Paysend Strengthens Americas Operation with Jairo Riveros as Managing Director of the US and LATAM
- 4 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Paysend, the card-to-card pioneer and international payments platform, today announces the appointment of Jairo Riveros, as managing director of the United States and Latin America, effective 01 January, 2022. Paysend has had an active presence in the United States since September 2020 and helps American residents securely send funds to over 100 countries in close to real-time - without visiting a physical bank location.
Looking Ahead: 2022 Fintech Predictions and Reflections Will Marwick, CEO of IFX Payments
- 4 years 8 months ago
- Payments, People Moves
2021 was the year of recovery and opportunity for many, following months of disruption caused by the pandemic. But whilst many industries have struggled to bounce back from the disruption, many Fintechs have managed to thrive in a somewhat hostile economic climate as a result of innovation, digital disruption, lucrative funding and a vision for how products can change the lives of consumers whilst helping businesses grow.
LazyPay Forays into Card Segment: Launches LazyCard to Empower India’s Underserved with Access to Credit
- 4 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Built in partnership with SBM Bank India and Visa, the LazyCard boasts the largest pre-approval base of 62 million consumers LazyCard will enable thin-file borrowers to build their credit worthiness with its ‘booster’ feature -Strategically designed reward structure of LazyCard drives value for money with every transaction
Fingerprints’ T-shape 2 Biometric Module for Payments Passes new Security Requirement from Mastercard®
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Fingerprint Cards AB’s (Fingerprints™) second-generation T-Shape® sensor module and software platform for biometric payment cards have achieved compliance with Mastercard’s new Fingerprint Sensor Evaluation Process. Having passed the former specifications last year, Fingerprints has proactively secured this updated approval to simplify the process for card manufacturers to launch second generation biometric payment cards.
AIRSOFT Technology’s Unique Solutions to Onboarding Traders in 2022
The financial markets have always been dynamic making the ever-changing role of forex brokers complex and challenging. Needless to say the last couple of years have seen momentous change in the industry. With high inflation and tightening monetary policies of central banks around the world, 2022 is shaping up to be another demanding year for brokers.
The Card and Payments Awards Ltd Announces Postponement and New Date
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
Taking a responsible approach to the current climate and Covid Pandemic. The Card and Payments Awards 2022, after consultation with sponsors and other stakeholders, has been moved to a new date, Thursday 5th May, due to the unforeseen rise in infection from the Omicron variant.
PCI Welcomes RBI Framework for Digital Payments in Offline Mode
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
The Payments Council of India (PCI), the representative body of payment system participants in India, welcomed the RBI framework for facilitating small value digital payments in offline mode. The move will benefit the adoption of digital transactions in rural areas or where internet connectivity is erratic or unpredictable, and further provide impetus to offline digital payments.
UK Cross-border Shopping Declines by 71%
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Shipping costs, supply chain challenges and additional customs charges the primary drivers New research commissioned by Adyen, the payments platform of choice for many of the world's leading companies, reveals that UK cross-border retail has declined sharply in the last year.
Red Dot Payment Selects Radar Payments by BPC to take on global eCommerce Fraud Prevention
- 4 years 9 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
Next generation payment processing company, Radar Payments by BPC, has been selected to tackle eCommerce fraud prevention by Singapore's largest home-grown online payment solutions fintech Red Dot Payment (RDP), an e-commerce enabler focused primarily on serving the e-commerce and hospitality verticals.
Funding Poured in for African Payment Startups in 2021—signaling Momentum in the Region
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
The funding spotlight turned toward Africa in 2021 as tech startups broke funding records, raising $5 billion across the continent, per TechCrunch.
ParentPay Acquires School Meal Ordering and Hospitality Software Provider BlueRunner
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
UK’s leading school payment service enhances its offering to parents, schools and caterers with the addition of tablet-based meal ordering and hospitality management platform
CellPoint Digital Secures $25 Million Investment to Boost Global Expansion and Entry into New Markets
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
The equity funding round is provided by Toscafund and its private equity arm, Penta Capital, and will be used to extend CellPoint’s global reach and penetrate new market verticals. CellPoint Digital, a leading global provider of digital commerce and payment solutions, today announced an equity financing round of $25M provided by Toscafund and its private equity arm, Penta Capital, to build on a series of major successes in recent years.
Yeahka CEO Addresses Employees on Its Future Development Plan, Establishing Strategic and Implementation Certainty
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Yeahka Limited ("Yeahka" or the "Company") (09923.HK) founder and CEO, Luke Liu, sent an open letter to all employees via email, looking back on the 10-year history of the company and announcing its future development plan on January 3.
AppTech Payments Corp. Announces Pricing of $15.0 Million Underwritten Public Offering and Nasdaq Listing
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
AppTech Payments Corp. (“AppTech”) (OTC: APCX), a fintech company powering commerce experiences, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 3,614,458 units, each unit consisting of one share of common stock (the “Common Stock”) and one warrant (the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock, at a public offering price of $4.15 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $15.0 million, prior to deducting... more
NRS Launches NRS eWIC
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Affordable New Solution Enables Independent Retailers to Accept eWIC Payments
