Tagged: payments

June 15, 2023 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra, a provider of infrastructure for faster payments, today announced a partnership with Alloy, the identity risk management company, to streamline the onboarding process for existing Alloy customers to leverage Astra’s advanced transfer technology in their applications. Gil Akos, CEO and co-founder of Astra, said:… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Umpqua Bank announced the rollout of Integrated Receivables, a “powerful” cloud-based platform for business customers that will help accounting departments “streamline the processing of high volumes of invoiced payments each month, strengthening companies’ cashflow management and overall efficiency.” Umpqua’s Integrated Receivables helps “eliminate a critical… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FreedomPay, the world’s independent commerce platform and Toast, the all-in-one digital platform built for the entire restaurant community, signed a partnership agreement making FreedomPay Toast’s preferred payments gateway partner for select enterprise brands. Toast will be able “to offer its cloud-based digital platform for restaurants… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BoomFi, a next-generation payments company, has announced an oversubscribed seed funding round of $3.8 million led by White Star Capital. The team will use the capital from the investment round “to transform crypto and digital currency payments for web3. SaaS, eCommerce, creators, marketplaces and traditional… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac recently revealed that its new cards will be making payments more accessible for customers. Westpac has announced it is rolling out “a suite of new card designs to help make payments more accessible for blind or low vision customers.” The credit, debit and pre-paid… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 6:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

More than one-third (36%) of property managers who are “aware of the practice of reporting rent payments to credit reporting agencies do so.” The finding comes from new research from the Tenant and Employment business at TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) and “represents a 37% increase from… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the global card-to-card transfer pioneer and global payments platform, has appointed ex Ernst & Young auditor and American Express executive, Yuri Biondo as Chief Financial Officer for the Group’s US business. Based in Miami, he will “report directly to the Group CFO, Wilhelm Rohde,… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) a new partnership with Request to Pay focused fintech startup, Bluechain in order “to help streamline the supplier payment process for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).” Invoice management can “be resource intensive for small business owners, especially when using multiple… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XMDS Holding, a European software company active in the field of fintech and faretech, has acquired KUARIO, the Dutch based self-service payment provider to complement its portfolio of mobile payments solutions, playing into the increasing use of self-service kiosks. Since its establishment in 1998, XMDS… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar opens up infrastructure to enable instant payments in the Nordics. Strong demand from both national and international payment players “drives Lunar to open up its Nordic payment infrastructure to partners.” Starting August 1st Swedish Fintech Trustly will be the first partner “to tap into… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

B2B payment solutions provider Hokodo has announced the acquisition of a Lithuanian payments business, making it the first and, currently, only B2B Buy Now, Pay Later provider with a payments license. This acquisition is “part of Hokodo’s journey to make better payment options available to… Read More

June 11, 2023 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EasySend and Imburse, a DuckCreek company, are pleased to announce their strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing the end-to-end digital payment process. EasySend is “a no-code platform that empowers organizations to transform complex forms, customer data intake, and signature collection processes into easy digital experiences, and… Read More

June 10, 2023 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shape Technologies has reportedly introduced its payments-platform-as-a-service (PPaaS) provider, developed to support merchant-facing interfaces. The customizable PPaaS platform offers services for various payments-focused business, such as acquirers, payment facilitators, payment gateways, independent sales organizations as well as other businesses. Shape’s PPaaS’ modular architecture enables its… Read More

June 10, 2023 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and NAPS, a Moroccan fintech company, have announced a collaboration to develop various payment solutions for individuals as well as business organizations. The new partnership aims to consolidate the solid historical relationship between the two entities. NAPS says it is on a… Read More

June 10, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Netherlands has recently completed the launch of a contactless transit payments system nationwide, “simplifying access and allowing travelers to tap-in and tap-out with their debit card, credit card or digital wallet.” All public transport across the country – “including trains, buses, metros, and trams… Read More

June 10, 2023 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AvidXchange Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVDX), a provider of accounts payable (AP) automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers, announced Lien Waiver Management for TimberScan, a premium feature embedded in AvidXchange’s full purchase-to-pay solution with a seamless Sage 300 CRE integration…. Read More

June 8, 2023 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AP+ reportedly says that it welcomes the Australian Federal Government’s Strategic Plan for Payments System. Australian Payments Plus (AP+) confirms that it “supports the Government’s Strategic Plan for the Australian Payments System.” According to an update shared with CI, the plan is critical “for driving… Read More

June 8, 2023 @ 1:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments are one of crypto’s “biggest” and “earliest” use cases, and Binance‘s new partnership with Lyzi is “helping to achieve this goal in more locations.” While many use crypto as an investment, it’s also “a great way to transfer value globally with minimal fees and… Read More

June 7, 2023 @ 8:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A B2B marketplace for payments solutions, the JP Morgan Payments Partner Network aims to connect J.P. Morgan (NYSE:JPM) clients “with the broader payments and technology ecosystem.” This searchable ‘one-stop shop’ will open up new opportunities for the payments industry. Tapping into the power of the… Read More

June 7, 2023 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Keeta, a new global payments platform offering instant and secure cross-border monetary transactions, announced its official launch with $17 million in funding from investors, including Eric Schmidt and Steel Perlot Management, LLC. Powered by a “highly scalable” proprietary ledger technology, capable of processing more than… Read More