Fintech Finance

JUNE 19, 2024

New research released today by emerchantpay , a leading global payment service provider and acquirer, has found that there is strong market potential for merchants who prioritise the adoption of Open Banking payments early in their payment strategies. However, more work needs to be done to educate consumers.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

With these Mini Programs, users can enjoy a streamlined experience, bypassing the need to download separate apps, sign up for services, or use multiple payment platforms, whether in Italy or across the 26 other enabled countries worldwide. million Alipay+ supported stores.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the tie-up between Mercari and Line for payments in Japan. Online marketplace Mercari and chat company Line have teamed up for mobile payments amid strong competition in the cashless payment space in Japan, Nikkei Asian Review reported.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 26, 2024

Users of 14 popular overseas e-wallets from 9 countries and regions can now make payments in Hong Kong using their home apps through Alipay+ , a suite of cross-border mobile payment and digitalization technology solutions operated by Ant International. This covers a population of approximately over 1.2

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Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In today’s global economy in 2024, the financial transactions has evolved into a dynamic ecosystem, where a multitude of players work together to facilitate fast and secure payment processing. The payment processing ecosystem is vast and multifaceted, with a staggering array of statistics underscoring its significance.

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The Paypers

MAY 17, 2017

(The Paypers) Payza , a global payment platform, has added Bitcoins to its eWallet offer, enabling users to perform Bitcoin exchanges to or from fiat currencies.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. In Sri Lanka, Hatton National Bank PLC unveiled the rollout of its HNB Solo digital wallet and payment app, Lanka Business Online reported. Coverage includes Wegagen Bank ’s tie-up with WorldRemit for a digital money transfer service for Ethiopia.

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eWallet Online and Mobile Banking Payroll Small Business 43

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

The partnership with Airtel Africa will allow over 15 million Airtel Money mobile wallet users in Nigeria, Uganda, Gabon, Tanzania, Zambia, DRC, Malawi, Madagascar, Kenya, Congo, Niger, Tchad, Rwanda and Seychelles to route any money transfer received from across the world into their mobile eWallets.

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Real Time Payments eWallet Cross-Border Financial Inclusion 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The move toward faster payments is an inexorable one. As reported earlier this month, Hong Kong’s newly debuted Faster Payments System (FPS) has seen its share of controversy, at least at the outset. The alleged fraud involves personal data used to set up eWallet accounts and facilitate direct debit activity.

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Real Time Payments Faster Payments eWallet Payments 57

Payment Savvy

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Until recently, people made their credit and debit card payments with a bit of distrust because they were afraid of scammers stealing their card information through the card’s magnetic stripe. What are NFC Mobile Payments? NFC payments add immense convenience for today’s busy customers. How Do NFC Mobile Payments Work?

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Mobile Payments Contactless Payments Online and Mobile Banking CHIPS 98

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Visa and Mastercard each made headlines in the payments infrastructure and cross-border realms, eyeing digital payments and B2B payments. As reported earlier in the week, Visa launched B2B Connect , a network focused on enabling financial institutions (FIs) to help their clients make B2B payments across borders.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 27, 2024

Australian digital wallet provider and payment startup Stables has announced the launch of international remittances for its thousands of users (focusing on the AU-PH Corridor). We believe they will shape the future of cross-border payments, and the little guys will keep more money in their pockets.” billion from Australia alone).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As merchants go global, the pressure grows for payment capabilities to localize. As an expansion of TTS’ offerings, Spring by Citi pulls consumer-facing payment tools into the broader arena of back-office cash management in a B2B2C business model of transaction banking. Learn more: [link] pic.twitter.com/1xZ204A8Cp.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes global payment firm Veem introducing its payments platform to Canada. Global payments firm Veem is bringing its international small business payments platform to Canada , the company said in an announcement.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The company has partnered with key players on “Singapore Platform,” which will allow consumers and businesses to make payments electronically, convert cash to electronic payment methods or receive funds instantly. “I I am thrilled to be able to bring the Singapore Platform to life for merchants and consumers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

Russia-based electronic payments company Yandex.Money is rolling out new multi-currency services with an eye on freelancers. In a press release issued Thursday (March 28), the company announced the launch of accounts and cards that support payments and transactions in multiple currencies, including U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

As it turns out, “payments is a team sport,” at least in the view of Manish Kohli, global head of payments and receivables at Citi. The first part , released in March, focused on global payments and corporate responses to cross-border transactions. Institutional clients now want to give that choice to consumers.”.

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Payments eWallet FinTech Innovation 75

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. In addition, Razer ’s mobile wallet dubbed Razer Pay may come to tens of thousands of point-of-sale (POS) terminals in Singapore , and a Worldpay study has found that consumers in Singapore still prefer to make payments with credit cards over eWallets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

JPMorgan Chase developed an eWallet product for tech companies like Airbnb, Lyft and Amazon designed to help them provide customers with virtual bank accounts, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (Nov. JPMorgan’s wholesale payments sector was responsible for 10 percent of the company’s $109 billion in 2018 revenue, the report noted. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

To that end, on a grand stage, in payments it is the BRICS that may shape – at least in part – how mobile payments evolve. As reported last month, the BRICS have been moving toward a unified payment system. Increasing and enabling debit card payments will help Google grow in mobile payments, he said.

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Mobile Payments Cross-Border Online and Mobile Banking Payments 52

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Zoom in on the payments industry and the impressions are just as varied. Put another way, “Payments is no longer a traditional industry with slow innovation,” said Bill Lodes, First American executive vice president of business development and strategy. I look back at this year and the one word that comes to mind is evolution.”.

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Alternative Payment Methods eWallet Payments Data Breach 81

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

To that end, on a grand stage, in payments it is the BRICS that may shape – at least in part – how mobile payments evolve. As reported last month, the BRICS have been moving toward a unified payment system. Increasing and enabling debit card payments will help Google grow in mobile payments, he said.

Mobile Payments 52

Mobile Payments Cross-Border Online and Mobile Banking Payments 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

There’s a lot of competition to capture the $6 trillion in online payments for U.S. What new initiatives might lack in excitement, they make up for in shifting the payments conversation. Findings from the Federal Reserve reinforce the need for payment choice. Global Preferences Matter. Additionally, 18.7 percent of U.S.

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Online and Mobile Banking Payments Push-to-Card Mobile Payments 49

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Cross-border payments technology company Payoneer debuted its Payoneer for Banks program last week, an initiative that provides financial institutions (FIs) and other service providers with infrastructure to send and receive global payments. Faster Payments and BACS schemes. Payoneer Debuts Program For Banks.

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Cross-Border Payments Payment APIs and Integration Cross-Border Small Business 56

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

Consider the fact that payment that originates in one country does so in the “home” currency but gets settled in another currency once received. But as technology makes inroads into far-flung payments, as paper gives way to new avenues of getting funds where they need to go – across digital options – the speed bumps go by the wayside.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

The recent announcement that China’s UnionPay and Huawei are teaming up to bring Huawei Pay to Russia stands as the latest example that alternative payments are spreading to different parts of the world. The Huawei Mate S was the first Huawei device to support the new payment capabilities. India Developments.

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Alternative Payment Methods Online and Mobile Banking Payments eWallet 76

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Grab, the ride-hailing company out of Southeast Asia, and Mastercard, the payment company, announced on Wednesday (Oct. The companies noted that by issuing Mastercard prepaid cards, Grab’s mobile payments platform, GrabPay , will become the first eWallet from Southeast Asia that is accepted around the world.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Payments solution company Checkout.com has raised $230 million in a recent fundraising round, a number that heightens its valuation to almost $2 billion, according to a report by Reuters. Participants in the round included Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, New York’s Insight Partners and Hong Kong’s DST Global.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Tubb said China has been a relative latecomer to eCommerce, and as a result has leapfrogged the tech-related challenges that have come through the legacy form factors and fragmented payment systems seen elsewhere. Payments have become a critical component of the conversion experience.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

Cross-border payments company Flywire is stepping into new territory: B2B payments. With its start in the education and healthcare sectors, Flywire’s expansion into B2B payments isn’t far of a stretch for the company, which already supports high-value international payments like tuition or medical care costs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

PPRO enables businesses to accept more than 140 alternative payments around the globe, partnering with payment service providers and financial institutions. Through this investment, PayPal said PPRO plans to accelerate the expansion of its payments platform and international presence of its alternative payments-acquiring business. “A

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

Or when they lose international deals because they’re not accepting the latest and greatest form of digital payment. Both of these fall within the top five challenges facing modern travel agents, according to a list compiled by online global payments company Paysafe. Complex Cross-Border B2B Payments. Consumer Protection.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Razer) are teaming up to roll out eWallet service Razer Pay, UOB said in an announcement. Coverage includes United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) and Razer Inc. teaming up to launch Razer Pay in Singapore. In addition, the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Anderson Zaks ’ new encryption feature for its RedCard payment processing system. The device accepts several payment options, such as SBI Buddy (eWallet), Bharat QR and card payments. Bluefin and U.K.­- Bluefin and U.K.­-

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. based THE LIST bringing crypto payments to its platform. Dubai eCommerce company THE LIST is teaming up with BitBay Pay to roll out digital currency payments on its mobile platform, the company said in an announcement. Coverage includes U.A.E.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Don’t think of them as mere podcasts — though PYMNTS certainly does a lot of podcasts, discussing with payments and commerce experts the hottest topics of the day, with each conversation not only digging into the past and present but having an outlook toward the future. No, think of them as miniature seminars. The Rise of Contextual Commerce.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

This partnership will accelerate the adoption of digital payments — especially in cross-border commerce for Chinese consumers who want to shop outside of China as well as non-Chinese consumers who wish to transact with merchants inside its borders. Opening China For Global Payments.

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