Tagged: payments

February 3, 2022 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Proprietary straight-through processing (STP) payments platform Billhop – which provides businesses process and capital efficiencies based on credit card infrastructure –  has acquired €10.5 million in capital, via a round led by EQT Ventures along with contributions from Element Ventures (currently awaiting SFSA approval). The… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Banking in Brazil marked its first anniversary on February 1, 2022 – and the South American nation is looking set to strengthen its position as a (maybe unlikely) open banking pioneer. The Brazilian reserve bank’s phased approach is considered to be a success, through… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech SumUp and PrestaShop – the digital commerce platform in Europe and Latin America – have announced a partnership that will aim to give thousands of merchants on the PrestaShop platform access to SumUp’s product suite of business tools (thanks to PrestaShop’s SumUp Payment… Read More

February 1, 2022 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qlub, a company creating a fast payment solution for consumers in restaurants, has secured $17 million via a seed round. Qlub’s investment round has been co-led by Cherry Ventures and Point Nine along with contributions from other several VCs such as STV, Raed Ventures, Heartcore,… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spendwisor Inc. has entered into an agreement with Gem Global Yield LLC SCS (GEM) in order to boost the existing facility size from QAR 190 million (appr. $50 million) to QAR 310 million (appr. $85 million). As mentioned in the update, this serves as a… Read More

January 30, 2022 @ 9:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wise clients across the globe will now have the option to conduct quick, seamless and cost-effective global fund transfers to Weixin users residing in China from 11 different currencies, including SGD, USD and GBP. Wise (LON:WISE), the international tech firm focused on creating the best… Read More

January 29, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The ICICB Group claims that it has an established track record of launching innovative businesses and propositions with consistency. The Group is known for reviewing the scope of possibilities, from initial strategy to technical development. As mentioned in an update shared by the ICICB Group,… Read More

January 29, 2022 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than 1.5 million US banking/payment cards may reportedly be found via the dark web, according to a study carried out by cybersecurity firm NordVPN. The study by NordVPN reveals that a total of 1,561,739 American payment card details had been discovered by researchers. This… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Indonesia (BI) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) announced on January 27, 2022 that they’ve launched a cross-border QR payment linkage. It will “enable instant, secure and efficient cross-border payments between Indonesia and Malaysia.” Via this linkage, consumers in both nations will be able to… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

InComm Payments, a payments tech firm, announced that it has teamed up with Cuentas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CUEN & CUENW), a Fintech provider of mobile banking and payment solutions focused on Hispanic and Latino communities, in order to issue transit cards (tap and go) at participating… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 12:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has released its initial remedies consultation for its card-acquiring market review. Each time a consumer carries out a card payment – for instance, when purchasing their weekly groceries – the merchant makes use of card-acquiring services to take the… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Established back in 2017 by Rafal Andzejevski and Maxim Ivanchenko, London-headquartered payments Fintech PayAlly has reportedly acquired an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Supporting the Authorized Payment Institution license currently held by the Fintech company, this new permit… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has announced its plan to acquire a majority stake of Taulia, a provider of working capital management solutions. As mentioned in the update, the move is aimed at giving firms improved access to liquidity and enhancing their cash flows. The acquisition… Read More

January 27, 2022 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:APPL), the largest publicly-traded company in the world, is predicted to enable credit card transactions directly via its ubiquitous iPhone. The new feature will challenge all credit card terminal providers like Block/Square (NYSE:SQ) that generate massive amounts of revenue by processing payments via credit… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Silicon Valley Fintech Unicorn Brex and 1Password have teamed up to make online payments secure and a lot less frictionless. As mentioned in the announcement, 1Password clients may now use Brex virtual credit cards to “check out online with just two clicks.” Brex is a… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, an international retail bank, payments, and shopping service, is introducing a  physical card in the United Kingdom, allowing consumers the chance to take advantage of Buy Now, Pay Later or BNPL options at traditional bricks and mortar store locations. Currently available in either black… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 1:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BR-DGE, the payment orchestration provider, has announced “major” growth plans for 2022, following a “substantial” follow on investment from existing shareholders in Q3 2021. Led by Brian Coburn, BR-DGE’s platform aims to streamline online payments for merchants by providing a range of payment options through… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Inter, a Brazilian financial “super app,” has announced it has been approved to acquire USEND, a service offering transfers and payments, as well as non-financial services to more than 150,000 customers across 40 US states. USEND’s digital money transfer platform lets users make international transactions… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoftPOS is an app created by Nexi, which is one of Europe’s Paytech firms operating in high growth markets and technologically-advanced economies. SoftPOS has been introduced for the business customers of UniCredit Bank. With SoftPOS, users are able to provide the option of card payment… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Modulr, a payments Fintech based in Amsterdam, has been approved to operate as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).  Modulr is already approved to operate as an EMI in the UK and Ireland. Modulr states that it doubled its lifetime payment… Read More