Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Thyngs work with CDS Global to support contactless payments for subscriptions of magazines in the U.K. and Australia. Currencycloud is teaming with Lithuania’s Evarvest for cross-border payments, Alipay and ininal...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the results of a ranking of cities and states in terms of digital payments adoption in India. Banking service Monese now offers Apple Pay through 13 countries in Europe, as...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the coming rollout of a paperless ticket option for public transportation in Paris. In addition, travelers at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol are tapping into WeChat Pay’s commerce ecosystem in the...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Wegagen Bank’s tie-up with WorldRemit for a digital money transfer service for Ethiopia. Hatton National Bank PLC unveiled the rollout of HNB Solo in Sri Lanka, personal remittances from overseas...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Sweden-based Anyfin’s €8 million extended Series A funding round. Denmark’s Pleo has announced a $56 million Series B financing round led by Stripes, the number of merchants that accept Alipay...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Motion Pay Technology Inc.’s tie-up with UnionPay International to offer quick-response (QR) payments in Canada. uBUCK Technologies, a subsidiary of Canada’s LiteLink Technologies Inc., is intending to work with Datable...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the Czech Republic-based Twisto’s €14 million raise. In addition, U.K. cash deposit platform developer Flagstone took in £11m in funding, and another four firms have reportedly received banking licenses...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the unveiling of an eWallet payment service with Boost and Shell Malaysia. In addition, Countingup is teaming up with insurance solutions provider Hokodo in the U.K., and Grab is tapping...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the debut of Hong Kong’s MeReal Biometrics Keyper smart fingerprint card. Ireland’s FinTech Umba has notched funding from two venture capital firms, Malaysia’s Maybank has implemented a SWIFT global...
