Mobile Payments

Why has Rapyd raised another $20m on the back of its $100m Series C...

London-based Rapyd, the FinTech unicorn, has bagged $20m in a new investment round less than two months after a massive Series C round.

Nationwide buys share in donations app Percent

Donations app startup Percent is getting backed by Nationwide Building Society.

Visa signs on four new partners to help FinTech companies issue plastic and digital...

Episode Six, Euronet Worldwide, Global Processing Service (GPS) and M2P Solutions (YAP) have been handpicked by Visa to help create new opportunities for Asian FinTech companies.

Revolut rolls out direct debit service in the UK

Having already unveiled the ability to set up euro direct debits last year, Revolut has now added the feature to UK pounds.

SwatchPAY! launches in Germany and Austria, as Europe’s appetite for wearable payments soars

SwatchPAY! has launched in Germany and Austria, with Wirecard serving as its exclusive payment partner.

The Netherlands leads Europe’s surge in wearable payments

Wearable payments are becoming more popular across Europe and the Netherlands is leading this charge.

A quarter of UK shoppers would rather queue on Black Friday than buy something...

One in four UK shoppers find queuing instore during Black Friday is a more relaxing experience than buying something on their mobile phone, new research from Judopay claims.

StyloPay picks Tribe Payments for global digital wallet offering

Tribe Payments’ digital wallet technology has received another vote of confidence as payment and mobile apps business StyloPay has decided to use it.

PayPal has acquired shopping and rewards platform Honey Science Corporation in $4bn deal

Payments giant PayPal has announced an agreement to acquire Honey Science Corporation, a fast-growing shopping and rewards platform, for approximately $4bn. Honey will be integrated...

Klarna launches Who’s a Good Shopper campaign with pop-up events in London

There’s no need to paws fur effect for Klarna’s new treat for Big Smoke dog owners.

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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