Tag: MasterCard

While the Wirecard scandal truly came to light this summer, it seems as if Mastercard and Visa have been concerned for many years about the now insolvent FinTech giant.

Episode Six, which designs financial and payment products, has secured $7m in its Series A round, which was led by HSBC.

Business banking platform Tide has inked an agreement to make the startup a principle Mastercard issuer.

Bond Financial Technologies, which helps brands accelerate the pace of financial innovation and inclusion, has closed its Series A round on $32m.

Warsaw headquartered Verestro has picked up an investment from payment giant Mastercard.

American Express, Visa, Mastercard and Discover have already signed up 10,000 US merchants since launching the Click to Pay standard in the US in 2019 and is now expanding the scheme across the world.

Holvi, the digital banking platform for freelancers, has become the latest FinTech firm to be swept up in the Wirecard scandal.

WhatsApp rolled out its mobile payment services in Brazil last week, but has already been suspended by the central bank.

Samsung Pay has signed a partnership with the digital banking platform Curve and Mastercard to launch the Samsung Pay Card.

North American FinTech Finicity is being sold to Mastercard in a $825m deal, with the payments giant planning to leverage the acquisition to further its push into open banking.