Tag: Payments

25% of UK merchants predict open banking to be main payment...

One in four UK merchants predict open banking to become the most popular payment method by customers in the next five years, according to a report from Nuapay.

Just 5% of UK businesses only accept cash transactions

With the pandemic accelerating the shift towards a cashless ecosystem, just 5% of UK businesses only accept cash transactions, according to new research from YouLend and Dojo.

What are the biggest frustrations in digital payments?

A quarter of UK consumers that had a declined payment in the past 12 months have no idea why it happened, according to research from global PayTech Trustly.

British cross-border payment startup Kapaga bags ?1.5m

UK-based cross-border payment platform Kapaga has raised ?1.5m in a funding round led by Tiger Global.

Global PayTech TransferMate reaches $1bn valuation

B2B payments infrastructure-as-a-service TransferMate has reached a $1bn valuation after closing a $70m funding round.

Southeast Asia payment giant Xendit bags Series D

Southeast Asia-focused payments infrastructure platform Xendit has closed its Series D funding round on $300m.

Cushion scores $12m in its Series A

Cushion, which claims to be a leader in bank and credit card fee negotiation, has scored $12m for its Series A funding.

Africa-focused digitised payment dev Interswitch bags $110m

Interswitch, which is pioneering the shift to digitised payments, has scored $110m in funding.

LatAm-focused PayTech Dock hits $1.5bn valuation

LatAm-focused full-stack payments and digital payment platform Dock has reached a $1.5bn valuation after the close of a $110m growth round.

European open banking PayTech Token.io nets $40m

Open banking payments platform Token.io has scored $40m in its Series C funding round, as it looks to boost the shift to open banking.

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