Tagged: international payments

June 7, 2023 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Keeta, a new global payments platform offering instant and secure cross-border monetary transactions, announced its official launch with $17 million in funding from investors, including Eric Schmidt and Steel Perlot Management, LLC. Powered by a “highly scalable” proprietary ledger technology, capable of processing more than… Read More

June 5, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the firm focused on real-time global payments, has enhanced its market-leading payroll payments solution to support the complex needs of payroll platforms worldwide. Nium’s payroll solution “simplifies global growth for a majority of payroll platforms, including Panther, a provider of global employment, payroll, benefits,… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd. becomes the first bank partner in Japan with Wise Platform, bringing fast, low-cost international payments to more than 80,000 corporate customers The team at Wise says they’re announcing their first Wise Platform bank partnership in Japan with GMO Aozora Net… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the global card-to-card transfers pioneer and global payments platform, is announcing today a new partnership with global payroll platform Ontop, “enabling employers to make faster and more cost-effective salary payments to workers and contractors.” Paysend will power Ontop’s new payout-to-cards capability “for employee and… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 1:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, the global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced its partnership with TrueLayer, the payments network powered by open banking, to deliver innovative payment solutions for businesses. TrueLayer will leverage Airwallex’s global payments and financial infrastructure API “to build new products and… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the global payments network and shopping destination, has today launched the UK’s first voluntary credit ‘opt out’, an additional tool in the Klarna app to help consumers save time, money and worry. The new feature will “help consumers achieve their financial goals by providing… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments service provider, has been granted a Retail Payment Services license from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. This makes Checkout.com the first global payments provider “to be granted an acquiring license in the country, further cementing its position as… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, the global money app for fast, safe payments and bitcoin, recently announced the global launch of its app in over 65 countries, “expanding access to its revolutionary payments and bitcoin services to nearly 3 billion people worldwide.” Strike’s global money app “leverages the power… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments solution provider, is now the first to be certified by EMVCo, for the latest 3DS 2.3.1 protocol. This certification “allows Checkout.com authentication to best support merchant needs, using proprietary artificial intelligence to roll out support in a safe and intelligent way.”… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, announced its official launch in Israel to fuel future expansion across the region, including the appointment of Or Liban as Airwallex’s Head of Israel and the Middle East. This expansion comes at “a pivotal moment… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) and global payments platform Tazapay announced a global partnership to deliver best in class payments and commerce enabling experiences as part of the Bank’s broader initiative to provide curated financial services on B2B platforms. This builds on the memorandum of understanding… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global payments provider Checkout.com has entered an agreement with Mamo, the fintech powering payments for SMEs across MENA, making Checkout.com the payments provider of choice for their flagship product Mamo Business. This deal further supports Mamo’s mission “to accelerate the growth of SMEs in the… Read More

May 7, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a global business payments company,  reported financial results “for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023.” Ron Clarke, chairman and chief executive officer, FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc., said: “We reported a very good first quarter, with fundamental trends driving reported and… Read More

April 26, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Atlantic Money is pleased to announce the launch of its referral program, offering users the opportunity “to earn £15 or €15 for each approved person they refer.” Together with its unique “fixed fee” pricing model, the new referral program is “bringing Atlantic Money one step… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd has announced a partnership with Splitit, the global payments installments provider, in order “to allow merchants from all over the world to offer shoppers easy installment payments online.” The partnership will aim to “bring Splitit’s Installments-as-a-Service platform to Rapyd’s extensive network of merchants and… Read More

April 21, 2023 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex announced the launch of its global payments services in Canada. The launch will empower Canadian businesses “to tap into Airwallex’s global payments and financial platform, offering a faster, more cost-effective and transparent alternative to the traditional banking platform.” Businesses in Canada can now “access… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 7:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hollywood actor, producer and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds has announced that he has invested in Canadian Fintech company Nuvei Corporation (Nasdaq: NVEI). This I assure you… @nuvei will never ever build a rocket. pic.twitter.com/pyVdLSraW8 — Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) April 17, 2023 Reynolds, who is “globally recognized… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightwell, a payments technology company that builds financial products to send money securely anywhere in the world and one of the leaders at the forefront of innovative fintech solutions, announced that it has hired Robert Berris “as the company’s first Chief Innovation Officer.” Considered an… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, a global cross-border payments company, has been granted a new Payments Institution license by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) in France, which will enable the company “to send payments worldwide on behalf of its French or EU customers and partners.”… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the global payments infrastructure for the on-demand economy, announced the appointment of Anupam Pahuja to EVP and General Manager of Asia Pacific, MENA. Pahuja will “build on Nium’s success in Southeast Asia, where the fintech unicorn was founded, and will quickly expand Nium’s presence… Read More