Tagged: payments

October 1, 2019 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WEG Bank AG, a German bank that’s partly owned by blockchain-related organizations Nimiq, TokenPay, and the Litecoin Foundation, is reportedly preparing to accept cryptocurrency transactions on behalf of its clients next year.  WEG Bank AG CEO Matthias von Hauff said that the bank’s program is… Read More

October 1, 2019 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s Fintech industry has been growing steadily with most local companies focusing on providing B2B services, according to a recent study. There are at least 504 Fintech firms based in Brazil across 10 different segments. Last year, there were only 377 Fintech companies operating in… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 1:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has requested Bengaluru-based digital payments firm PhonePe to work with another banking partner for its Unified Payments Service (UPI) model. PhonePe’s management has reportedly decided to work with Mumbai-headquartered multinational banking and financial services company ICICI Bank. According… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 1:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced last week it is set to open a new office in New York City. The company reported that it is going to be hiring for hundreds of roles across engineering, sales, marketing, partnerships, recruiting, and more in the next few years…. Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 9:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain payments provider BitPay announced last week it is set to support payments from the Ethereum Blockchain. Through this support, BitPay users will be able to use their ether to do the following: Buy gift cards on the BitPay app Top up BitPay cards Shop… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 3:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lightning Network (LN)-compatible Fold App, which lets users purchase clothes and various other items and receive Bitcoin-back rewards, has added support for fiat currencies after completing its first investment round as an independent startup. The company recently spun out of crypto venture studio Thesis… Read More

September 26, 2019 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Thursday the launch of its Pay Checkout plugin for e-commerce platform, WooCommerce. According to Crypto.com, the plugin enables merchants to accept cryptocurrency, and may instantly convert to fiat currencies of choice for merchants. “Powered by the Crypto.com’s PCI:DSS… Read More

September 25, 2019 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bill.com, a business payments and software platform provider, announced on Wednesday it now supports international payments to 137 countries and 106 currencies. The platform reported since the beginning of the year the number of transactions it processes increased 216 percent and total payment volume increased… Read More

September 23, 2019 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU), announced on Monday it was expanding its real-time cross-border platform to accelerate international consumer, consumer-to-business and business-to-consumer payments to eligible accounts, cards, and digital wallets. “Globally recognized for daily cross-currency management and settlement via its vast retail network across 20,000 corridors… Read More

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