Tagged: payments

February 24, 2022 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wise (LSE:WISE) the global payments, transfer platform, and stealth bank, has moved to appoint an interim Chief Financial Officer following a bike accident involving Matthew Briers, Wise CFO. Wise issued the following statement: To ensure Matthew’s recovery is complete, his return to work will be gradual…. Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 6:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Within any commerce ecosystem — particularly in digital commerce — chargebacks appear to have become a way of everyday life, according to an update from Verifi. For merchants, chargebacks can be a drain on both time and financial resources. Improved communication between merchants and issuers… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 4:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

PDX Coin, a utility-based cryptocurrency that includes an in-development global crypto-to-fiat mobile payments app, announced this week it will commence trading on both the Uniswap decentralized exchange and on XT.com, beginning today. Currently, PDX trades on p2pb2b.io and Vindax. Uniswap is the world’s biggest decentralized… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 1:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based Thunes is opening an office in Miami to expand into Latin American markets. Thunes is a payments Fintech that currently supports 79 currencies and 126 countries. Thunes also has established regional offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, New York, Dubai, and Nairobi. Thunes recently boosted its… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 8:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet) has launched the Fintech ePayment Accelerator Programme, an initiative that aims to support and advance startups focused on the digital payments sector in and around Malaysia. The three-month initiative focuses on ideas and solutions that can help accelerate the adoption of… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 12:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayMongo, an online payments Fintech in the Philippines, has secured $31 million via a Series B round from JAM Fund, the venture capital firm of Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, and other investors including ICCP-SBI Venture Partners and Kaya Founders. Super thrilled to announce @paymongo has… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the growth of virtual payments making a huge impact on how consumers shop and pay, payments specialist Blackhawk Network and retail software company LOC Software announced a partnership to offer touch-free mobile payment technologies to retailers. With these contactless payment options, Blackhawk Network and… Read More

February 20, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross-border payments Fintech Wise (LSE:WISE) intends to hire around 150 professionals for its Singapore business offices in 2022. Wise‘s management noted that this includes key roles focused on engineering, product development, design, analytics, compliance, payments and various other operations in order to support ongoing product… Read More

February 20, 2022 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) recently joined forces with retail group Massmart in order to connect Small, Medium and Micro-Enterprises (SMMEs) to cost-effective e-commerce solutions, “enabling a safe transition away from cash.” During the latter half of last year- following the period of social unrest – SMMEs… Read More

February 19, 2022 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In their latest white paper, ‘Payments without barriers: Focus on Denmark’, the team at Banking Circle has looked into the opportunities and challenges for cross-border trade in the country. Although slow settlement times and high costs are a barrier for firms wanting to trade in… Read More

February 19, 2022 @ 1:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billtrust (NASDAQ: BTRS), a B2B accounts receivable automation and integrated payments company, announced the latest version of its machine learning-driven Cash Application solution. With virtual payments, non-standard remittance information and the proliferation of accounts payable (AP) portals challenging today’s accounts receivable (AR) teams, Cash Application… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stronghold, a payments and financial infrastructure firm, has introduced Stronghold Capital in order to invest $100 million in high-potential firms and funds across key areas: “overlooked” and “underrepresented” founders as well as fund managers, the payments and fintech ecosystem, and the Web3 / blockchain sector…. Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

It’s no secret the process of how we pay for goods and services is changing before our eyes and the latest IDC InfoBrief commissioned by Episode Six speculates on what the future will look like. In 2030 they expect 74 per cent of global consumer… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following its £100 million fundraise from Alchemy Partners last year, DNA Payments marks its 7th acquisition with the purchase of First Payment Merchant Services (FPMS), a payment solutions provider operating out of Surrey, UK. During the last 10 years, FPMS has become a key player… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The business sector is facing an influx of innovation: changing consumer behavior and preferences, digital transformation as well as geopolitical shifts. In order to assist businesses with evolving and supporting their growth enterprise-wide, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced that it is expanding its payments-focused consulting service… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 2:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KreditBee, one of India’s leading virtual lending platforms, has announced that it crossed the milestone of issuing 1 million ‘KreditBee Card’. The firm now claims that it is one of the fastest cards to cross this milestone, since its launch in August 2021. KreditBee has… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recharge.com, a European payments provider, says that interim Chief Financial Officer Freddy Dijkman is now the permanent executive holding that position. Recharge states that Dijkman previously worked at other tech firms like T-Mobile, Kinly, and Avaya. Recharge’s CEO Günther Vogelpoel commented: “We are thrilled to… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 3:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

When the COVID-19 crisis struck, working practices changed for many individuals and businesses across the globe. Offices had been closed and corporate travel was at a standstill, as virtual networks began replacing physical networking. Fast forward two years and while lockdowns are easing and conferences… Read More

February 14, 2022 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

i2c Inc., a provider of digital payment and banking tech, announced its partnership with KARTY, a Qatar-based Fintech offering tailored digital financial solutions to the MEA region, in order to introduce a digital-first prepaid mobile wallet to the country. Leveraging i2c’s international payments platform, Karty’s… Read More

February 14, 2022 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital commerce is a major engine of the global economy. It experienced an economic upshift during the year 2020 as a consequence of the economic slowdown that accompanied the COVID-19 crisis. At the same time, the continued digitization of commercial and consumer transactions “contributed to… Read More