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...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. PaySend, a U.K. FinTech firm, has debuted an app that enables users to tap into their mobile numbers to make payments. Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) has teamed with Garmin Pay for...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Sonect obtaining an eMoney license in Lithuania. In addition, Sainsbury’s rolled out a till-free London brick-and-mortar store in the United Kingdom, and Alipay is working with food and travel marketplace...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Khalti receiving a “payment service provider” license in Nepal. The PAUL UK bakery chain has teamed up with Yoyo for a mobile payments app in Europe, Repay Holdings, LLC, along...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes India-based EnKash’s Series A fundraising round. Grab and SM Cinema are teaming up for movie ticket payments in the Philippines, Vietnam has reportedly notched strong mobile payments growth, and nearly...
