Tag: PayPal

The ten companies driving the growth of wearable payments

Everything from rings to smartwatches can be used to make payments these days, but ten companies are spearheading the market's development.

These are the ten companies leading the mobile payments market

The ubiquitous adoption of smartphones has driven the worldwide adoption of mobile payments, but ten companies have been identified as leading the charge in the multi-trillion dollar sector.

Gojek buys $200m stake in Indonesian bank Jago

PayPal-backed ride hailing and e-wallet company Gojek has paid $200m for a 22.1% stake in the Indonesian bank Jago.

Mastercard and Visa pull out of Pornhub after abuse allegations

Visa and Mastercard have cut ties with Pornhub after both payment providers investigated allegations of child sexual abuse.

“Extortion scheme”: Afterpay and Klarna engage in war of words

Klarna and Afterpay are butting heads as market competition is getting fierce across the globe.

Coinbase responds to racism and discrimination allegations

Coinbase has been accused of having created a culture fraught with bullying, racism and discrimination against black people in a new exposé from the New York Times.

Game of coins: How Maisie Williams makes bitcoin investments

Bitcoin's valuation soared to impressive heights this week and one of the people considering taking advantage of it was Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams.

PayPal Ventures invests £9m into Modulr

Payments provider Modulr has added another £9m to its coffers on the back of an investment from PayPal Ventures, which will fund the scaling of the business.

Zilch launches Snooze feature to delay instalment repayments

London-based FinTech Zilch has officially launched its new feature Snooze, giving users the ability to delay repayment on an instalment, or an entire payment plan by between four to seven days.

PayPal stocks fell yesterday despite its quarterly earnings beating expectations

Payment processing giant PayPal's share price went down in after hours trading even though the company beat expectations in its quarterly earnings report.

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