ProjectPay unveils platform to streamline construction industry payments
UK payment platform ProjectPay has introduced a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to help simplify and streamline payments in the building and construction industry.
Alessa chosen by payments firm Vitesse to bolster transaction security
International payments provider Vitesse has picked Alessa by Tier1 Financial Solutions to help enable secure real-time global payment transactions.
Apple and Goldman Sachs to launch Klarna-like buy now pay later service, Apple Pay...
Apple is working on a service that will let users pay for purchases in instalments in partnership with Goldman Sachs, sending shares of Afterpay and other buy now, pay later (BNPL) companies sharply lower.
Sequoia-backed MobiKwik files DRHP to raise $225m in IPO
India-based mobile wallet service firm MobiKwik filed a Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) filing for its IPO to raise $255m, becoming the latest Indian startup to explore the public markets.
Weavr bags £7m funding to speed up internalisation, product development
Banking and payments software startup Weavr has secured £7m in a seed funding round led by VC firm Headline.
Study anticipates over half of global population to use mobile wallets by 2025
A study by US mobile payments firm Boku gr has found that more than one in two people globally will use a mobile wallet by 2025.
Previse, Pagero partner to support early payment tech roll-out
Instant invoice payment firm Previse has partnered with e-invoicing business Pagero to enable instant, embedded finance to be delivered on the latter’s open business network.
Transferwise rival OneFor launches new payments solution for Europe’s immigrant population with €10m seed...
Germany-based startup OneFor launched a cross-border money transfer and payments app aimed at migrant workers in Europe.
Emerging Payments Association outlines the key trends and payment players in the EU
A new report by the Emerging Payments Association EU (EPA EU) and The Paypers offers a review across Europe’s individual payments markets, ranking the key players according to their place in the value chain and several financial indicators.
How payment companies struck gold among the 51 rounds raised last week
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