Payments

Clearpay Launches New UK Loyalty Programme

3 years 3 months ago
Payments

Today, Clearpay, a leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later” payments known as Afterpay (ASX: APT) outside the U.K. and Europe, has announced the launch of its new loyalty programme, Pulse Rewards. This unique programme encourages responsible spending, by offering benefits to customers who make on-time payments1.

Danish B2B Fintech Pleo Gains Unicorn Status After Raising $150m in Series C Co-led by Bain Capital Ventures and Thrive Capital

3 years 3 months ago
Payments

Fintech scale-up Pleo, which offers a simplified expense management tool and smart company cards, has just raised its Series C round totalling $150m (USD). This is the all-time largest Series C raise in Danish history - and one of the biggest Series C rounds in European fintech -

PayFit and Hibob Join Forces to Streamline Payroll and HR Processes

3 years 3 months ago
Payments

PayFit, one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe, launches its partnership with leading global HR provider Hibob. Through the integration, Hibob’s customers - including Revolut, Weezy, Hadean, Yulife, and Cambridge Intelligence - will have the ability to integrate employee information with PayFit, improving payroll processes and eliminating common pain points for HR teams and leaders of fast-growing businesses.

SumUp Brings Apple Pay to Small Businesses with SumUp Card

3 years 3 months ago
Payments, Credit Cards

A safer, more secure and private way to pay with iPhone and Apple Watch Global payments service provider SumUp today brings its UK-based customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps SumUp merchants avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash — and uses the power of iPhone to protect every transaction.

ikigai Brings Apple Pay to All Clients

3 years 3 months ago
Wealth Management, Payments, Banking

ikigai, the first UK app to bring together everyday banking and wealth management, today brings its customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that

Previse Partners with Pagero to Embed InstantPay Early Payment Technology

3 years 3 months ago
Artificial Intelligence, Payments

Previse, the AI fintech that gets suppliers paid instantly, has partnered with global e-invoicing firm, Pagero to enable instant, embedded finance to be delivered through the world’s largest, open business network. The partnership will see Pagero roll out Previse’s early payment capabilities to its customers, giving suppliers on the Pagero network the option of a ‘pay me now’ button as soon as they generate an invoice.

Swedbank Partners with ACI Worldwide to Combat Fraud and Comply with SCA

3 years 3 months ago
Payments, Banking

• Leading issuer and acquirer in Nordic and Baltic regions enhances its fraud platform with ACI Fraud Management • ACI’s machine learning capabilities and consortium data underpin Swedbank’s strong customer authentication (SCA) exemption strategy, contributing to a sizeable decrease in card fraud

Airwallex CEO recognised for engineering excellence by the University of Melbourne; plans to boost Australia’s tech talent pool with new engineering hub in Sydney

3 years 3 months ago
Payments, IT Innovations

Jack Zhang, Co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, has been awarded the University of Melbourne Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology’s Kernot Memorial Medal for engineering excellence. In addition, Airwallex also announced today the opening of its second engineering hub in Australia, based in Sydney.

Return to Spender: 3.9 Million are Currently Spending More Than They Can Afford to ‘Make Up for Lost Time’ Following Lockdown

3 years 3 months ago
Platform Technology, Money Transfers

New research2 from Yolt, the award-winning smart money app reveals today that over 3 million UK adults have been spending more than they can afford since lockdown restrictions recently began to ease. A further 18% anticipate that the national return to socialising will have a negative impact on their ability to manage their money well.

mmob Secures FCA Authorisation for UK’s First Open Finance Partnership Platform

3 years 3 months ago
Open Banking, Payments, Authentication Technology

FCA authorisation ensures mmob can help banks and large established fintechs to unlock the benefits of open and embedded finance at pace and scale. By unifying customer data mmob can help its commercial partners to drive retention and growth through the optimisation of third party service selection and provision. Consent driven user data to propel frictionless native experiences, leveraging data to provide relevant financial products and... more

Is Koda Cryptocurrency The Brand-New Kid On The Crypto Block?

3 years 3 months ago
Cryptocurrencies

Koda Cryptocurrency is the brand-new crypto token on the market. It is an exciting and fresh approach to cryptocurrency that is based on the morals of trust, education and ease of use. Not something you would always associate with cryptocurrency; but Koda are on a mission to change that. But is Koda Currency as ‘brand-new’ as you might think?

21Shares Continues Its Listing Strategy With The Launch of Solana (SOL) ETP

3 years 3 months ago
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies

21Shares AG, the pioneering issuer of crypto Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) is launching the world’s first Solana (SOL) ETP (ticker: ASOL) on the regulated market of the Swiss stock exchange (SIX Exchange) on Wednesday, June 30th 2021 further boosting 21Shares as the leading issuer of crypto ETPs. The ETP will offer additional yield through staking rewards by validating transactions on the Solana blockchain which is dedicated to fostering... more

Bigbank Chooses Nets for Issuer Processing and Digital Payments

3 years 3 months ago
Payments, Banking

Bigbank, an international Estonian-owned bank offering personalised financial products, has chosen European payment services provider Nets, to provide issuer processing and digital services, including virtual cards and mobile payment capabilities.

Cardlay Builds Cloud Solution Integrated With Concur® Expense to Help Banks Deliver Commercial Payment Management Capabilities

3 years 4 months ago
Payments, Cloud

Cardlay, a leading Danish commercial banking as a service payment FinTech, today announced it is collaborating with SAP® Concur®, the world’s leading brand of travel, expense and invoice management solutions, on an integration that is designed to allow banks to issue and manage virtual payment cards for their corporate card holders.