Payments

iink Payments Closes on $6 MM Debt Facility With Accordion Up to $100 M

2 years 9 months ago
Payments

iink Payments, a digital payments network that expedites the disbursement of funds associated with multi-party property insurance claims, announced it has closed on a $6 million debt facility with accordion up to $100 million in partnership with a Los Angeles-based asset management firm. The capital will be used to fund the rapidly expanding iink Advanced Funding program that provides short-term advances to restoration contractors constrained by... more

Kevin. Raises $65m Series a, Led by Accel, to Bring Account-to-account Payments to Existing POS Payment Terminals

2 years 9 months ago
Payments

Next generation payment infrastructure already provides seamless web and mobile payments, supporting 6k merchants across 12 markets Funding will be used to almost double the size of team and launch into new markets kevin., the Lithuanian fintech startup providing an advanced A2A (account-to-account) payment infrastructure to replace costly card transactions, today announces that it has secured $65 million in Series A funding.

Fintech Cheq Announces $2 Million Raise

2 years 9 months ago
Payments

Cheq, the fintech enabling easier cryptocurrency payments, has raised a $2 million pre-seed round led by Connect Ventures, alongside Semantic Ventures, firstminute Capital, and 30 angels including former leadership from Monzo, Revolut and Tide. The funding will enable Cheq to establish itself as the primary option for taking payment with stablecoins that are pegged to the US dollar, removing price volatility for both merchant and consumer.

Paylink Solutions Team Expands with Two Senior Appointments

2 years 9 months ago
Payments

Fintech Paylink Solutions has expanded its senior team by a new head of operations and head of information security. Joe Clarke is now Head of Operations and is responsible for overseeing Paylink’s operations and IT services, managing key projects and delivering the performance management framework and new graduate scheme.

Worldline Partners with MYRA to Deliver Cutting Edge Customer Payment Experience for the Hospitality Sector

2 years 9 months ago
Payments

Worldline, a global leader in payment services, is partnering with MYRA, one of the world’s premier providers of self-check-in solutions both online and at kiosks, to develop a state-of-the-art customer payment solution specifically tailored to the hospitality sector.

Sazmining Announces the Addition of Seven Key Advisors

2 years 9 months ago
Bitcoins

Sazmining, the world’s first Bitcoin mining platform created exclusively for retail customers and powered by clean energy, today announced its key advisory slate, seven leading experts in renewable energy, bitcoin and fintech.

Nano Facilitates the First-ever Feeless Crypto Transactions Inside the Houses of Parliament

2 years 9 months ago
Cryptocurrencies

Nano, the feeless eco-friendly cryptocurrency, was used for the first-ever crypto transactions to take place at an official event inside the Houses of Parliament. This took place at the launch of The Centre of FinTech at the University of East London, an educational institution with which the Nano Foundation has deep ties.

Financing a Business With a Poor Credit Score

2 years 9 months ago
Credit Cards

Starting a business is a great way to achieve financial independence. However, starting a business can be very expensive depending on the type of business you are interested in. Because of this, you might want to start looking for financing to get everything you need for your new business. This is usually not a problem if you have a good credit score but could be a problem if you have a poor credit score. So, what options are available to you in... more

Tiger Bank Leads Successful Real-world Professionals into the World of Web3

2 years 9 months ago
Cryptocurrencies

Tiger Bank announced a brand new NFT project that is friendly for all novices to NFT world. This project will guide beginners to understand NFT and blockchain through an easy-to-understand knowledge bridge. Tiger Bank hopes to help holders link the value of Web3 to Web2 to get practical business support through simple and easy-to-understand gameplay. In this community, successful people from all walks of life have gathered. Besides sharing... more

Western Union Expands Collaboration with UK Post Office

2 years 9 months ago
Payments

Western Union announced today that it is expanding its collaboration with the UK Post Office to provide retail cross-border money transfers. This alliance is part of the Company’s continued enhancement of its omni-channel offering, serving its customers across the full range of physical and digital touchpoints and channels. Providing UK Post Office customers a truly omni-channel experience

Plaid Adds Three New Partners to Payment Partner Ecosystem to Enable the Next Generation of Ecommerce in Europe

2 years 9 months ago
E-Commerce, Payments

Global open finance data network Plaid has added Primer, UniPaas and NoFrixion as partners to its Payment Partners Ecosystem The partnerships will open the door for ecommerce companies to benefit from open banking infrastructure to improve their onboarding and payments processes

Penfold’s Workplace Pension Launches to 100 UK Businesses

2 years 9 months ago
Payments, Banking

Platform now boasts over 5,000 workplace users With 40% of workplace users requesting to transfer old pots over to Penfold Penfold, the digital pensions platform, today announces the launch of its workplace pension and has already signed over 100 UK businesses and over 5,000 workplace members, bringing their total membership up to 45,000 savers.

Fintech CEO: Irish Aversion to Bitcoin Donations Illustrates Bureaucrats Continued Failure to Understand Technology

2 years 9 months ago
Payments, Bitcoins

A Bloomberg article covered Local Government Minister Darragh O’Brien’s commentary on thwarting Russia's “insidious disinformation war,” which is to include political donations. The Irish Independent noted Ireland’s political parties would no longer be able to accept donations made through cryptocurrencies. This ban would come as a way to prevent foreign interference in elections, along with a mix of other measures.

B2B Payments Provider Crezco Crowned Emerging App of the Year at the UK & EMEA 2022 Xero Awards

2 years 9 months ago
Payments

Accounting, bookkeeping and app industries celebrated for supporting businesses through their toughest years B2B payments provider, Crezco has won the Emerging App of the Year Award at Xero’s prestigious annual awards. Hosted by Alexander Von Schirmeister, Xero UK & EMEA Managing Director at an in-person event, the awards showcased the achievements of those supporting businesses through two of the toughest years on record.