Tagged: payments

September 19, 2019 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Payrexx, a DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) focused payment provider, will integrate with the EU payment Fintech and merchant acquirer, Clearhaus, for processing Visa, Mastercard, Google Pay and Apple Pay payments online, according to a company release. The two companies expect the partnership to boost… Read More

September 18, 2019 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM a payments and money transfer Fintech has launched its services in Canada. InstaReM is one of the largest digital cross-border payments providers globally, with regulatory licenses in eight markets and covering 40 countries, reaching 3.2 billion people in developed and developing countries. In Canada,… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 8:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Monday it has signed an MoU with UnionPay to form a global strategic partnership. According to Wirecard, the new partnership will support UnionPay’s ongoing international expansion and Wirecard’s growth in China and with Chinese… Read More

September 11, 2019 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mastercard announced on Wednesday it is teaming up with enterprise blockchain software provider R3 to develop and pilot a new blockchain-enabled cross-border payment solution. According to Mastercard, the solution will initially focus on connecting global faster payments infrastructures, as well as schemes and banks supported… Read More

September 10, 2019 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Monday it has launched its services in eight additional European countries. The countries are Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Greece, and Portugal. Stripe claimed since its launch in 2011 tens of thousands of businesses across Europe has asked the… Read More

September 9, 2019 @ 7:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the nation’s central bank, revealed that a new regulatory evaluation program is being developed to connect payment companies with legal service providers.  The program is part of a joint initiative launched by the MAS and the Singapore Academy of… Read More

September 8, 2019 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of Pakistan’s largest financial institutions, Faysal Bank Limited (FBL) has launched a digital payments solution through a partnership with US-based  Ripple, a blockchain-based money transfer platform. FBL is one of Pakistan’s largest commercial banks with over 220 branches nationwide and assets totaling $1.5 billion…. Read More

September 3, 2019 @ 8:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM is out with a note regarding a report published by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) on cross border payments/money transfers. Ther ACCC report notes that while most consumers continue to use the big four banks in Australia to move their money, Instarem… Read More

September 2, 2019 @ 8:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Worldline (Euronext: WLN), a European payment and transaction services provider, announced on Monday that it and payments platform giant PayPal have extended their contract in order to facilitate mobile payments in Latin America.  Under the terms of the agreement, which was extended for an additional… Read More

August 29, 2019 @ 9:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Flywire, a U.S.-based fintech firm that provides global payment and receivables solutions for education, healthcare, and commercial enterprises, announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with Vietnam-based banking group VPBank for International Tuition Payments for Vietnamese students. Flywire reported that through the partnership… Read More

August 28, 2019 @ 1:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Adyen announced on Wednesday it has formed collaboration with Alipay, a payment and lifestyle platform to support payment methods for the AliExpress, Taobao, Tmall, and Alibaba.com brands globally. Adyen reported that the partnership with Alipay allows it to support Alibaba, operator of the… Read More

August 28, 2019 @ 7:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Money transfer Fintech Azimo says it has reached profitability, according to a release. Azimo apparently turned the corner in Q2 of this year. Azimo states that has grown 60% year over year as of the end of June. The growth was fueled in part by… Read More

August 27, 2019 @ 8:03 am By Damien Guermonprez  |  

Ten years after the financial crisis, Alternative Finance continues to exhibit strong growth. The sector is estimated to account for nearly €300 billion of inflows worldwide, a market exhibiting 25% annual growth and largely dominated by the Chinese (75%), which percentage was already recorded in… Read More

August 21, 2019 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Faster payments and electronic transfers is a hot sector of Fintech. For quite some time, traditional banks sat on the sidelines watching Fintechs push into their business. Today, they are stepping things up but questions remain as to whether or not old finance has the… Read More

August 20, 2019 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Tuesday it will be exploring collaboration opportunities to provide a suite of financial services to make payments for OYO hotels and home bookings seamless and hassle-free across several regions in the world, notably, South-East… Read More

August 6, 2019 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment processing platform Klarna announced on Tuesday it secured $460 million through its latest equity funding round, bring its post-money valuation to $5.5 billion. The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, a San Francisco based growth-oriented investor. Other investors in the round include Commonwealth Bank… Read More

August 6, 2019 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Chair of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters issued a statement yesterday regarding the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will pursue a faster payments process for consumers. Long discussed with little movement, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Member Lael Brainard revealed the “FedNow” plan… Read More

August 5, 2019 @ 2:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, the Federal Reserve has taken political heat for its inability to pursue a faster payments system – something that has been technically feasible for years. Currently, payments and transfer languish for days creating issues for both sides of the transaction – most frequently individuals… Read More

August 5, 2019 @ 1:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment processing platform Klarna announced on Monday it and global fashion brand ASOS have expanded their payments partnership to the U.S. According to the duo, the partnership will extend into the U.S. market in order to offer flexible payment options to shoppers. Customers may now… Read More

August 5, 2019 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

KKR, a global investment firm with over $150 billion in assets under management, has an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Germany based Fintech heidelpay. The deal involved AnaCap Financial Partners which is currently the majority shareholder in heidelpay. Details on the acquisition were… Read More