022 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexi, the Paytech in Europe, and Piteco, an Italian software house offering corporate treasury management and financial planning solutions, entered a partnership enabling large corporations and SMEs to access a digital payment solution. The service provides firms with an additional line of credit, along with… Read More

May 21, 2022 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lavu, a major global restaurant software and payments solution provider built by restaurant people, and Verifone, a global Fintech firm and payment solution provider to the world’s “best-known” brands, announced a cross-distribution partnership that “will seamlessly integrate Lavu’s all-in-one restaurant software suite with Verifone’s FLEX… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 2:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraugster, an AI payment intelligence company, has announced the launch of their latest product, Alternative Credit Decisions, which allows Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and Enterprise merchants “to approve more customers without increasing credit risk.” There is a pressing need for a new approach because… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 11:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Klarna, a European Fintech that also operates in North America (and an HQ in Columbus, Ohio), is reporting topping 150 million consumers. Klarna is mainly a payments provider including buy now – pay later (BNPL) services that cater to both businesses and individuals. Klarna describes… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Modulr, an embedded payments platform for digital businesses, recently announced that it has raised $108m (£83m) in Series C funding that was led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm. The investment round also “included significant participation from existing investors including Blenheim Chalcot, Frog… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 3:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Banking Fintech Volt has introduced a product aimed at helping merchants save on excessive debit card (interchange) fees by encouraging shoppers “to seamlessly switch to an open banking payment AFTER choosing to pay with a debit card at the checkout.” After recognizing the banking… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, which claims to be the “leader” in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced a partnership with FINCI, the Lithuanian online international money transfer provider, “to deliver instant and cost-effective retail remittances and business to business (B2B) payments via RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), which leverages… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dwolla, a Fintech powering innovation with sophisticated account-to-account payment solutions, “celebrates” Nacha‘s announcement of the Same Day ACH transaction limit increase “from $100,000 to $1 million.” Effective March 18, the $1 million limit was “applied to all Same Day ACH transactions.” Dwolla expects this update… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet and payments platform, recently appointed Jonathan Sepulchre to serve as Head of Growth, a newly-created function “to drive the next stage of the company’s development.” An experienced “growth leader” with a comprehensive background in digital marketing, Jonathan will work closely… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 1:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking Circle, the Payments Bank for the “new economy,” is reporting a “significant” uplift in its performance in 2021 as it continues “to help Payments businesses, Banks and Marketplaces access global cross-border payments, accounts and liquidity management that enables their business customers to transact more… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 10:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Routable has announced the launch of Real-Time Payments (RTP), a service that is designed to enable businesses to pay vendors “within seconds.” According to a statement from the company, RTP can accommodate businesses as they scale from 250 payouts per month to over 100,000. The… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Monoova, a B2B payments solutions provider, and TrueLayer, a key player in open banking, are teaming up to harness financial and identity insights using Australia’s Consumer Data Right (CDR) “for smarter, faster, data-enabled payments in the Australian market.” The benefits of the combination of CDR… Read More