Tagged: payments

Wirex Announces Non Custodial Digital Wallet

Payments provider Wirex has announced a non-custodial digital Wallet. In a release, Wirex said that it believes their cross-chain, keyless, Wallet will “finally break down the barriers to mainstream adoption.” Wirex said the wallet is available now on the App stores. The Wirex wallet will… Read More

Smart Engines’ QR Code Scanning Tech Now Introduced into Raiffeisen Online Russia

The QR-code scanning tech created by Smart Engines has been introduced into Raiffeisen Online Russia. The solution enhanced the overall quality of QR codes and barcode scanning for payments operations made via a mobile app. As noted in the announcement, high-scanning precision is ensured for… Read More

BitPay Merchants May Now Accept Shiba Inu (SHIB) for Payments

BitPay, a provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, has announced that due to significant demand, merchants may immediately accept Shiba Inu (SHIB) for payments and consumers may purchase, store and swap SHIB in the BitPay Wallet app. Even though it began as a meme,… Read More

Walmart Canada Introduces Interac Debit Payments for Digital Commerce Shopping via Walmart.ca and Walmart Mobile App

Walmart Canada and Interac Corp. have announced that they have teamed up to provide  Walmart Canada clients the option to make payments with Interac Debit via Walmart.ca and in-app. As of December 8, 2021, Walmart Canada clients are able to check out using Interac Debit… Read More

Marqeta Leads Funding Round in ConnexPay, a Payments Gateway

Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) has announced its first venture investment after becoming a publicly-traded company. Marqeta has led a $20 million Series B funding round into payments gateway ConnexPay.  ConnexPay, a customer of Marqeta’s since 2018, offers a combined merchant acquiring and virtual card issuing solution for… Read More

Fintech Firm Payment Rails Rebrands as Trolley, Finalizes CAD 7M Series A Round

Canadian Fintech firm Payment Rails has revealed that it is rebranding as Trolley—the payouts platform for the “Internet economy.” The newly renamed Trolley also confirmed its recent $7M Series A investment round, which was led by Pace Capital. Established in 2015, Trolley is a payouts… Read More

Relationship-Based Lending Solution Provider, Zirtue, Offers its Platform for Business Enterprises Via Alternative Payment Solution

Zirtue, the relationship-based lending app with a goal to promote financial inclusion, has  announced the launch of their Alternative Payment Solution for businesses. As mentioned in a release, the solution allows businesses to “utilize Zirtue as a payment option for their customers to pay bills… Read More

UK’s Buy Now, Pay Later Fintech Butter Introduces BNPL Card

UK-headquartered Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech Butter is planning to compete with and potentially replace traditional credit cards with the introduction of its own BNPL card. Although 65% of UK consumers carry credit cards, the number being issued has declined by around 3% during… Read More

UniTeller, a Remittance Payments Provider, Extends Services to APAC Clients with Assistance from Tranglo

UniTeller, a global remittance payments processor with head offices in the US, has reportedly extended its remittance services to more clients residing in the Asia Pacific by teaming up with Malaysia’s cross-border payments Fintech Tranglo. UniTeller’s partnership with Tranglo will enable UniTeller to continue expanding… Read More

i2c Inc. Teams Up with BEYON Money, the Mobile Super App Launched by Bahrain’s Batelco Financial Services

i2c Inc., a provider of digital payment and banking tech, has announced its partnership with BEYON Money, the mobile super app introduced by Batelco Financial Services, which is the Fintech unit of Bahrain’s digital solutions and telecommunications provider. Backed by a recently-secured Open Banking license… Read More

B2B Cross-Border Payment Provider, Verto, Partners with Payments Fintech Banking Circle

B2B cross-border payment provider, Verto, has teamed up with payments bank, Banking Circle, in order to streamline global payments for its customers. Utilizing the Banking Circle Virtual IBAN solution, alongside access to Banking Circle’s domestic payment channels, Verto is “addressing the pain points of complicated… Read More

Former Amazon Exec Joins European Payments Firm Recharge.com

Recharge.com has appointed David Lindheimer as Chief Product and Technology Officer. Lindheimer was most recently working at Amazon where he is said to have tripled advertising marketplace demand as the Head of Campaign Building. While at Amazon Lindheimer also  built product and engineering teams for… Read More

Paymentology and Tutuka Merge, Now Cover 49 Countries with Payments, Cards

Paymentology and Tutuka have agreed to merge, according to a statement by Paymentology. The two firms say they are joining to create a new payments and card processing powerhouse that will now operate in 49 different countries. The new company will operate under the Paymentology… Read More

Payment Tech Provider Stax Acquires CardX, an Automated Surcharging Platform

Stax, the comprehensive payment tech provider, announced earlier this week its acquisition of CardX, an automated surcharging platform, to make surcharging “more transparent and easier for U.S. merchants and cardholders.” The update also mentioned that this deal “marks Stax’s third acquisition of 2021, adding to… Read More

Autonomous Billing Fintech Anchor Secures $15M in Seed Funding, Led by Rapyd, Entrée Capital, Tal Ventures

Anchor, the autonomous billing platform, announces that it has finalized a $15 million seed-funding round. Led by Rapyd Ventures, the new venture capital unit of Rapyd, Entrée Capital, an established venture capital firm that has invested in unicorns such as Monday.com and Riskified and Tal… Read More

European Central Bank Reports that User Testing Began for New T2 System

Prospective users of the forthcoming large-value payment system T2 are able to begin testing the functionalities of the system as of December 1, 2021. The testing is scheduled to run over the coming year and will “allow participants to prepare for a smooth migration to… Read More

ACI Worldwide Introduces Network Intelligence Tech to Tackle Real-Time Payments Fraud

ACI Worldwide, an international provider of real-time payments and virtual payment software services, has introduced its Network Intelligence Technology as a key part of ACI Fraud Management. The tech allows banking institutions, processors, acquirers, and networks to complement fraud prevention strategies by enabling them to… Read More

Axletree Solutions, a Provider of Financial Integration Solutions, Partners with Roxe, the Open Global Payment Network

Axletree Solutions, an international provider of bank connectivity and financial integration solutions that power more than $50 billion in daily transaction volumes, announced that it has entered into a partnership with Roxe, the open global payment network. As mentioned in the announcement, Roxe’s solutions power… Read More

UK’s Clear Junction to Assist Paynet with Supporting Cross-Border Payments

London’s Clear Junction has announced that it’s offering solutions to Paynet which aim to support its vision for cross-border payments services from European markets into Moldova. Paynet is reportedly the first digital wallet platform operating in Moldova. It runs one of the most extensive payments… Read More

Global Fintech Jeeves and MasterCard are Providing Fully Locally-Issued Physical and Virtual Cards for Mexico’s Businesses

Mexico is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but its local businesses still struggle to access credit without super-high fees and tedious paperwork. Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Jeeves, the financial partner for Mexican businesses, have teamed up to address this issue by introducing… Read More

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