December 08, 2021
FinTech Swiipr Joins Forces with Paynetics to Issue Airline Payment...
Mobile, travel and payments company Swiipr has collaborated with U.K.-based payment services company Paynetics to issue airline payment products, according to a Wednesday (Dec. 8) report from IBS Intelligence. As part of...
November 15, 2021
Shopping App Nate, FinTech Rapyd Team on eCommerce Platform
FinTech-as-a-Service company Rapyd has partnered with nate, a consumer payments company, in order to expand its buy now, pay later (BNPL) capabilities and other offerings globally, the companies announced Monday...
November 15, 2021
Even Before Launch of Digital Yuan in China, Fraudsters are...
In China, the digital yuan is getting ever closer to a widespread, national rollout. And, so, as might logically follow … the fraudsters are testing things out a bit, looking...
November 09, 2021
Rapyd Streamlines B2B Payments to Distributors, Sellers and Suppliers
Global FinTech company Rapyd introduced upgrades to its cloud-based Disburse and Collect Platforms, providing an end-to-end system for B2B companies to pay suppliers and sellers while receiving customer payments worldwide,...
November 03, 2021
China’s Central Bank: 10M Businesses, 140M People Using Digital Yuan
Officials in China said the use of the digital yuan — or e-CNY — has surged to 140 million individual accounts and 10 million business accounts, Bloomberg reported. Mu Changchun,...
October 22, 2021
Go Digital, Go Local
In “The Way Payments Are Now Done,” 33 payment executives discuss what payments’ “new normal” looks like. Charles Rosenblatt, chief strategy officer of Payoneer, discusses how in the post-pandemic age,...
October 01, 2021
BNPL Is ‘Humongously Important’ Tool for Non-Retail Merchants
Gone are the days of retailers asking, “cash or credit?” Consumers are increasingly looking to use new payment solutions, such as buy now, pay later (BNPL), for nearly every purchase...
September 20, 2021
China Seeks Gold Medal for Digital Yuan Rollout Ahead of...
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are in various stages of development, launch and use around the globe — but one might argue that in Europe and the United States, it’s...
September 10, 2021
BIS Official Urges Central Banks to Adopt Digital Currency
The head of the Bank for International Settlements’ Innovation Hub has a message for the world’s central banks: get on the digital currency train or get left behind. According to...