P2P Payments

In-vehicle payment market anticipates huge 5000% growth spurt by 2026

A recent study by Juniper Research has found that the in-vehicle payment market will see growth of over 5,300% over the next five years.

ACI Worldwide looks to fight real-time payments fraud with new tech launch

Payment solution provider ACI Worldwide has launched a new technology solution to combat the growth of real-time payments fraud in the payments market.

Africa gets a new FinTech unicorn as Chipper Cash joins the club

Cross-border payments company Chipper Cash has become a FinTech unicorn after a $150m Series C extension round pushed its valuation just above $2bn.

kevin. eyes bolstered payments offering following substantial seed raise

Lithuanian PayTech startup kevin. has secured $10m from a seed funding round co-led by OTB Ventures and Speedinvest.

Freelancer-focused neobank Lili snares $55m in Series B round

New York-based neobank Lili has raised $55m from a Series B funding round led by Group 11.

BNPL firm equipifi bags $3m seed to extend market footprint

Arizona-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) company equipifi has raised $3m from a seed funding round led by New Stack Ventures.

Lending platform Validus inks deal to buy PayTech KlearCard

Singaporean peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Validus has acquired business payments and expense management technology platform Klearcard in an undisclosed deal.

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.

PayTech Selfbook secures $25m in Tiger Global-headed Series A

Hotel payment software platform Selfbook has raised $25m from a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global Management.

Marqeta joins Temenos MarketPlace to extend access to card issuing platform

Card issuing platform Marqueta has joined Temenos MarketPlace, an ecosystem of FinTech solutions for banks run by banking software firm Temenos.

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