Payment firm Airwallex closes a $100m Series D round at $2.6bn valuation
Melbourne-based cross-border FinTech Airwallex raised another $100m in an extension to its Series D round.
PumaPay raises $117m in private token sale
PumaPay has raised $117m in a private token sale through the deployment of 78 billion PMA tokens.
Boubyan unveils mobile-only Islamic bank in UK market
Kuwaiti-based Boubyan Bank has introduced a digital-centric, Sharia-compliant bank in the UK.
Crypto wallet Zumo launches virtual Visa debit card where users can pay by crypto
Edinburgh-based cryptocurrency wallet and payment platform Zumo launched a virtual card offering to enable users spend cryptocurrencies.
BNPL giant Klarna launches interest-free shopping app which can be used at any online...
Banking, payments and shopping service Klarna launched its Shopping app, enabling users to pay in any online shop directly through the Klarna app, eliminating the need to use a credit card.
Finnish Telia and OP Bank enabled customers to buy frosty treats with just an...
OP Bank and Telia have trialled their new facial recognition payment service with an ice cream van.
Mr Yum eyes a bigger piece of the PayTech Pie following Series A
Australian mobile payments firm Mr Yum has snared £48m from a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global.
Opay nets $400m to become Nigeria’s newest unicorn in Softbank-led funding round
Lagos-based mobile payment platform OPay reportedly raised $400m in a funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, valuing it at $2bn.
Mobile payment adoption just might be on the verge of a breakthrough
Mobile payments in teh US have yet to really take hold of the US market, but millenials might be changing things.
Digital wallet transactions forecasted to reach $16trn by 2028
A groundbreaking study from Juniper Research, a leading authority on emerging payments, anticipates a sharp increase in digital wallet transactions, forecasting that the total...