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Ding enters French mobile top-up market with Transfert Crédit buy

Global mobile top-up group Ding has gobbled up smaller sector player Transfert Crédit getting access to the French market.
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Tilt takes on Venmo with peer-to-peer payments

Tilt, a group crowdfunding app, is expanding into peer-to-peer payments to meet user demand.
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Holvi teams up with SumUp to serve German SMEs

Finish banking service Holvi is partnering with mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solution SumUp to serve small businesses in Germany.
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Finexio nabs $1m to rethink B2B payments

B2B payments network Finexio has raised $1m in seed funding. The round was led by James R. Heistand with participation form New York-based startup lab Loeb.nyc.
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Oracle’s MICROS point-of-sale system hacked

Software giant Oracle’s point-of-sale (POS) credit card payment systems MICROS has reportedly been hacked by a Russian organised cybercrime group.
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Bitspark brings blockchain-based remittances to Malaysia

Bitspark, a Hong Kong-based remittance service that leverages bitcoin and blockchain technology is partnering with direct marketing and e-commerce firm Vitaxel
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PayU set to acquire Citrus Pay for $180m

PayU, a payments provider owned by South African multinational Naspers, is acquiring Indian payments and mobile banking service Citrus Pay.
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Blackhawk Networks picks up Grass Roots for $118m

Blackhawk Networks, a prepaid payments company, has acquired employee and customer engagement platform Grass Roots for $118m.
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iZettle buys Scottish POS startup to beef up SME offering

Swedish mobile payments player iZettle is acquiring Scottish point of sale startup (POS) intelligentpos in a move that will expand its software offering to SMEs.

Payoneer lands $180m for cross-border business payments

Cross boarder payments service for businesses Payoneer has raised $180m in a round led by late-stage investor Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV).

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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...
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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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