Cards and Payments Veteran Jukka Rinta Joins EedenBull as Chief Product Officer
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
Global payments fintech, EedenBull, has today announced that Jukka Rinta, previously the Head of Product Commercial Cards at National Australia Bank, joins the EedenBull executive management team as Chief Product Officer.
Barclays Calls for More Robust Regulation of All Buy-now-pay-later Products
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
A quarter of BNPL users are concerned about their ability to repay their BNPL bills Over a third chose to pay with BNPL due to insufficient funds in their current or savings account Nearly a fifth of 18–34-year-old BNPL users have had their credit score impacted due to missed BNPL payments The average BNPL user is paying off £293 in BNPL loans, and almost half have had loans from different BNPL providers at the same time
Geopolitics Has Put Bitcoin to the Test This Week – What Happens Next?
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Bitcoins
Geopolitical issues, including the heightening Ukraine-Russia tensions, will drive Bitcoin’s increasing mass adoption and higher values this year – despite a 5% drop in the last 24 hours. The prediction from Nigel Green of deVere Group, the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations, comes as more than 100,000 Russian troops mass on the border with Ukraine and global leaders try... more
Bizongo Concludes Maiden Buyback, Liquidates ESOP Worth $3.7 Million
- 2 years 2 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
~70% of all eligible former and current employees liquidated their ESOPs~ ~The soonicorn offered employees ESOP at different stages of their tenure with the company~ B2B e-commerce and supply chain enablement platform Bizongo has announced the completion of its first Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) monetization program worth $3.7 million. While 102 of Bizongo’s former and current employees were eligible for the buyback, only 70% of... more
PayRetailers Enters 2nd year of Successful Partnership With the CONMEBOL Sudamericana
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations
In 2022 PayRetailers will continue as an Official Sponsor of CONMEBOL Sudamericana for the second consecutive year. The partnership reaffirms the innovative PSP platform’s presence in Latin America, consolidating its leadership in cross-border payment processing in the region. Solid infrastructure in Latin America
21Shares Appoints New U.S. Sales Team to Match Growing Investor Demand
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
21Shares AG (“21Shares”), the world’s largest issuer of cryptocurrency ETPs, today announced the appointment of three new senior sales leaders to extend its U.S. footprint amidst growing investor appetite for crypto solutions.
6 Out of 10 Credit Card Users Don’t Know How Much Interest They Are Paying
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
Not a single respondent was able to correctly calculate the full cost of a credit card purchase, including interest
Tillful Teams Up with Highnote and Mastercard to Introduce the Tillful Card, Helping Small Businesses Access and Build Business Credit Faster
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Credit Cards
The first-of-its-kind Tillful Card aims to create a more inclusive credit system
Apple Empowers Businesses to Accept Contactless Payments Through Tap to Pay on iPhone
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Later this year, US merchants will be able to accept Apple Pay and other contactless payments simply by using iPhone and a partner-enabled iOS app
Vitesse PSP, Secures $26 Million in Series B Funding
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Fundraising News, Payments
UK headquartered fintech, Vitesse, secures $26 million in Series B funding to drive further digitisation of the insurance market Funding round led by Prime Ventures, with participation from Octopus Ventures and Hannover Digital Investments The new funding will enable Vitesse to tap into the growing digitisation of the insurance market in Europe and the US
EBANX Celebrates 10-year Anniversary with Nearly One Billion Total Payments Processed and More Than 100 Percent Growth in 2021
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
The Brazilian unicorn has given more than 70 million Latin Americans access to global digital sites and services, and currently operates in 15 Latin American countries Today, February 10th, EBANX, the leading payments platform in Latin America, celebrates 10 years since its founding as it closes in on a major milestone of one billion payments processed across 15 countries.
Ekata Protects 2.5 Billion Digital Interactions Globally in 2021
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
2021 was a transformative year for Ekata, capped by joining the Mastercard family to accelerate our shared goal of building trust in the digital economy. As consumers moved more of their lives online, online businesses grew to serve them. Over the course of the year, Ekata solutions protected billions of digital interactions from fraud and enabled better, faster and more trustworthy onboarding and transaction experiences for consumers and... more
BVNK Launches Insured, Custodial Crypto Yield Service with Integration of Copper ClearLoop
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
BVNK Clients Can Securely Deploy Crypto for Yield on Open Terms without Leaving Custody, by integrating ClearLoop, Copper’s Unique Instant Settlement Trading Network
‘A New Era for Money’: Green Paper outlines a digital future for the pound
- 2 years 2 months ago
- Payments
New paper advocates for closer public-private collaboration to advance exploration of a digital currency in the UK, before a real-world pilot of ‘digital pound’ (dSterling) New paper advocates for closer public-private collaboration to advance exploration of a digital currency in the UK, before a real-world pilot of ‘digital pound’ (dSterling)
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.
