Viva Republica, Korea’s FinTech startup and maker of financial services app Toss, announced Monday (June 18) it has completed a $40 million round of funding raising. In a press release, Viva Republica said the funding came from GIC and Sequoia China, and with it has...
Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment app owned by PayPal, is gearing up to discontinue web support for its payment service. TechCrunch, citing an email to users, reported that the Venmo.com website will phase out support for payments, and eventually there will be even less functionality on...
We compartmentalize our daily lives, separating goals and task into manageable “buckets” of thought and actions. Why should payments be any different? In the latest Topic TBD, Kelley Knutson, president of Netspend, notes that consumers are discovering new ways to discover what they want to...
With Zelle projected to overtake Venmo, eMarketer expects the payment service to grow more than 73 percent this year. The firm is projecting that Zelle will reach 27.4 million users in the U.S. — more than Venmo’s 22.9 million users, TechCrunch reported. Get the Full...
With about 220 million drivers on the road, gas is a commodity that nearly everybody needs. The average American fills up their gas tank three to four times per month, buying an average of 11 gallons each time. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
American Express, the payments company, announced Thursday (June 14) the latest addition to its cash back portfolio the no annual fee American Express Cash Magnet™ Card. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Microsoft wants to take Amazon.com on in the cashierless checkout market — the software giant is working on its own self-checkout technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
If one thing is certain about the future, it’s that nothing can be certain – so it’s best to be prepared for everything. But when it comes to payments technology, that can be easier said than done. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
When Yuval Brisker landed in Tel Aviv for a family function, he didn’t have time to stop at a bank and exchange money before hopping in a taxi. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
