Worldline completes acquisition of Eurobank’s merchant acquiring business in Greece
As part of a joint venture with Eurobank, Worldline will hold an 80% stake in the new company.
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Congratulations to the PayTech Awards 2022 winners!
The winners and highly commended were announced in a ceremony at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London.
NPP Australia rolls out new digital payments solution, PayTo
NPP Australia has been working with the financial services industry to develop the PayTo service.
UK paytech GPS announces new senior leadership changes
Dewar was CEO at GPS for over four years, while Schultz joins over from Fiserv.
Aussie BNPL firm Openpay puts a pause on US operations
The company’s available capital and funding will be redirected to its Australian business.
Ireland’s Synch partners Nexi for upcoming mobile payments platform
Synch provides an account-to-account (A2A) mobile payment solution for consumers and businesses in Ireland.
Know what you code: the most important factor to launching a successful FinOps start-up
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GoCardless to buy Latvian open banking platform Nordigen
The deal is expected to close later in the summer.
iBanFirst snaps up UK foreign exchange provider Cornhill
The firm hopes the deal will help SMBs across Europe tackle Brexit-related payment challenges.
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Yoma Bank taps Compass Plus Technologies for time-to-market upgrade
Myanmar’s Yoma Bank has replaced its in-house processing centre with Compass Plus’ TranzAxis.
Paytech Flutterwave hires Gurbhej Dhillon as new CTO
As CTO, Dhillon will be tasked with developing the fintech platform’s architecture and infrastructure.
Singapore’s Funding Societies acquires paytech CardUp
Funding Societies says that all of CardUp’s employees across Asia will be retained.
The next frontier in global payments goes beyond borders
Payments will become more inclusive to both consumers and merchants.
London BNPL firm Zilch raises additional $50m in Series C extension
The extension follows an initial raise of $110m in November, which valued the company at more than $2bn.
White paper: Developing a futureproof payments market infrastructure – Insights from around the world
How payments market infrastrcutures (PMIs) enable safe, efficient and open payments.
Fintech Unlimint to become Telegram’s official payment provider
The integration will allow Telegram users to purchase services and goods directly through the messenger.
Atlantic Money secures payment institution approval in Belgium, eyes EU
The firm received approval to operate as a payment institution from the National Bank of Belgium (NBB).
Crypto paytech Wirex makes a comeback in the UK
Along with resuming services, Wirex also announced that it is launching multiple offerings.
Lithuania’s SME Bank partners kevin. for A2A e-commerce platform
The new offering is a unified payment infrastructure enabling account-to-account (A2A) payments across the Baltics.
Stripe simplifies bank transfers for UK, EU and Mexican businesses
Stripe says that bank transfers, despite their popularity and ease of use, are “filled with friction”.
Fintechs Stanhope and Stenn hire new CPOs as they look to scale
Groombridge will be leading Stanhope’s payments offering, while Bajwa will be developing Stenn’s financing solutions.
SME paytech SumUp raises €590m at €8bn valuation
SumUp says the latest funding is “indicative of our strength, execution, and potential”.
Blockchain paytech Roxe to go public via SPAC merger in $3.6bn deal
Roxe will merge with Goldenstone Acquisition and become a publicly traded company on Nasdaq.
Video: How Payoneer prevents financial crime with ThetaRay’s tech
Payoneer explains why it chose ThetaRay to monitor payments on its global platform for financial crime.
Europe funding round-up: Bits of Stock, Formance, Aveni, and Datia
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across Europe.
Payment Systems Regulator outlines upcoming card fee market reviews
Both reviews focus on Mastercard and Visa; the pair make up 99% of debit and credit card payments in the UK.
GoCardless rolls out two open banking solutions in Germany
GoCardless says: “Open banking is growing rapidly, with 64 million active users projected in Europe by 2024.”
Brex to stop serving “traditional” small businesses
Small businesses using Brex have until August 15 to move their funds.
Accounting platform Autobooks bags $50m in Series C round
Larry Handen, senior managing director at Macquarie Capital, will also join Autobooks on its board.
State of play: Money 20/20 Europe
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Account freezing orders: the FCA flexes its regulatory muscle
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Intesa Sanpaolo sells Croatian merchant acquiring business to Nexi
The €180m deal forms part of a broader multi-year partnership in the merchant acquiring space.
Why I do want to use crypto to buy my pizza
I predict that in the medium term, we will begin to consider crypto a safe and reliable form of tender.
Blackstone to invest up to $130m in logistics paytech PayCargo
The funds will be used for international expansion and M&A.
Paytech PPRO hires Rahul Raswant as new chief financial officer
Raswant has held roles at Standard Chartered Bank and consultancy McKinsey.
Denmark’s Mazepay receives pan-European payments license to streamline B2B purchases
The license will enable Mazepay to handle transactions on behalf of companies.
Reserve Bank of India lifts ban on Mastercard onboarding new customers
RBI had imposed a ban on Mastercard in July 2021 for non-compliance.
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