Tagged: pine labs

April 17, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchant commerce platform, Pine Labs recently announced that it has made a “significant” majority investment into Mosambee, an end-to-end payment solution provider in India. This investment by Pine Labs will now “value Mosambee at upwards of USD 100m.” Amrish Rau, CEO at Pine Labs, said:… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 5:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Today, merchant commerce platform Pine Labs announced a $50 million investment from Vitruvian Partners, a London-headquartered international investment firm. Incorporated in Singapore, Pine Labs’ key investors include Sequoia India, Actis Capital, Temasek, PayPal and Mastercard. Pine Labs serves large, mid-sized and small merchants across India… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA), DBS Bank (SGX:D05) and Pine Labs have teamed up to introduce ‘Mastercard Installments with Pine Labs’ – which is a new program that enables DBS/POSB credit cardholders to pay via interest-free installments at merchants “with the ‘Pay Later’ identifier, simply by presenting… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qwikcilver, a subsidiary of Pine Labs and provider of end-to-end gifting solutions, has teamed up with the Philippine Airlines (PAL) for its digital gift card program. Developed with assistance from travel tech firm Amadeus, this particular program will help PAL to further improve customer satisfaction… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Pine Labs, a digital payments firm that confidentially filed for a $500 million IPO at valuation of around $7 billion, notes that online payment methods in India have been “around for a while now and with their rising popularity, they are here… Read More

November 17, 2021 @ 8:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pine Labs, a merchant commerce platform serving merchants in India and Southeast Asia, today announced a partnership with Standard Chartered Malaysia. Standard Chartered’s customers in Malaysia can now access interest-free installment options on credit cards at any offline point-of-sale system powered by Pine Labs. The… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 6:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pine Labs, which is one of Asia’s leading merchant commerce platforms, revealed earlier this week that it has finalized a new investment round in the company “with the entry” of Invesco, a US-headquartered investment management firm. Invesco Developing Markets Fund has reportedly invested $100 million… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 11:23 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

India’s leading payment gateway Pine Labs has appointed Rangaprasad Rangarajan as the Head of Engineering – Online Payments. The company aims to build an offline-to-online strategy with recent US $600 million fundraisings besides developing world-class payment gateway services to help merchants make a winning omnichannel… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pine Labs is raising more money, according to a statement from the firm. Pine Labs says that Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds managed by BlackRock, Ishana, Tree Line, and a fund advised by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC are all participating in the funding…. Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard-backed Pine Labs, an Indian merchant commerce service provider, has finalized the first close of $285 million in funding at a $3 billion valuation. Pine Labs provides payment terminals, invoicing tools, and working capital to over 150,000 merchants in the Middle East and other regions… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments solution provider Fave has reportedly been acquired by Pine Labs, an Asian commerce platform. The acquistion deal is deal valued at more than RM 185 million (appr. $45 million). With this strategic acquisition, Indian consumers may now use the Fave app at some point… Read More

April 2, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pine Labs, an Asian merchant commerce solution provider that’s backed by payments giant Mastercard, has introduced a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution in Malaysia. Pine Labs aims to offer a technology-focused offline payments platform where several different credit card issuers can use a common… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Pine Labs, an India-based merchant commerce platform, announced on Thursday it is expanding its services to Southeast Asia, thanks to key organizational changes. As previously reported, Pine Labs notably offers a merchant platform that includes technology and financial solutions for merchants to help… Read More

December 22, 2020 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital payments firm Pine Labs has reportedly secured $75-100 million through an investment round that was led by US-headquartered hedge fund Lone Pine Capital, which is known for financing established US businesses like Uber. Pine Labs is now valued at approimately $2 billion — a… Read More

November 19, 2020 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India-based banking group ICICI Bank has launched an all-digital mode of payment at major retail stores. Referred to as the “ICICI Bank Cardless EMI” (Equated Monthly Instalments), the facility allows thousands of the bank’s pre-approved customers to purchase their favorite gadgets or home appliances simply… Read More

March 7, 2020 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pine Labs has teamed up with ZestMoney, a leading consumer lending Fintech firm based in India. Through the partnership, the companies will offer in-store digital equated monthly installment (EMI) options to “new-to-credit” customers via Pine Labs’ Plutus and Plutus Smart point of sale (PoS) devices. … Read More

January 24, 2020 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pine Labs, an India-based merchant commerce platform, has received a significant investment from multinational financial services giant Mastercard. According to Pine Labs and Mastercard, the investment is part of a partnership to continue the rapid growth of convenient electronic payment options for consumers across the… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 9:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pine Labs, an India-based digital payments platform, announced on Thursday Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, and PayPal Holdings Inc., have acquired minority stakes in the company for a combined $125 million. The latest investment comes just a couple of months after Pine Labs secured $82… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pine Labs, an India-based digital payments platform, has secured $82 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Actis Capital, with participation from Altimeter Capital. Founded in 1998, Pine Labs stated it began its journey with specialty payment & loyalty solutions for closed-user group… Read More