Fintech News
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Headquartered in Singapore, Aspire employs over 600 people across nine countries and is backed by global top tier venture capital (VC) firms, including Peak XV Partners, Lightspeed, Y-Combinator, Tencent and Paypal. In 2023, the Group expanded its offerings into Germany, signaling its entry into the European market.
CB Insights
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
PayPal and Square emerge as leaders in the payments space. PayPal and Square emerge as leaders in the payments space. PayPal was the first major company to pioneer a new online payments method for budding e-commerce sites like eBay, which previously relied on checks and money orders. TABLE OF CONTENTS. rate per transaction.
Fintech News
JULY 23, 2024
Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised more than US$300 million from world-class investors, included Sequoia, Lightspeed, Y-Combinator, Tencent and Paypal. The company offers innovative digital financial services aimed at empowering local and regional micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2019
Instead, it was an ecosystem of apps that they used regularly and could access on their mobile phones: Uber, Amazon, Walmart, PayPal, Square, banking apps, OpenTable, Facebook, Instagram, Google, Venmo – and yes, WhatsApp and Messenger, to name but a few. For example, consumers can now book an Uber from a messaging app or via OpenTable.
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 1, 2015
The San Luis Obispo, California company has created a “micro social network” for a single household where roommates can track chores, supplies, bills due, and payments made. The startup was recently visiting PayPal’s Venmo unit, a logical partner. Nor are they interested. So, it won’t be an easy sell.
PYMNTS
APRIL 29, 2016
As is well known by now, Ant Financial , the Chinese micro-lending Internet player, has raised a whopping $4.5 The funding is a striking portrait of demand by investors with dry powder to gain entry into a nascent, technology driven market. billion in its latest financing round, a tidy sum above the $3.5
CB Insights
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Webpay failed to gain user traction and was shut down in 2014, unlike up-start Venmo (now a part of rival payments processor PayPal). Although Bill Me Later was quickly scooped up by PayPal in 2008, Amazon has remained focused on reducing payment friction for customers. It’s likely that Amazon was too early to P2P payments.
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