Tagged: payments

Fintech KOHO Helps Renters Get Credit History Boost with New Rent Reporting, Tenant Insurance

KOHO claims that it has always built products that help Canadians make financial progress. Now, with the launch of Rent Reporting, KOHO is “making healthy credit more accessible to all.” New and existing KOHO members “who pay rent through KOHO will have rent payments reported… Read More

Governor of Reserve Bank of India Talks Fintech, CBDC – Pilot Reports Over 5 Million Users

Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, touched on multiple topics pertaining to Fintech at a global conference entitled Digital Public Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies. Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Emerging Technologies are expected to shape the futures of all economies, said… Read More

DNA Payments Announces Pay at Reception, Pay at Counter Solutions Availability via Oracle Cloud Marketplace

DNA Payments, a provider of payment solutions for the hospitality and food & beverage (F&B) sectors and a member of Oracle Partner Network (OPN), announced its Pay at Reception, Pay at Counter and Pay at Table solutions “are now available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and… Read More

Singapore’s Younger Generations Are Reportedly Leading the Shift to Digital Payments – Research Report

Digital payment trends are said to be picking up in Singapore with Gen Z leading shift, according to a report. Currently, two-thirds (68%) of Singapore’s Generation Z “prefer to pay with PayNow and close to 3 out of 10 use GrabPay (29%). New research by… Read More

Bank of Israel Announces Issuance of Identification Code to Global Fintech Revolut, Firm Will Operate as Participant in Controlled Payment System

The Bank of Israel announces the issuance of an identification code to a second global fintech company that has chosen to operate in Israel as “a participant in a controlled payment system” – Revolut Ltd. Participants in the Israeli payment systems are “identified using a… Read More

Payroll and Payments Fintech Thera Reportedly Secures $4 Million via Seed Round

Thera, a payroll and payments platform, has announced that it has raised a $4 million Seed round with participation from Y Combinator, 10x Founders, Amino Capital, Zillionize, and Bayhouse Capital. Angels in the investment round reportedly “include Oliver Jung, Chris Bakke, Andrew Yeung, Akash Magoon,… Read More

Global Fintech Klarna Announces Acquisition of Laybuy in New Zealand

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has acquired Laybuy’s assets in New Zealand, the birthplace of the payments provider, and plans to relaunch the service in the coming weeks. Laybuy, which ceased operations in June, is “set to make a reenergized return… Read More

BNPL Fintech Affirm Assists Hotel.com with Offering Consumers a Flexible Way to Book Trips

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced a partnership with Hotels.com. Now, approved guests can book accommodations and pay over time “with Affirm, helping more people book the trip of their dreams.” This builds on Affirm… Read More

Convera Streamlines Payments and Enhances Education Experience with Ascent One

Convera, a global firm focused on commercial payments, introduced its embedded payments solution for the education industry through its new partnership with Ascent One, which is said to be the worldwide  ecosystem purposely built for the education sector. This solution aims to simplify cross-border payments… Read More

Former Google, Ripple Execs Introduce Skyfire: Payment Rails for AI

Skyfire Systems, Incorporated announced the launch of the payment network built to enable fully autonomous transactions across AI Agents, LLM’s, data platforms, service providers, and other goods and services. Skyfire creates an essential operating layer, “delivering critical missing components for AI commerce, including secure wallet… Read More

SIX Stock Exchange Comments on Market Launch of Instant Payments in Switzerland

Switzerland’s SIX notes in a blog post that the market launch of instant payments in the European nation has been announced. As explained in the update shared by SIX, instant payments were “launched in the Swiss market on 20 August 2024.” Around 60 financial institutions… Read More

InvoiceASAP Selects Fintech Adyen to Enable Instant Payouts, Leveraging FedNow Certification

InvoiceASAP, a provider of invoicing as well as payment solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has reportedly partnered with global Fintech Adyen, the financial technology platform of “choice” for businesses, in order to level up their deposit experience by providing users with instant access… Read More

Global Payments Fintech PXP Financial Joins Zebra PartnerConnect Program

PXP Financial, the firm focused on global payment services announced its participation in the Zebra PartnerConnect program. Zebra Technologies says it is an innovator “at the front line of business with solutions and partners that create new ways of working.” PXP Financial joins as an… Read More

PayPal Expands Partnership with Fintech Adyen to Provide Fastlane in the US

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced the strengthening of its global strategic partnership with Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses. Within the expanded partnership, Adyen will offer Fastlane by PayPal to “accelerate guest checkout flows for its enterprise and… Read More

Mangopay Executive Comments on APP Fraud Regulation, Expect More Claims from Consumers

According to the UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), in 2023, approximately 4.5 billion transactions were made using the Faster Payments system. At the same time, over 252,626 cases of APP Fraud (APPF or authorized push payment fraud) were reported, totaling around £341 million. Other reports… Read More

Fintech Klarna Introduces Products Focused on Enhancing Everyday Spending and Savings

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has launched two new products tapping into retail banks’ core business: everyday spending and saving. Launched in 12 countries across Europe and the US, this marks “a significant step forward in Klarna’s mission to disrupt retail… Read More

Global Payments Fintech Adyen Expands Payment Processing to India

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the global payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, today announced its expansion in India, following the grant of authorization from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as an Online Payment Aggregator in India for domestic and cross-border… Read More

Global Fintech FIS Targets Neural Payments Solution, Expanding Access to P2P Payment Options

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global firm focused on financial technology, announced that it is unlocking the Neural Payments solution to its clients, expanding the availability of peer-to-peer (P2P) payments by leveraging the company’s global scale and NYCE debit rails to bring this capability to a… Read More

Fintech Zip Announces Partnership with Stripe in the US to Enable Business Growth

Zip (ASX: ZIP), a digital financial services company offering innovative, people-centered products, announced its integration as a payment method for U.S. merchants using Stripe. With the new integration, eligible merchants can easily enable Zip as “a payment method with a single click, which can help… Read More

Payments Major Airwallex Hits $100bn Processing Milestone, Expands in Americas

Global payments and financial platform Airwallex announced that it has surpassed $100 billion in annual processing volume, marking a 73% increase year-on-year. This growth is accompanied by an annual run rate revenue nearing $500 million and the achievement of cash flow positivity at the end… Read More

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