Mobile Payments

London-based Curve is looking to simplify the process of expenses by partnering with Xero. The start-up said it will join with Xero, a New...

Chinese fintech giant Ant financial is making moves in the Philippines with an investment in Mynt. The size of the deal is undisclosed.

Social payments app Tilt is in talks with sharing economy giant Airbnb to potentially beef up the short-term rental firm’s group payments capabilities.

Daimler Financial Services is acquiring electronic payments provider PayCash Europe. The terms of the deal are undisclosed.

Swedish mobile point-of-sale (POS) payments firm iZettle has raised another €60m in a round made up of debt and equity from existing backers.

Peggy Mangot, who used to head up Google’s partnership management, payments & commerce division, has joined Wells Fargo’s innovation group.

Silicon Valley-based payments startup Qvivr has raised $5m in a Series A round led by Khosla Ventures.

Indian mobile payments and financial services startup instantPay has raised about $5m in a pre-Series A round of funding. The capital comes from RB Investments and Kaleden Holdings.

South African financial services giant Standard Bank has taken a majority stake in regional mobile payments player Firepay.

Chinese mobile payments service Alipay is partnering with UK consumer insights and marketing platform Zapper.