E-commerce

Retail enablement company Zid closes Series B

Retail enablement company Zid closes Series B

Saudi Arabia-based Zid, which stylises itself as a retail enablement company, has raised $50m for its Series B funding round.
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Financial services fear fraud rise with cost-of-living crisis

Nearly half (43%) of financial services expect the cost-of-living crisis to increase the risk of financial crime and fraud over the next 12 months.
BlueSnap, BitPay partner to improve crypto payments

BlueSnap, BitPay partner to improve crypto payments

Global payment orchestration platform BlueSnap has partnered with BitPay, a bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services provider, to improve access to crypto business payments.
Searches for ‘delete PayPal’ surge by 1,392%

Searches for ‘delete PayPal’ surge by 1,392%

 Searches for ‘delete PayPal’ have exploded by 1,392%, following the announcement of its $2,500 fine for spreading misinformation.
Strong Customer Authentication non-compliance costs £2m in sales

Strong Customer Authentication non-compliance costs £2m in sales

Businesses not compliant with Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) miss out on £2m in sales each day, a report from Barclaycard Payments claims.
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Satispay becomes Italian unicorn with €320m raise

Satispay, a Milan-based payment network, has raised €320m in Series D funding, exceeding a €1bn valuation.
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Kafene bags $18m to serve the underbanked

Kafene, a digital platform helping merchants offer flexible lease-to-own (LTO) financing options has raised $18m in Series B funding.

Contactless payment transaction value to reach $10trn by 2027

The value of contactless payment transactions is expected to reach $10trn by 2027, up from $4.6trn in 2022, according to data from Juniper Research.
KodyPay closes pre-Series A to transform payment acceptance

KodyPay closes pre-Series A to transform payment acceptance

KodyPay, which is helping to simplify in-person payment acceptance, has raised $5m in its pre-Series A funding round.

Mexico’s digital payments service Clip secures $50m credit facility

Mexico-based commerce and digital payments platform Clip has received a $50m credit facility from Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and HSBC.

News Stories

Strong week in the FinTech sector with $1.7bn raised

FinTech Global this week reported on 21 recorded deals in the FinTech sector, with a strong showing in the reinsurance space bringing the total value recorded over $1bn.

EU regulator suggests revamp in sustainable investment rules

The ESMA has recently recommended a significant overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) within the EU.
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

MNT-Halan expands into Turkey with acquisition of Tam Finans

MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

EU banks and insurers lag in green compliance, PwC study finds

A recent PwC study has uncovered a striking deficiency in the alignment of financial institutions’ activities with the EU's taxonomy for sustainable activities. According...
India

India’s new climate finance taxonomy to propel green transition

India is poised to implement a climate finance taxonomy, as announced by the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, during the annual budget.

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