Tag: Payments

?UK fintech Atoa Payments is the new startup looking to give small businesses a viable alternative to debit card payments. It has raised $2.2m for its pre-seed round.

Sella Group, which is the holding company of Italian bank Banca Sella, has launched biometric payment cards through a deal with IDEX Biometrics.

Compared to older generations, Millennials and Generation Z are digital-first generations and have grown up with technology. Amongst other things, this is reshaping the payments market.

Visa is set to use the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar to introduce face payments technology and instantly-issued prepaid cards with animated art.

Varo Bank, an all-digital, nationally chartered U.S. consumer techbank, has teamed up with Zelle, a developer of payment and risk management solutions.

Mastercard has partnered with bpost to launch the world’s first card to include True Name and Touch Card solution, to bring inclusivity to LGBTQIA+ and blind communities .

WeGift, which claims to be an industry leader in digital payouts, has closed its Series B funding round on £26m.

 The global spend for OTT (over-the-top) based conversational commerce is expected to rise from $13.3bn in 2022 to $25.1bn in 2023, according to a report from Juniper Research.

Ramp, which is building the payment rails to connect crypto to the global financial system, has closed its Series B funding round on $70m.

The total number of unique contactless mobile payment users will reach one billion for the first time in 2024, according to a report from Juniper Research.