Tagged: payments

March 10, 2025 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taiwan’s e-commerce market is forecast to grow by 7.9% in 2025, continuing its fast-paced growth driven by the “ongoing shift of consumer preferences from offline to online shopping,” according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, “Taiwan Cards and Payments – Opportunities… Read More

March 10, 2025 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, the fiat-crypto payment solution provider, is pleased to announce its admission to the Association for Quality Assurance of Financial Services (VQF) as a recognized Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) in Switzerland. This regulatory milestone allows Alchemy Pay to offer compliant fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat exchange services,… Read More

March 8, 2025 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut and Visa have launched legal challenges against the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) over its decision to impose caps on interchange fees for cross-border online payments, as reported by the FT. The move marks a considerable escalation in the ongoing tug-of-war between the payments… Read More

March 8, 2025 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Klarna is gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, with reports indicating the Swedish company could file publicly as early as next week. The move, which follows a confidential filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the financial technology platform for businesses, announced Groupe Dynamite Inc. (GDI), a Montreal-based fashion house that operates retail stores and digital experiences under two banners: Garage and Dynamite, is live with Adyen’s Giving product. Giving enables GDI to engage its customers “with… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 1:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Skyfire issued a statement today indicating it has exited Beta after reporting the rapid adoption of its services. Skyfire is a payment network for artificial intelligence. The company states that it enables autonomous transactions, enabling AI agents, LLMs and enterprises to transact securely Amir Sarhangi,… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Balderton Capital has led the seed round for Cino, a real-time payments Fintech. Connect Ventures also participated as well as Barney Hussey-Yeo (founder of Cleo). The company says the funding will support Cino’s launch in the UK. Based in Estonia, Cino was co-founded by two… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 8:14 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Augie introduced a credit card that enables consumers to build credit without setting aside security deposits, paying fees, or incurring interest charges. “The credit card industry hasn’t meaningfully evolved since its inception, even though how people manage money today is completely different,” said… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced that Tap to Phone has experienced “a 200% increase over the past year, supporting millions of sellers of all sizes.” In the highest Tap to Phone countries – the U.S., UK, and Brazil – adoption rates have surged, “showing a combined… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 8:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

dLocal, an emerging market cross-border payments has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2024. The Q4 2024 earnings update concluded on February 27,  revealing steady growth metrics that reinforce dLocal’s role as a key player in digital payments across Latin… Read More

March 2, 2025 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirex, a Web3 money app, has announced the expansion of its stablecoin payment platform, Wirex Pay, to the U.S. This milestone marks a key step in making stablecoin payments more accessible, offering U.S. residents a self-custodial way “to transact with stablecoins.” The expansion is powered… Read More

March 2, 2025 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OneKey Payments, one of Brazil’s payment solution providers, is expanding its instant payment offerings with Belvo’s Biometric Pix. Already a Belvo client using Pix via Open Finance, OneKey is now adding this new feature to its portfolio, “bringing security and convenience to its merchants and… Read More

February 28, 2025 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global digital payments company, Checkout.com, announced its expansion plans in North America, with the opening of a new office in San Francisco to expand its local operations. This move underpins Checkout.com’s commitment to the region, which reportedly grew the “fastest of all its global regions… Read More

February 27, 2025 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech Airwallex has launched in Aotearoa, marking a key milestone in its mission to provide businesses with innovative financial solutions. With a commitment to supporting New Zealand’s business ecosystem, Airwallex has appointed Lowry Gladwell as its Associate Director of New Zealand, “the company’s first… Read More

February 27, 2025 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI is advancing as a driver of the “next generation” of payments and treasury solutions, as organizations seek to leverage tech in order to address operational challenges in an effective manner, a research report by HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) in collaboration with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) highlights. The report,… Read More

February 27, 2025 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Silverflow, the cloud-native payment processing company, has teamed up with Solidgate, an international payment provider specializing in subscription payments, to enhance the subscription payments market. Subscription businesses face inherent challenges, including “high customer acquisition costs, poor first-payment approval rates, and revenue losses from declined recurring… Read More

February 27, 2025 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Stripe, a payments and cash management platform used widely around the world, says it will extend an offer to shareholders to purchase stock at a valuation of $91.5 Billion or €87.3 billion. Stripe noted that it is profitable and anticipates this will continue going forward…. Read More

February 27, 2025 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Payment Study by management and technology consultancy BearingPoint reveals shifts in payment behavior across European countries. While cash usage continues to dominate transactions in German-speaking countries, it is “steadily declining across the continent.” In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, cash remains the “most frequently… Read More

February 26, 2025 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

QED Investors and Valor Capital have led a $26.7 million Series A funding round in Capim, a Fintech based in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The company launched in 2021. The round included existing investors ONEVC, Canary, and NXTP, as well as new investors Endeavor, Saison, and Actyus. Capim is… Read More

February 26, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A study released by B2B order-to-cash software and digital payments Fintech Billtrust reveals how Generation Z is “fundamentally” transforming payment behaviors and expectations. With traditional payment methods falling to historic lows and digital adoption reaching saturation levels, the research signals a “turning point in how… Read More