Tagged: payments

September 13, 2023 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Corpay, a FLEETCOR (NYSE: FLT) brand and global leader in business payments, is proud to announce that Corpay’s Cross-Border business has launched Payments GPS, a proprietary tracking technology that allows clients and partners to monitor payments in real time. Leveraging various technologies, “including SWIFT GPI… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitPay, which claims to be the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, announced it has rolled out PayPal USD (PYUSD) payments for merchants and consumers. Xsolla will be one of the first merchants “to accept PYUSD, enabling their customers to buy any… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, the payments platform connecting global companies with customers in rising digital markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa Cherrey Johnson as the new VP of Merchant Success – Americas and Europe. With her extensive experience in the payments industry and a deep… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Form3 announces that Visa (NYSE:V) has invested in the cloud-native account-to-account platform, which will help Form3 continue its expansion. This funding is in parallel to news that Form3 will “provide Visa’s clients with access to their payments platform, to enable them to modernize their payments’… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Safello, the crypto exchange in the Nordics, announces the integration of Apple Pay and Google Pay, “expanding its payment options and providing customers with a seamless and secure method to purchase cryptocurrencies.” Following Safello’s recent agreement with Worldpay, “enabling the processing of card payments for… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financial research factor S&P Global Market Intelligence has distributed a report on Fintech, pointing at real time payments as an opportunity that is experiencing choppy adoption depending on the jurisdiction. S&P says that the rollout of FedNow, the US government’s effort to power instant payments… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 10:50 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Under its chairmanship of ASEAN this year, Indonesia is placing a strong emphasis on the expansion and enhancement of the region’s local currency transaction (LCT) network. The move is aimed at fortifying trade and investment, streamlining cross-border payments, and advancing financial asset substitutability. Iss Savitri… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, several reports covered an update from the WSJ regarding “credit card fees.” Unfortunately, the story is wrong, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) claims. According to Mastercard, the reporting relies upon a report “produced by an advisory firm advocating for legislation currently under consideration in Congress.” Mastercard… Read More

September 10, 2023 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a payments platform, and Eightcap, a global retail trading provider, are excited to announce the strengthening of their partnership through the introduction of an innovative Embedded Trading Wallet solution. This collaboration aims to “provide a joint embedded finance solution for Eightcap and… Read More

September 10, 2023 @ 10:29 am By Michael Wong  |  

UnionPay International (UPI), the world’s premier provider of secure cross-border payment services, has joined hands with NBC Badminton, Australia’s leading badminton club, to roll out a specially crafted prepaid card for NBC badminton aficionados. The ‘NBC x UnionPay’ prepaid card seeks to offer unparalleled convenience… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The RTP Network, the instant payments system operated by The Clearing House that is available to all insured depository financial institutions in the United States, surpassed the one million daily payment milestone “on September 1 as more financial institutions and their customers realize the benefits… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY), a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, announced a new partnership with Quadient, a key player focused on helping businesses create meaningful customer connections through digital and physical channels. The partnership enhances the Quadient AP automation solution by “offering their customers… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HAYVN, a digital asset-focused financial institution delivering Payments, Trading, Custody, Asset Management and Research, announced a partnership with crypto hardware manufacturer, Ledger. The partnership will see HAYVN “provide safe and robust off-ramping rails to users of Ledger’s Ledger Live service.” Ledger Live allows users “to… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK) announced the launch of BankifySM, an open banking payments solution that helps organizations “receive consumer payments from bank accounts, with a seamless user experience and that offers guaranteed funds for business receivables.” Bankify couples BNY Mellon‘s transaction payments expertise “with Trustly’s… Read More

September 7, 2023 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its ongoing initiatives aimed to positively impact the environment at a global level, branded payments provider Blackhawk Network (BHN) says that it is working alongside Visa (NYSE: V) in order to transition its network branded prepaid products “distributed by third party retail… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced the launch of “Airwallex for Startups”, a business readiness campaign “exclusively for Hong Kong entrepreneurs to support their global growth ambitions.” With the support of Hong Kong flagship incubators, and in collaboration with… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Acquired.com, the UK payments specialist and payment initiation service provider, has launched an all-in-one Hosted Checkout solution in order “to equip merchants with the ability to offer all major payment methods, including Open Banking payments, via a single integration.” Hosted Checkout is “a pre-built, highly… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashfree Payments, a payments and API banking solutions company, has partnered with Jamboree, an educational consultancy, “to simplify fee payments for Indian students studying overseas.” The partnership leverages Cashfree Payments’ cross-border payment solution, which streamlines and “digitizes the entire payment process from KYC verification, payment… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, which claims to be the expert in simplifying business in a multi-currency world, have partnered with Australia-based CFD broker GO Markets in order “to streamline and automate client deposits and withdrawals while benefiting from real-time, API-driven competitive FX rates.” By integrating Currencycloud’s APIs, GO… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay, the AI-powered secure global payments with offices in New York, Madrid, London, Dubai and Tel Aviv, announced a significant growth round led by Portage, “with investments by existing investors JVP, OurCrowd and others.” The investment, totaling $57 Million, will enable ThetaRay “to accelerate global… Read More