Mastercard SpendingPulse: January U.S. Retail Sales Up 7.2%*, Marking Solid Start to 2022
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
2022 kicked off with gains across nearly all retail sectors, according to Mastercard SpendingPulseTM, which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment. This January, U.S. retail sales excluding auto increased 7.2% year-over-year (YOY), with online sales growing 10.4% compared to January 2021.
SumUp to Use Worldpay From FIS to Support Global Expansion and Growth
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Worldpay from FIS selected by SumUp to provide global acquiring services. SumUp will utilise Worldpay’s scale to support continued global expansion. Financial technology leader FIS® has today announced that global fintech SumUp will use Worldpay’s merchant solutions portfolio, as the Europe-based fintech leader continues its global expansion.
Group Preliminary Financial Results as of December 31st 2021 Approved Strong Financial Performance and 2021 Ambition Delivered
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
∙ Combined Nexi+Nets revenues at € 2,268.8 million in FY21, +10.0% Y/Y; € 618.1 million in 4Q21, +11.1% Y/Y ∙ Combined Nexi+Nets EBITDA at € 1,094.5 million in FY21, +12.1% Y/Y; € 319.7 million in 4Q21, +11.6% Y/Y. Continued EBITDA Margin expansion ∙ Continued volume growth in 4Q21 despite Omicron variant, driven by double‐digit growth in Italy compared to pre‐Covid levels. Positive growth in basic consumption across ... more
Itv Partners With Ecospend to Offer ‘pay-by-bank’ Services for Itv Win Competition
- New partnership signals new banking payment method adopted by ITV ITV has today announced that it is partnering with Ecospend, a leading UK provider of open banking technology, to offer customers the ability to ‘pay-by-bank’ for its ITV Win competitions, which feature on headline shows, such as I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Form3 Hires Ex-SWIFT Chief Executive for US Market Expansion
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Form3, the leading cloud-native payment technology provider, today announced that it has strengthened its Executive Management team to expand its geographical footprint and product offering in the US, to capture market opportunities in payment technology. Dave Scola joins as Chief Executive for the US to lead the company's expansion into the US market as Form3 builds out its product capability to include Real-Time Payments and Automated Clearing... more
Receivables Saas Platform Chaser Launches Sms Invoice Chasing to Help Users Reduce Late Payments
- 2 years 2 months ago
- e-Invoicing, Payments
Chaser, the global accounts receivables SaaS platform and credit control service provider, today released SMS invoice chasing functionality to allow users to send invoice payment reminders to their customers that are otherwise hard to reach by email.
Newton Completes Us$20m (Cad$25m) Series B Funding Round
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Canadian Cryptocurrency Trading Platform’s Oversubscribed Funding Round Attracts High-Profile Investors
Volt recruits GM with wealth of global payments experience
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Fintech behind record-breaking Series A raise makes key hire in Latin America growth push Volt, the leading open payments gateway, has hired Nathan Marion as General Manager LATAM, to lead its strategic expansion in Latin America (LATAM). This follows the fintech’s innovative integration of Brazil’s instant payments system, Pix.
Connect Financial Announces L2 Arbitrum Migration Integrated and Live
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Connect Financial, an innovative cryptocurrency financial platform, announces today the successful completion of their L2 Arbitrum migration and launches its full capabilities on the Connect Financial ecosystem.
TransUnion Is First UK Credit Reference Agency To Accept Buy Now, Pay Later Data
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Lending, Payments, Credit Cards
Global information and insights provider TransUnion has announced it is ready to accept buy now, pay later finance into UK consumer credit files, being the first credit reference agency in the UK to do so. Following extensive research and product innovation, buy now, pay later finance – also known as deferred payment credit – will soon be included within TransUnion credit information to help protect consumers and enable finance providers to... more
Adyen Publishes H2 2021 Shareholder Letter and Interim Financial Results
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Results for the past half year were strong, and the indicators of sustainable profitable growth remain intact. The company achieved new milestones in the past year including half a trillion Euros of processed volume and a billion Euros of net revenues.
Hodge and Modulr Partner to Deliver Superior Payments Experience for Customers
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Modulr and Hodge have today announced a new partnership which sees the FinTech provide the Cardiff-based bank with the underlying payments and accounts infrastructure to deliver a market leading, real-time digital banking experience to its customers.
Cross-border Merchants Can Now Add Latin America to Their Operations as Emerchantpay Extends Its Local Payment Capabilities Into the Region
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
emerchantpay, a leading global payment service provider, now provides local payments acceptance for cross-border merchants and partners in eight Latin America countries. The addition enables cross-border merchants and partners to accept popular local payment methods and domestic and international card schemes in the region.
Volante Technologies and FIMBank Extend Cloud Payments Collaboration
Enabling FIMBank to accelerate their payments innovation journey
21Shares Announces Launch of 5th State of Crypto Report on Web 3.0
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
21Shares AG (“21Shares”), the world’s largest issuer of cryptocurrency ETPs, today announced the launch of its fifth State of Crypto Report with a focus on Web 3.0 in this edition. The research report provides in-depth, data-driven insights on 21Shares’ assessment of the latest in the crypto industry, including the growth of crypto-native applications as part of the foundation-building of Web 3.0, an Internet of Value.
