Token driving UK open banking payments expansion, research finds
Market share statistics by CMA9 – the nine largest UK banks – has found open banking platform Token is driving the adoption of open banking payments in the country.
FIS adds Google Pay to its Hosted Payment Page
Financial services technology firm FIS has added Google Pay to its Hosted Payment Page product for online merchants, meaning merchants can simply turn on Google Pay to enable express online checkouts.
Standard Bank, Flutterwave team to bolster African payments market
Africa-located Standard Bank has partnered with PayTech firm Flutterwave to improve the digital payment market in select African markets.
AnaCap to buy majority stake of Market Pay in €300m deal
AnaCap Financial Partners has kicked off exclusive negotiations for the purchase of a majority stake in payment FinTech Market Pay in a deal worth roughly €300m.
Alibaba’s e-commerce tycoon Jack Ma steps down as chairman
Jack Ma is stepping down as chairman of Alibaba, the e-commerce titan he founded back in 1999.
Publicis Sapient and Microsoft partner up to launch end-to-end digital trade bank Anglo-Gulf Trade...
Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank is a new venture supported by Microsoft and Publicis Sapient, the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, the communications group.
Fluent Commerce said to close $6.5m funding round
Australia-based e-commerce software developer Fluent Commerce has reportedly raised a $6.5m funding round.
EU plans to roll-out digital wallet for payments by 2022
The European Union has revealed it intends to introduce a new digital wallet that will be available for use across all 27 member states by 2022.
Afterpay to enter southern European e-commerce market via Pagantis acquisition
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.
Kafene said to raise $14m to offer flexible payments and protect customers from debt
BNPL firm Kafene raised $14m in Series A funding to empower flexible ownership for subprime customers.