E-commerce

Instalment payments platform Sezzle has released its virtual card for shoppers, enabling customers to pay using interest-free instalments both in-store and online.

New research suggests that the value of the payment processing solution market is expected to grow from $74.4bn in 2020 to $120.7bn in 2025.

Klarna's losses grew sevenfold in the first six months of 2020 and now its ongoing conflict with the Swedish government has taken another turn.

Klarna's CEO has hinted that it might soon go public despite the Swedish payment unicorn's losses having jumped to $59.8m in the first six months of 2020, a sevenfold increase from the same period in 2019.

Chinese tech powerhouse Ant Financial has filed for what could be the biggest initial public offering ever, which could see the company raise $30bn.

Buy now, pay later company Afterpay will enter Europe through an an agreement with NBQ Corporate SLU to acquire Pagantis SAU and PMT Technology SLU.

After a scathing survey revealed that only one in four FinTech founders believe the UK government has been sufficiently supportive during the pandemic, PayU is now asking it to adopt a global perspective.

Cloud-native payment technology developer Form3 has scored $33m in funding, which will support the next growth stage of the company.

Turkey-based online payments platform Mobilexpress has reportedly netted $2m in its Series A round.

Barclaycard launches new service Barclaycard Payment Intelligence that taps into data to help businesses of all sizes better understand and nurture their supply chains.