ABN AMRO develops instant payment tool for gig economy workers
Dutch bank ABN AMRO has created an instant payments service for flexible workers in the gig economy market.
Timex teams with FinTechs to unveil range of contactless payment watches
Watchmaker Timex has partnered with Visa, Tappy and J.P Morgan subsidiary Chase to launch watch straps that can be used to conduct contactless payments.
Nets Group and Nordea Bank extend their long-term partnership in Denmark and Finland
Nordea and Nets entered into a new agreement, further prolonging their long-term partnership in Finland and Denmark enabling the latter to provide payment services to the financial institution.
Shopify and Affirm team up to offer buy now pay later service for US...
E-commerce platform Shopify has launched Shop Pay Installments, powered through a partnership with BNPL provider Affirm to offer flexible payments to US customers.
Clair notches $15m to help gig workers get instant pay advances
New York-based startup that provides instant pay access as a service for human capital management platforms Clair raised $15m in Series A funding.
What Nubank and Klarna’s colossal rounds from last week reveal about the FinTech industry
While Nubank’s massive Series G round and Klarna's $40bn valuation may have secured the most headlines last week, CyberTech and cryptocurrency ventures bagged the most capital injections.
Enfuce nabs €45m for its cloud-based card issuing platform
Enfuce, a European card-as-a-service (CaaS) platform, has scored €45m in its Series C funding round
Kafene said to raise $14m to offer flexible payments and protect customers from debt
BNPL firm Kafene raised $14m in Series A funding to empower flexible ownership for subprime customers.
Messenger adds custom QR codes for P2P Facebook Pay transactions
Facebook Messenger introduced Venmo-like QR Codes and personalised payment links in a bid to enable person-to-person payments with Facebook Pay.
Klarna becomes Europe’s highest-valued private FinTech after netting $639m in funding
Swedish-based BNPL giant Klarna raised more than $639m in a new private fundraising round, led by Japan’s SoftBank, boosting its valuation to almost $46bn.