COVID-19 speeds up contactless rollout worldwide
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
The pandemic will be remembered as a decisive time for contactless payments with accelerated card issuance and usage Consumers favour contactless payments during the pandemic
IDEX Biometrics Supports Rocker as it Launches First Ever Swedish Biometric Payment Card, with Cutting-Edge Fingerprint Sensor Technology
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
IDEX Biometrics has partnered with IDEMIA to support Rocker, the Swedish challenger bank, as it launches biometric payment cards to the market. With IDEX Biometrics fingerprint sensor, Rocker becomes the first in Sweden and one of the first in the world to deploy biometric cards to consumers.
New Barclaycard Avios Credit Cards Make Spending Go Further With Travel Perks and Incentives
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
New Barclaycard Avios1 and Avios Plus2 credit cards allow customers to earn Avios for every £1 spent, to redeem on travel New customers can collect a welcome bonus of 25,000 Avios in the first three months with Barclaycard Avios Plus – enough for a return flight to Faro, Palma or Milan3 Additional benefits include an annual cabin upgrade voucher for reaching a specific spending milestone, as well as Barclaycard’s Entertainment perks The new... more
Covid-19 Speeds Up Contactless Rollout Worldwide
The pandemic will be remembered as a decisive time for contactless payments with accelerated card issuance and usage Consumers favour contactless payments during the pandemic
FinDock Welcomes GoCardless Open Banking to Payments Management on Salesforce
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Open Banking, Payments
FinDock is pleased to announce its partnership and newly added open banking integration with GoCardless, a leading fintech in direct bank payment solutions.
Capital Block Advises on Sandbox Metaverse Island Purchase for Qua Granite, World’s Second Largest Ceramics Company
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
QUA Granite is the first company in its industry to invest in the Metaverse universe. QUA Granite will now be Metaverse neighbours with the likes of Marco Verratti, Kingsley Coman, Stan Wawrinka and Dan Holzmann.
Live Updates: $4 Million in Crypto Crowdfunded for the Ukrainian Military
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NGOs and volunteer groups in the country have raised over $4 million in cryptoasset donations. The charts in this article will be updated with the latest figures. On February 24th alone, one NGO received over $675,000 in Bitcoin, and by 9:30am on the 25th, it had already received more than $3.4 million – over $3 million of which was sent by a single donor. This pushes the total raised by these groups... more
Reuters Events brings Europe’s foremost financial technology experts to London in June for Payments Summit Europe 2022
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Europe’s top financial executives and payment strategists will gather in London this June to debate the future of payments, conference organizer Reuters Events said today. Payments Summit Europe 2022, at the Hilton Tower Bridge on June 28 and 29, will see the industry’s foremost digital experts coming together to share intelligence on how to monetise data and drive revenue in a world dominated by digital, open, real-time transactions.
Swift Vets Did to Make Cross-border Payments as Easy as Texting
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
A group of Swift veterans have unveiled a global payment addressing service for banks and fintechs that promises to make transferring money around the world as way as easy as sending a text message. Founded by three former Swift staffers, iPiD (International Payments Identity) has built a service - with partner Palo IT - that enables users to make cross-border payments anywhere in the world using only a simple proxy, such as phone number, for... more
25/02 – Weekly Fintech Recap
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, E-Commerce, Open Banking, RegTech, Payments, M&A Deals, People Moves
Partnerships AllianceBlock and Peaq partner to power Web3’s Economy of Things through DeFi
Circle Launches New Portal for Businesses to Seamlessly Access Growth in the Digital Asset Economy
Circle Internet Financial, LLC, a global internet finance firm that provides internet-based payments and financial infrastructure to businesses of all sizes, and the sole issuer of USD Coin (USDC), today announced the launch of the new Circle Account. Through the comprehensive portal, Circle Account allows business customers to deposit, withdraw, send, receive, store and allocate funds to invest in digital currency to implement their operations... more
Scalapay Raises $497M in Series B Funding
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Fundraising News, Payments
Scalapay, a Milan, Italy-based payment solution that enables customers to buy now and pay later (BNPL) without interest, raised $497M in Series B funding.
Afterpay and Sezzle look to Healthcare Payments for BNPL Greenfield
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Two major buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers signed healthcare-related deals.
B2B Fintech Unicorn Tipalti Raises $270 Million at a Valuation of $8.3 Billion
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Fundraising News, Payments
Tipalti, the leading global payables solution, today announced it has raised $270 million in series F funding at a valuation of $8.3 billion, bringing total funding raised to date to just over $550 million and placing Tipalti among the most valuable private fintech companies in the world. Tipalti will use the funding to accelerate its product roadmap and customer operations, as well as expand globally to transform global financial operations for... more
Klarna Brings Rewards Programme to UK
Klarna’s rapidly growing global rewards programme will launch in the UK as part of an expansion to nine new markets, rewarding consumers for every payment they make on time and providing access to exclusive benefits in the Klarna App. Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service that helps consumers save time and money, be informed and in control, today announced it will launch its global rewards programme in the UK.
