Mobile Payments

Checkout.com, a key player in the global payments landscape, can now add another feather to its cap as it becomes the first global payments platform to receive a Retail Payment Services licence from the UAE Central Bank.

Visa has collaborated with Currencycloud to launch a new solution designed to deliver cross-border money movement solutions for banks, FinTechs, FX brokers, corporates, and other payment institutions.

Mastercard and VoPay have announced a strategic partnership to enhance money movement in Canada and internationally. The partnership is driven by the growing demand for...

The Mumbai-based payments service was acquired by the e-commerce giant in April 2015 for $400m and competes with in the region with Alibaba-backed Paytm.

Digital payments solution Payoneer has received an undisclosed investment from China Broadband Capital.

Asia-based digital services provider Sea has completed its convertible senior notes offering on $575m.

Australians just got more banking options with 86 400 getting a licence to operate as an authorized deposit-taking institution in the country. In other words, it now has permission to operate as a bank in Oz.

San Francisco-based Chipper Cash is expanding its cross-border payment services to Nigeria together with PayStack, the payment gateway company.

Social media giant Facebook is strengthening its push into the FinTech space by announcing the launch of Facebook Pay, a new way to shop, donate and transfer cash across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Payment company Ingenico Enterprise Retail claims to champion smart city and transport revolution with launch of new service in North America.