PPRO CEO Simon Black to step down at the end of the year
Black will step down as CEO on 31 December 2023, having led the company for almost nine years.
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PPRO appoints Motie Bring as chief commercial officer
In his previous role, Bring served as CCO at paytech Nuvei.
PPRO extends payments infrastructure to South Korea
This integration “opens up a gateway” for PPRO’s global partners to reach South Korean consumers, PPRO says.
The What the FinTech? podcast | Season three’s jailed buzzwords
We run down all the buzzwords our podcast guests wanted gone from the industry this year.
Service orchestration: connecting the dots in payments
Service orchestration can help businesses optimise payments and checkout processes.
Paytech PPRO hires Rahul Raswant as new chief financial officer
Raswant has held roles at Standard Chartered Bank and consultancy McKinsey.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 7 | The future of digital payments
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Claire Gates, chief commercial officer at PPRO.
PPRO acquires Alpha Fintech to become “global payments powerhouse”
The Alpha Fintech takeover will extend PPRO’s reach to Asia Pacific.
Global paytech PPRO hires e-commerce tech veteran Bernie Miles as CTO
Miles will lead a global team based across Europe, South America and Asia.
UK fintech sector enjoys record-breaking year for investments
H1 2021 saw $5.7bn raised across 317 deals by UK firms.
UK fintech industry bounces back with record $2.9bn Q1 investment
2021 starts strong at 153% higher investment than Q4 2020.
PPRO boosts unicorn round up to $270m with JP Morgan
PPRO says it doubled its transaction volumes over 2020.
Fintech funding deals globally 18-24 January 2021
Featuring PPRO, iSTOX, Indy, Mercado Bitcoin, and Brigit.
PPRO reaches $1bn valuation on back of $180m venture raise
Payments infrastructure firm plans “global expansion” with new cash.
The global unbanked shoppers
The gap between the population of the banked and unbanked is continuing to broaden.
PPRO gives Europe’s merchants access to Chinese shoppers with UnionPay
The Chinese ecommerce market is currently valued at more than $1 trillion.
Citi partners Global Processing, PPRO to support new payments offering
Spring by Citi will be offered to institutional clients.
PPRO joins forces with GrabPay in paytech partnership
Integration deal will support PPRO’s footprint in Asia-Pacific.
PPRO acquires LatAm paytech, Allpago
The deal is part of PPRO’s global expansion strategy.
PayPal leads $50m funding round in PPRO
Citi Ventures and return investor HPE Growth Capital also participated
Infographic: Europe Day, payments and e-commerce
“Only 7% of EU businesses currently sell cross-border within the union.”
Infographic: the future of Christmas shopping
In just ten years we could see a highly digitally-led shopping experience.
Isbank partners with PPRO for cross-border payments
Turkey’s largest bank Isbank is partnering with PPRO Group for cross-border payments in more regions. The deal means the bank can offer e-commerce merchants 13 local alternative payment methods worldwide. Isbank says it can now also extend access to real-time online banking payment methods and e-wallets in more than 25 countries in Europe, Asia and […]
EU Payment Services Directive 2: counting the costs and benefits
EU lawmakers reached a political consensus last week on a proposal for a new EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2). This follows several months of negotiations between European Parliament, the Commission and the Council of Ministers and marks a significant step in regulatory development within the payments market
Getting ready for mobile payments
With the penetration of mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets constantly growing, attention is increasingly turning to mobile marketing, mobile commerce and mobile payments. It is still the case, however, that these trends are largely played out in specialised media, and do not influence the actual behaviour of consumers. This is especially true for mobile payments, with consumers very sceptical about this concept
