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Marqeta Teams With Goldman Sachs To Power Marcus Checking
Thursday 14th January - 10:30 amFinTech startup Marqeta has been tapped by Goldman Sachs to power digital checking accounts for Marcus. Marqeta said that Goldman Sachs “will leverage our modern card issuing platform” to introduce digital ...
New Toshiba Commerce System Offers Retailers ‘Amazon Go At Scale’
Thursday 14th January - 4:03 amFor many retailers, the digital shift was hobbled by legacy IT systems and integration complexities. Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions CEO Rance Poehler told Karen Webster that its new commerce platform, ...
Grab Financial Group Raises $300 Million For Expanded Finance Solutions
Wednesday 13th January - 10:11 pmSoutheast Asian FinTech Grab Financial Group announced in a press release that it has raised $300 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Hanwha Asset Management, ...
PSCU Extends Payment Processing Collaboration With Fiserv
Wednesday 13th January - 6:00 pmFinTech credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU said Wednesday (Jan. 13) that it has extended its payment processing arrangement with Fiserv. The partnership between the two entities started in 1989, ...
Today In Payments Around The World: Mynt Lands $175 Million In Funding; Airtel Teams With Amazon On Video
Wednesday 13th January - 4:33 pmIn today’s top payments news around the world, Globe Fintech Innovations has landed $175 million in additional venture funding, while Airtel has teamed with Amazon to launch a mobile-only video ...
Tim Cook Will Allow Parler’s App Store Return With Compliance
Wednesday 13th January - 4:23 pmSocial media app Parler can return to the App Store if it complies with Apple’s terms of service, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on ...
Qualcomm Inks $1.4 Billion Acquisition Deal With Chip Startup NUVIA
Wednesday 13th January - 3:14 pmQualcomm has signed a $1.4 billion deal to acquire NUVIA, a data center chip developer launched by former Apple executives. Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm president and CEO-elect, said in a press release ...
FinTech Rapyd Closes $300 Million Series D Led By Coatue
Wednesday 13th January - 9:39 amBusiness-to-Business FinTech-as-a-Service (FaaS) startup Rapyd has notched $300 million in a Series D funding round led by Coatue and including both new and existing investors. “The demand for online payments has ...
FinTechs, FIs Uniting Over Distributed Banking For Disbursements
Wednesday 13th January - 9:30 amIngo Money CEO Drew Edwards recently told PYMNTS that “Historically, banks have viewed FinTechs through an ‘us versus them’ lens — and rightly so, because, in so many cases, the ...
Toshiba Rolls Out Unified Commerce Platform For Retailers
Wednesday 13th January - 8:01 amToshiba Global Commerce Solutions unveiled its ELERA unified commerce platform that will let merchants operate without the bounds of traditional retail IT infrastructures, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 13) announcement ...
Surcharges Re-Enter The Merchant Transaction Fee Debate
Wednesday 13th January - 4:02 amAs COVID has battered the economy and changed the way merchants do business, the time has come for them to analyze their clients and customers to see if recouping some ...
Today In Payments: Demand For Personal Computers Highest In 10 Years; Curve Notches $95 Million Series C For US Expansion
Tuesday 12th January - 3:00 pmIn today’s top news, personal computers recorded their largest sales numbers in 10 years in 2020, and the FinTech Curve raises $95 million. Plus, Walmart is creating a FinTech startup ...
P&G Leads Parade Of Connected Products As CES 2021 Becomes Smart Home Show
Tuesday 12th January - 12:13 pmIf necessity is the mother of invention, then marketing is the art of creating needs you never knew existed. Nowhere is that dynamic more prevalent right now than at CES ...
Mobile Wallet Provider Mynt Pulls In $175 Million In Funding
Tuesday 12th January - 11:22 amGlobe Fintech Innovations of the Philippines, the FinTech arm of Globe Telecom and the operator of the mobile wallet GCash, has landed $175 million in additional venture funding. In a ...
Walmart Eyes FinTech Expansion With Ribbit Capital Partnership
Tuesday 12th January - 11:06 amFor Walmart, FinTechs are in sight — but where to from here? As reported, Walmart is working with Ribbit Capital to create an as-yet unnamed FinTech that would, the companies said ...