P2P Payments

How Covid-19 supercharged the growth of the digital remittance market

A new blogpost by Currencycloud has underlined how the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions put in place due to it has led to the massive growth of digital remittances.

PayTech CellPoint bags $25m to fuel international expansion

Digital commerce and payment provider CellPoint Digital has scored $25m in funding from an equity financing round.

Judopay taps Mastercard to help bolster its Click to Pay solution

Mobile payments provider Judopay has teamed with Mastercard to help strengthen the latter’s Click to Pay product.

Bank of Indonesia unveils new retail payments system

The Bank of Indonesia has launched a new retail payments system to help cut the cost of money transfers and support the growth of the digital economy.

EBANX acquires remittance start-up Remessa Online in $229m deal

Payments unicorn EBANX has purchased remittances company Remessa Online in a deal valued at $229m.

Taptap Send lands $65m to advance fight against global financial inequality

Cross-border financial platform Taptap Send has reeled in $65m from a Series B funding round led by Spark Capital.

Currencycloud becomes a Visa company

Visa has officially acquired cross-border payments firm Currencycloud in a deal valued at £700m.

Thoma Bravo to acquire PayTech Bottomline in $2.6bn deal

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has entered a deal to acquire business payments company Bottomline Technologies in an all-cash transaction worth $2.6bn.

Amazon taps Barclays to provide flexible payment offering to customers

Amazon has partnered with Barclays to secure access to Instalments, a flexible payment service that will enable Amazon customers in the UK to pay for products in instalments.

PayTech Papaya squeezes $50m from Series B to continue expansion

Mobile bill payment application Papaya has raised $50m from a Series B funding round headed by Bessemer Venture Partners.

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IMTF

Babel Street, IMTF unite to set new standards in international compliance technologies

Babel Street and IMTF, two leaders in regulatory technology, have announced a strategic partnership that introduces advanced multi-lingual name screening capabilities within IMTF's SironOne platform.
Tide unveils carbon calculator to help SMEs achieve net zero

Tide unveils carbon calculator to help SMEs achieve net zero

Tide, a leading business financial platform in the UK, has unveiled a new automated carbon calculator in partnership with carbon measurement specialist Connect Earth.
Akur8 and AAIS collaborate to revolutionise predictive modelling in P&C insurance

Akur8 and AAIS collaborate to revolutionise predictive modelling in P&C insurance

Akur8, a cutting-edge provider of insurance pricing and reserving solutions powered by transparent machine learning, has partnered with the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), a leading not-for-profit advisory organisation supporting the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance industry.
Anitian raises $7m Series D funding to drive AI-powered compliance innovation

Anitian raises $7m Series D funding to drive AI-powered compliance innovation

Anitian, a leading provider of compliance automation solutions, has closed a $7m Series D funding round, strengthening its position in the RegTech sector.
Data security leader Cyera secures $300m Series D, hitting $3bn valuation

Data security leader Cyera secures $300m Series D, hitting $3bn valuation

Cyera, a leader in AI-driven data security, has raised $300m in its Series D funding round, achieving a valuation of $3bn.

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