Tagged: payments

February 12, 2019 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MetaBank announced on Tuesday the launch of its faster payments platform, which will enable its partners to disburse funds in near real-time. The banking platform also revealed that one of the first new offerings on this platform is Mastercard Send, a push payments service that powers a… Read More

February 2, 2019 @ 10:09 am By Xu Gao  |  

Xiongan: the New Fintech Hub According to a guideline jointly issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, Xiongan New Area is set to become a new center for China’s financial innovation. The guidelines said that Xiongan will “take the… Read More

January 28, 2019 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Discover (NYSE: DFS) announced on Monday its cardmembers are now able to make payments using contactless payment solution Garmin Pay. Discover reported that cardmembers may now use Garmin at any merchant retail locations that accept both Discover and contactless Near Field Communication (NFC) transactions. The… Read More

January 23, 2019 @ 2:36 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Following a meeting of The Executive Committee of the Saudi-Emirati Coordination Council, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have announced plans to collaborate on a “joint pilot cryptocurrency” for possible use in cross border banking, Emerati state news agency WAM reports. The initiative is one of seven… Read More

January 22, 2019 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

AnaCap-backed payment services provider heidelpay has announced the acquisition of Universum Group in Germany. heidelpay reports that this is their 5th acquisition since 2017. Details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Heidelberg, the heidelpay Group is a fintech service provider in the international payment… Read More

January 19, 2019 @ 1:19 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Visa Will Establish Asia’s Second Innovation Center in Beijing It is always not easy for payment Giant Visa to enter the Chinese market. Yet, it still does not give up. According to Yu Xueli, president of Visa (Greater China), Visa is planning to set up… Read More

January 17, 2019 @ 11:23 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Bitcoin payments processor Bitpay says it processed over one billion dollars of Bitcoin payments in 2018 for retail and government clients, and has, “set a new record for transaction fee revenue by adding new customers like Dish Networks, HackerOne, and the State of Ohio.” The… Read More

January 15, 2019 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Brokerage TD Ameritrade has partnered up with Apple (NASDAQ:APPL) to provide a streamlined money transfer. As of today, individual investors may instantly transfer funds to their brokerage account via Apple Pay and Apple Business Chat using iMessages. In a release, TD Ameritrade explained that historically… Read More

January 14, 2019 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based payment terminal and payment services provider Yello announced on Monday its new Y7 terminal has received all industry approvals and certifications and is now ready for market. The company reported that the tablet-sized terminal removes long-established in-store pain barriers and represents a new generation of customer… Read More

January 11, 2019 @ 11:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AtomicPay, a decentralized and non-custodial cryptocurrency payment processor, announced on Friday it launched its non-custodial cryptocurrency payment solution globally. Founded in 2018, AtomicPay describes itself as a new payment option on top of the conventional payment methods. The company claims it can save users 2 to… Read More

January 9, 2019 @ 4:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PaySend, a UK-based global payments platform, has launched a new service, PaySendLink, which allows consumers to send money internationally using just the recipient’s mobile phone number. As previously reported, PaySend was founded in 2015 and describes itself as a UK fintech company and payments disruptor on a… Read More

January 9, 2019 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CardFlight, a SaaS payment technology company, and JetPay, a vertically integrated payment solution provider for all business sizes, announced a new partnership today. According to the duo, JetPay will offer the SwipeSimple payment acceptance technology from CardFlight to provide small businesses with an easy to use solution for… Read More

January 9, 2019 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment process platform Square announced on Wednesday the launch of the Square In-App Payments Software Development Kit (SDK), which will now enable developers and sellers to process payments with Square within their consumer-facing mobile apps for the first time. Square revealed: “With just a few lines of… Read More

January 2, 2019 @ 11:46 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Mobile payments is one of the hottest sectors in Fintech. Venmo and Square/CashApp have battled for years over the hearts and minds of millennials, with CashApp recently declaring victory– thanks in part, some say, to its pioneering incorporation of Bitcoin trading into the app. In May,… Read More

December 29, 2018 @ 7:37 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Square, providers of distinctive white-plastic and user-friendly mobile payments hardware as well as North America’s most popular (Bitcoin-friendly) peer-to-peer payment app, Cash App, have crowned a banner year by being declared Yahoo Finance’s 2018 Company of the Year, Yahoo reports. First, there was the stock’s… Read More

December 29, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Another Fintech Incubation Center Officially Begins Operation in Guangdong Province On December 20th, the Fintech incubation center (hereinafter referred to as “incubation center”) of Guangdong Financial High-tech Zone was officially put into operation, which will provide office space, policy guidance, project financing supports for Fintech… Read More

December 21, 2018 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech startup Suretly has formed a joint venture (JV) with payments platform QPAGOS. A new entity will be formed called Suretly Mexico to develop Suretly’s “crowdvouching” solution for microloans in Mexico. Suretely explains crowdvouching as: The practice of financially securing a loan repayment by vouching monetary… Read More

December 19, 2018 @ 6:19 am By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM says it is introducing a new feature to its money transfer platform that improves payments from SMEs. The company states that users in Southeast Asia making regular overseas payments to vendors, suppliers, and service providers, can now do so more quickly, transparently and at… Read More

December 18, 2018 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Patisserie Holdings PLC has partnered with Yoyo a mobile payments and loyalty platform, to introduce mobile payments and the Yoyo powered app experience to Patisserie Valerie customers. Patisserie Valerie was first launched in London’s Soho in 1926 by Belgian-born Madame Valerie, and specializes in handmade cakes,… Read More

December 17, 2018 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Fintech Shieldpay has formed a partnership with Visa (NYSE: V) to provide card payments across peer to peer marketplaces and classified ad sites. Shieldpay said the partnership will open up the use of debit and credit cards to the £120 billion classified industry. Shieldpay reported… Read More