Tagged: wepay

March 19, 2021 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nexus, a U.S.-based AP automation and payments for the real estate industry provider, announced earlier this week it has teamed up with JPMorgan Chase & Co’s integrated payments business WePay to create a new payments solution that will allow small businesses to accept payment through… Read More

September 13, 2019 @ 10:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment as a service platform and JPMorgan Chase company WePay announced earlier this week same-day deposits to Chase business bank accounts at no additional cost. According to WePay, the new functionality will help tens of thousands of U.S. small businesses that use platforms like BigCommerce… Read More

October 20, 2018 @ 1:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following the acquisition of WePay back in 2017, JP Morgan Chase is building upon its Fintech venture with a new Fintech campus in Silicon Valley, according to multiple reports. According to a blog post on WePay, a prominent Fintech in the payments space, JPM will… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 10:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple months after JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) announced it was acquiring WePay, the payments platform revealed that has officially become a Chase company. WePay stated that it will continue to provide integrated payments to global software platforms. It will also provide instant merchant onboarding… Read More

October 18, 2017 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) has announced it will acquire payments platform WePay. Details on the acquisition were not revealed. A Silicon Valley based Fintech, WePay was launched as a “Payments as a Service” company in 2008. WePay has focused on  focus on platform customers with over 1,000… Read More

October 2, 2017 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, WePay and SignUpGenius announced they have formed a partnership in order to provide a new process of accepting payments. According to SignUpGenius, organizers using its site can now collect payments from event participants for everything from ticket sales and event registrations to capital… Read More

March 16, 2017 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment as a service platform WePay announced on Thursday customers are now able to use Apple Pay and Android Pay on the web to generate more revenue for their websites. According to WePay, the launch of the Apple Pay and Android Pay products means platform… Read More

October 31, 2016 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has had a record breaking month. This is according to an update by the platform stating almost £20 million was invested via their site during October. Seedrs pointed to Perkbox, a current listing that has raised over £4.1 million for 5.21%… Read More

July 26, 2016 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

WePay, a “payment as a service” platform” has opened up offices in the UK to further expand its reach into the white label payment sector including crowdfunding and other marketplaces.  WePay already provides services to GoFundMe, a very large donations-based platform in the US. The… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, a provider of payments as a service for online platforms including GoFundMe, Care.com and FreshBooks, today announced it has been named by Silicon Valley Business Journal as the 5th fastest-growing private company in the region. In making the list, WePay joins an impressive cadre… Read More

February 21, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This past fall, Abbeville, Louisiana woman by the name of Fallon Mouton raised $4,600 through GoFundMe campaign supposedly for a Texas man, Moses Perez, who recently lost his fiancée, Jessica Rodriguez, due to giving birth complications. The funds were to help the family “make ends meet.” Unfortunately, Mouton… Read More

February 11, 2015 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

JetPay Payment Services, a division of JetPay Corporation (“JetPay” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: “JTPY”), a provider of debit and credit card processing, payroll, HR and prepaid card services, today announced that it helped WePay to successfully launch its Canadian Operations. WePay provides integrated payment services… Read More

October 8, 2014 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, a provider of payments for platforms, introduced announced on Wednesday (October 8th) its latest product, WePay Clear, which allows platforms to facilitate payments while WePay manages fraud, risk and compliance from behind the scenes. CEO of WePay, Bill Clerico shared,“Most online platforms have an… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 8:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, a provider of payments for platform businesses, announced on Wednesday a three-fold, year-over-year increase in payment volume from crowdfunding sites. WePay powers five out of the top ten crowdfunding sites including GoFundMe, YouCaring.com, GiveForward, CrowdRise, and Fundly and saw an average of 276 percent… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, the payments company powering platform businesses, continues to build on its executive team by announcing on Tuesday that Steven Pellizzer has been named Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pellizzer will be a key player in furthering WePay’s role as a leader in online payment processing for… Read More

May 21, 2014 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was widely reported this past weekend on these pages, and just about everyplace else, porn star Eden Alexander launched a crowdfunding campaign on GiveForward for a dire medical situation only to encounter the ban hammer as she allegedly transgressed the platforms terms of service…. Read More

May 17, 2014 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Adult entertainer Eden Alexander was crowdfunding on Giveforward to raise funds for a “Medical Care Fund” as she apparently had a near fatal reaction to a common prescription medicine.  The reaction, as described on her campaign page, triggered a rare skin infection called Steven Johnson’s… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Known for powering platform businesses such as crowdfunding sites, marketplaces and small business software, WePay has always relied on data to make better decisions when it comes to payment. In 2012, the company developed Veda that leveraging social data, to help shield its platform partners… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 9:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Throughout 2013, PayPal and crowdfunding project creators repeatedly found themselves at odds. First it was Lab Zero Games, the company behind the hugely popular campaign for Skullgirls. Paypal froze Lab Zero’s account only to later release all but $35,000 of Lab Zero’s Indiegogo cash. It… Read More

October 21, 2013 @ 11:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Payment processors have certainly reaped the benefits of the billions of dollars flowing through the crowdfunding space. WePay is no exception, having recently announced that they are processing as much as $1.5 million in crowdfunding contributions per day. Other quick stats… Secured their first API… Read More