Paystone raises CAD 69m with support from Canada business fund
The funding is a combination of equity and debt financing.
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US-based paytech Modern Treasury raises $38m in Series B
In 2020, Modern Treasury customers reconciled $1 billion using its platform.
Rapyd raises $300m in Series D, plans more acquisitions
It will double the engineering and product teams and expand the “self-service” element of the platform.
FinTech Futures Jobs: five awesome fintech companies founded by women
Featuring Aya Payments, Modularbank, First Boulevard, GoHenry, and Alinea Invest.
Fintech funding deals globally 18-24 January 2021
Featuring PPRO, iSTOX, Indy, Mercado Bitcoin, and Brigit.
Ten trends set to influence the payments industry
The financial services and payments sectors have a bright future, should these trends continue to develop.
SWBC picks Finicity Pay to meet new ACH requirements
Account verification needs a boost under new Nacha rules.
Goldman picks Marqeta to power Marcus current account rollout
Marcus plans to launch its new accounts later this year.
Fintech funding deals globally 11-17 January 2021
Featuring Checkout.com, MX, Blend, Creditas, and Enfusion.
Stripe cuts off Trump campaign for inciting violence
Payments processor strips Trump for encouraging violence.
Fintech funding deals globally 4-10 January 2021
Featuring Grab, Mynt, Divvy, Mambu, and SimpleNexus.
AvidXchange acquires TimberScan provider Core Associates
Firm now claims to be largest account payable firm in the construction sector.
Fintech funding deals globally 28 Dec 2020-3 Jan 2021
Featuring Mission Lane, Narmi, Finja, CarPay, and ZipLoan.
Jamaican central bank plans electronic payments regulation revamp
Jamaicans sent $4 billion in electronic payments in 2019.
QR Codes: will COVID-19 be the great global equaliser?
Across China QR codes are already ubiquitous, and the pandemic only accelerated user adoption.
2020 review: Top five cyberattacks this year
Cybercriminals haven’t stopped their activities in 2020.
IBM buys Canadian fintech Expertus to bolster payments offerings
The acquisition strengthens its portfolio as an end-to-end digital payments solution provider.
Paytech firm Ondot acquired by US banking tech giant Fiserv
Fiserv says the Ondot takeover will help it provide a “unified digital experience” to customers.
Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions
Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.
Vacuumlabs partners with GPS, the award-winning paytech behind Revolut and Starling
Delivering new products and features that enable businesses large and small to realise breakthrough innovations.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 winners unveiled!
Watch Tom Ward perform his stand-up and unveil the winning projects, companies and people of Banking Tech Awards 2020.
Connect bank operations from front to back
Improve efficiency and compliance while simultaneously lowering costs and risks.
Banking Technology December 2020 / January 2021 issue out now
Ready to take 2021 by the horns.
The time is now to update your finance operations
Modernising the finance department should be a priority.
The Fintech Review: 2020
We cover embedded finance, competition, open banking, and CBDCs.
New York-based Synechron buys Australian payments firm Attra
Attra and Synechron will have a combined workforce of 10,000 employees and annual revenue of $650m.
Don’t turn a blind eye to spreadsheet vulnerabilities
Introducing PrizmDoc Cells, a secure solution in an intuitive, Excel-like web interface.
Market infrastructure firm Pico raises $135m in Series C
Intel Capital leads the latest round for network company.
Paysafe to list via Bill Foley-backed Spac at $9bn valuation
Blackstone and CVC acquired Paysafe back in 2017 for £3 billion.
Solving payments and card challenges with a platform approach
A platform approach improves efficiency and customer trust.
E-book: Migration to cloud – your guide to delivering an intuitive customer experience
Learn how to transform the entire organisation with the migration to the cloud.
Web Summit 2020: A fintech summary
Stripe is looking at products around digital identity.
Principles for a global central bank digital currency and a single global payment system
The new global payment system should replace all current payment and settlement arrangements.
Stripe chases $100bn valuation with no sign of IPO
Stripe could see its valuation quadruple in just two years.
On-demand payment innovation at the heart of digital “new normal”
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered industry changes in rapid time.
Google Pay unveils integrated banking challenger Plex
Plex will sit in the wider, revamped Google Pay app.
How real are real-time payments?
Incumbents and fintechs face the same challenges when scaling real-time payments.
Mastercard to help Canada build its new real-time payments rails
RTR marks a big step in modernising Canada’s payments system.
Banking Technology November 2020 issue out now
Without limits: The Barclays accelerator races ahead
Fintech execs race towards workplace diversity
Divido’s Christer Holloman launches Fintech Finishers to raise D&I awareness.
