The ‘Pink Tax’ Found to Be a Barrier for Women Investing in Long-term Savings
2 in 5 men and women believe it costs more to be a woman because of the ‘pink tax’ The majority of survey respondents believe it costs more to be a woman because women are under more pressure to consume than their male counterparts (46% female and 41% male) 14% of female respondents believe that life being more expensive as a woman is a key barrier women experience when saving for retirement, compared to 9% of male respondents
Visa, Mastercard and American Express Suspend Operations in Russia
Visa, Mastercard and American Express have announced they will suspend all operations in Russia in protest at its invasion of Ukraine. But Russia's major banks have already downplayed the impact the move will have on consumers. Shoppers will still be able to use the cards for purchases within Russia until they reach their expiry dates. But Visa, Mastercard or American Express cards issued abroad will no longer work at shops or ATMs... more
KoronaPay Partners With Clear Junction to Boost Its Presence in the UK Remittance Market
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments
KoronaPay, the EU-based online money transfer service with over 13 million users worldwide, has partnered with Clear Junction, the global payments solutions provider, to offer its users
Mastercard Statement on Suspension of Russian Operations
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
For more than a week, the world has watched the shocking and devastating events resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Our colleagues, our customers and our partners have been affected in ways that most of us could not imagine.
Yooz Named Top Performer in the Winter 2022 Accounts Payable Software Customer Success Report
Yooz has been named a Top Performer in the Accounts Payable Software category for the Winter 2022 Customer Success Report published by FeaturedCustomers. FeaturedCustomers is the leading customer success content marketing platform for B2B business software & services helping potential B2B buyers make informed purchasing decisions through vendor validated customer success content such as customer testimonials, success stories, case studies,... more
The Collectible NFT Series From Deadmau5 X Smearballs Partners With Moonpay and Umbria to Unlock Greater Access to the Mau5verse
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
The head5 collection, available on the Polygon blockchain, is the metaverse-ready avatar collaboration between deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) and artist Nick denBoer. Today (March 3rd), head5 - the foundation of the mau5verse – a collection of all that is deadmau5 across the digital space; music, video games, literature, NFTs, and more – has partnered with leading global crypto payments infrastructure provider MoonPay and Eth-Polygon bridging... more
Digital Horizon Leads the Series a Investment Round Into Steadypay, the First of Its Kind Financial Stability Platform for Gig-workers and Micro-smes
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Digital Horizon, one of the fastest growing European venture capital funds and venture builders specialising in fintech and SaaS companies, announced that it has led the $5mn Series A investment round into SteadyPay, the award-winning platform designed to help gig workers achieve financial stability.
04/03 – Weekly Fintech Recap
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Digital banking, Open Banking, RegTech, Payments, Banking, Data, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, M&A Deals, People Moves
Partnerships LendingUSA introduces FastScreen customer prescreen toll for the funeral home industry in partnership with TransUnion
YGG SEA and IVC Commit $750K in Novel Play and Earn God Game Apeiron
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Foonie Magus, the company behind Apeiron, the world's first god-game with NFTs, has announced that it will receive $750,000 of investment from Yield Game Guilds Southeast Asia (YGG SEA) and Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC), in a strong show of support for the metaverse's hottest new project. The two organizations will use the money to acquire their very own YGG SEA Constellation in Apeiron's SEA Mythologically-inspired galaxy, which will come with... more
Scout Gaming Chooses Nuvei as Payment Provider for US Expansion
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Nuvei will power online payments for Scout Gaming’s US-based daily fantasy sports offering, FanTeam Nuvei Corporation (“Nuvei” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: NVEI) (TSX: NVEI), the global payment technology partner of thriving brands, announces today that it has partnered with Scout Gaming, the world’s leading provider of B2B fantasy sports and sports betting products. Nuvei will support Scout Gaming’s expansion into the US market with an array of... more
STICPAY Expands Popular Forex Cashback Offer
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Customers receive 100% cashback directly into their STICPAY account Leading global digital payment provider STICPAY, has announced a further addition to its popular Forex Cashback service. STICPAY receives a rebate from brokers for every new customer that signs up via their STICPAY account or links their STICPAY account to their broker. STICPAY has decided to pass 100% of this rebate onto its customers, which means their forex trades have an... more
Majority of UK ecommerce SMEs Report Service Issues with Payments Service Providers – but Fear Switching, Finds Survey
- 4 years 7 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
Only 5% of UK SMEs have no issue with their current Payment Service Provider (PSP) More than half of SMEs (52%) are frustrated by slow response times Fear (29% worry about adoption costs), uncertainty (31% worry a change will impact CX), and contract lock-in (28%) are preventing UK SMEs from switching PSP
Sokin Targets World’s Largest Remittance Market With Digital Payments Wallet
India is known to be the world’s largest recipient of remittances, receiving $87bn in 2021* Sokin, the next generation payments provider, is set to disrupt India’s $87bn* remittances market by giving the 18 million** Indian migrants living outside their homeland access to 51% cheaper global money transfers***.
Mews Acquires POS Innovator Bizzon for Seamless Guest Payments in Hospitality
The joint solution will provide fully integrated POS and digital ordering for hotels
Worldline Enters the Japanese Merchant Services Market Through a Partnership With Local NSP Vesca
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Unlocking Japanese acceptance landscape to boost preference for card payments at large scale is part of Worldline’s global growth strategy Worldline, a global leader in payments services announced its business expansion to Japan, offering credit card payment processing for merchants nationwide. An economically mature, very secure market with conservative consumer habits, Japan offers a huge growth potential for card payments.
