Enfuce wins State Treasury of Finland contract to modernise prepaid cards
The five-year contract was signed on 15 February 2023.
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B4B Payments at Money20/20 USA: globalising US fintechs for European issuing and payment expansion
B4B Payments will showcase its instant card issuing and payments innovation platform at Money20/20 USA.
Family-focused financial wellness app Fr33m3n gears up for launch
The app will offer financial literacy programmes such as lectures, tutorials, podcasts and webinars.
PayTech Awards 2022 Winners Supplement out now
Commending the most impactful, innovative and successful projects, products and people in payments.
Fintech for migrants Rewire acquires prepaid card provider Imagen
Imagen is Rewire’s first acquisition and will enable it to provide prepaid debit cards in Israel.
US-based paytech GTP acquired by MFS Africa
Following a $100m funding round last year, MFS Africa acquires US-based paytech GTP.
Credit Libanais, Codebase Technologies and Visa team for financial inclusion in Lebanon
Credit Libanais launches an instant, fully e-KYC onboarding mobile application for a virtual prepaid card.
UK’s Payment Systems Regulator fines Mastercard £31.5m for competition law violations
Five prepaid card companies admitted to cartel behaviour while supplying local authorities.
New chief information security officer at Blackhawk Network
Veteran information security exec Selim Aissi joins Blackhawk as CISO.
GPS secures $300m investment to boost product development and global expansion
New financing follows an undisclosed investment from Visa last year.
Visa partners Indian paytech to push offline payments
Innoviti says it is committed to building a cashless India, driving financial inclusion across the country.
Spendesk lands €100m Series C funding round
The Paris-based firm plans to use the funds to double its staff and accelerate product development.
Soldo secures $180m Series C funding round
Soldo says the round is a European record for the spend management category.
Winners announced for the 2021 PayTech Awards
24 winners and 31 highly commended for projects, companies, products, individuals and teams!
Dear Luc: Should I prepare for a wearable payments comeback post-COVID?
This week our writer asks: are wearables set for a comeback as social distancing eases?
Singapore fintech Nium acquires B2B travel payments firm Ixaris
The transaction is expected to close early in the third quarter of 2021.
2021 PayTech Awards hosted by Darren Harriott
Register for the free digital ceremony and networking on 8 July 2021.
Shortlist announced for PayTech Awards 2021
Register for the digital gala and networking on 8 July 2021 – it’s free to attend and open to everyone.
Fintech funding deals globally 26 April – 2 May 2021
Featuring Brex, Paxos, Vena, Greenlight, and Current.
Extended deadline announced for PayTech Awards 2021
Recognising excellence and innovation in the use of IT in the finance and payment industry worldwide!
PayTech Awards 2021 now open for entries!
Open to financial and payment institutions worldwide, technology and service providers, individuals and teams.
UK Black-owned challenger Atmen to launch in March
The start-up is now looking to raise £5 million from institutional investors.
Bulgaria’s Paynetics swoops in to buy part of Wirecard UK and Ireland
“Paynetics showed up as the white knight,” says Wirecard.
PayTech Awards 2020 now on YouTube: celebrity host, comedy stand-up, winners and more!
Watch Zoe Lyons perform her stand-up and unveil the winning projects, companies and people of PayTech Awards 2020.
2020 PayTech Awards hosted online by Zoe Lyons
Join our celebrity host Zoe Lyons for PayTech Awards 2020! Free broadcast on 10 September – everyone is welcome.
GoCardless Australia readies for open banking and instant direct debits
The start-up launched In Australia and New Zealand towards the end of 2018.
Samsung chooses Curve to power its new Samsung Pay Card in UK
This is a one of a kind partnership for Curve and Samsung.
PayPal and Venmo to “allow buys and sells of crypto directly”
It is understood the services will offer “a built-in wallet functionality” so you can store crypto.
American Express first foreign credit card player to launch in China
AmEx won initial approval in 2018 for a bank card clearing licence in China.
Dubai fintech Ziina lands $850,000 and launches P2P payment app
The start-up’s funding round was led by San Francisco-based Class 5 Global.
Rocker and Enfuce sign Nordic card issuance partnership
Enfuce to supply Visa card issuing to Swedish neobank.
PayTech Awards deadline extended! Submit your entry by 30 April
We have received more requests for extensions than ever before, so we are extending the entry deadline again until the end of April.
CaixaBank and Global Payments create prepaid card under MoneyToPay brand
Global Payment’s Netspend president Kelley Knutson will head up the venture.
PayTech Awards deadline extended! Submit your entry by 10 April
Premier awards for banks, financial, payment & e-commerce institutions, paytech vendors, individuals & teams!
Wirecard, SAP and Futur/io launch ‘Innovation Now’ to assist merchants amid COVID-19
Merchants will be able to find “assistance packages” through the platform.
Japanese challenger Kyash lands $45m Series C
To date, the fintech has raised $73 million since its creation in 2015.
Wirecard expands ecommerce partnership with WeChat Pay
European merchants can integrate WeChat Pay “in just a few minutes”.
Wirecard and Singapore’s Grab partner on payments
The partnership will begin in Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.
Flywire’s CEO on unicorn status: “It means nothing until it is something”
“I’m the most anti-unicorn terminology person, so it’s quite ironic,” says Massaro.
PPRO gives Europe’s merchants access to Chinese shoppers with UnionPay
The Chinese ecommerce market is currently valued at more than $1 trillion.
