Paytech Gusto brings in $140m funding
Payroll, benefits, and HR platform now valued at almost $2 billion.
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FATF steps up fight against crypto crimes
Financial Action Task Force concerned over AML and CTF activities.
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Chase Pay and Samsung Pay partner for retail action
JP Morgan Chase takes its payment ambitions up a gear.
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Stripe lines up APIs for programmable payment cards
APIs rule for US mobile payments firm.
Feedzai to help Credorax fight merchant fraud
Feedzai uses big data technology to stop payment fraud in real-time.
Switch brings voice tech to its CardSavr API
CardSavr will use natural language processing for managing cards on file.
Payments firm Flywire flying with $100m funding
Singapore investment firm Temasek led the Series D round.
Swift unleashes gpi for corporates pilot
Corporates and banks to test a new multi-bank payments tracking solution.
Powerful PayPal parades financial prowess
Revenue, income and payment volumes are all up.
Tally ho! Debt management app gets $25m funding
Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins.
Earthport brings in new staff to stop rocky financials
CEO and CFO change as payments company reports increasing losses.
Visa and MoneyGram team up for cross-border payments
Will use Visa Direct, its real-time push payments platform.
eBay sellers to get access to Square Capital
Sellers in the US could get access to funding up to the value of $100,000.
LaSalle Capital gets perfect payments present with National Gift Card acquisition
Chicago-based private equity firm grabs some payments action.
Why e-wallets are gaining popularity amongst online casino users
Online casino customers are turning away from the traditional bank transfer in their droves.
CardFlight gets down with BoomTown for payments
Mobile POS firm teams with San Francisco-based Boomtown.
Snapchat’s payment service shutting as complications arise
The millennial app has derailed into an erotic picture sale app.
Gusto and Xero partner for payroll playtime
To enable Xero to provide full-service payroll in all 50 US states.
KeyCorp and Ingo Money push digital payments platform
Transforming paper cheques and deposits into digital funds.
US personal finance app Even gets $40m funding
Second round of financing led by Khosla Ventures.
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Ingenico turns to MapR for payments data consolidation
Data analytics firm will help Ingenico deal with too much to deal with.
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Mastercard files patent for blockchain-based transactions
Looking at consumer protection, but its interest in patents is nothing new.
IBM adds strength to Stronghold’s crypto token launch
Stronghold calls it “first and only” venture-backed USD anchor on Stellar Network.
Stellar first DLT protocol to get Shari’ah compliance
Gets approval from Shariyah Review Bureau.
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ACH Alert in record growth spurt
Tennessee-based payments fraud prevention doubles its staff in response to record growth.
Central 1 and Agility Forex in FX-ing great partnership
Special FX for Central 1’s clients and credit union members in Canada.
PayPal leads $50m funding round in PPRO
Citi Ventures and return investor HPE Growth Capital also participated
US start-up Dough rises to student debt crisis challenge
Lendtech strives to help students understand what they owe.
CO-OP Financial Services brings digital power to LA credit union
Becomes fintech energy provider to Water and Power Community Credit Union.
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Citi meets its payments Smart Match with HighRadius
Will match open invoices to payments received for Citi corporate clients.
Gold-as-currency enabler Glint goes for £15m funding
UK-based start-up wants to shine in US and Japan.
Bill.com launches international business payments
Available in more than 25 countries.
