Fintech Cheq Announces $2 Million Raise
- 2 years 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 5 days 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 6 days 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 6 days 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 6 days 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
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
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 1 week 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.
VizyPay Wins Two Silver Stevie® Awards in the 2022 American Business Awards®
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Payments
VizyPay received the accolades for its payment processing application VizyPOS and for the company’s outstanding 8,000% growth
Credit Demand Grows Alongside Booming Buy Now, Pay Later Market
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Payments
Consumer demand for credit products has grown since the onset of the pandemic, according to TransUnion’s Consumer Credit 2022 white paper, which reveals changing consumer preferences and affirms the growing demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) finance. The research reveals significant growth in the credit market when compared with pre-pandemic figuresi with more consumers now intending to take out mortgages (26% versus 22%), credit cards (22%... more
Klarna Enables UK Gambling Block for Direct-to-bank Payments
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Payments
Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments and shopping service that helps consumers save time and money, be informed and in control of their finances, today announced it is enabling banks to extend voluntary gambling blocks to open banking-driven payments powered by its subsidiary, SOFORT, helping protect hundreds of thousands of UK consumers.
