May 16, 2023
Visa Selects Startups for Accelerator Program in Asia Pacific

Visa has selected seven startups for its 2023 Visa Accelerator Program in Asia Pacific. Selected from among 450 applicants, the seven startups are Dowsure (Mainland China), Doxa Holdings (Singapore), Kadmos (Germany), Pi-xcels (Singapore), Playbux (Thailand), Transpure (India) and Twid (India), Visa said in a Tuesday (May 16) press release....

May 14, 2023
Mastercard’s European President Defends Card Fees Amid UK Probe

The president of Mastercard in Europe has spoken out in support of the fees the company charges merchants, as both Mastercard and Visa are being investigated by regulators in the...

May 12, 2023
Ahrvo Labs Launches Cross-Border Open Banking Platform Supporting 185 Currencies

Ahrvo Labs has launched a platform that allows any authenticated bank account to be used for cross-border transactions. The company’s new Cross-Border Open Banking platform supports transactions in 185 currencies...

May 11, 2023
Paysend Launches Cross-Border Payments Solution for Small Businesses in US

Paysend has launched its cross-border payments solution for small businesses in the United States. The expanded availability of Paysend Business follows its successful implementation in the United Kingdom in 2022, the company said in a...

May 10, 2023
Petal Raises New Funding and Spins Off Prism Data Unit

Petal has raised new funding and spun off its Prism Data unit. The spinoff results in two independent FinTech companies that leverage open banking data to expand access to financial...

May 10, 2023
Alma Counts on Numeral for Automated Merchant Payments

Buy now, pay later provider Alma has launched a partnership with payments platform Numeral. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (May 10), will see Numeral automating “millions of payments” per year to...

May 10, 2023
Visa Partners With Prove for Faster Customer Onboarding

Identity verification firm Prove has teamed with Visa to speed up customer onboarding. The partnership, announced Wednesday (May 10), gives Visa clients access to Prove’s Pre-Fill identity verification solution, which lets customers opt into pre-filling registration...

May 10, 2023
Experian Debuts Network to Flag Fraud Risk Using FinTech Data

Experian has launched a FinTech-centric version of its fraud prevention network in the U.S. Announced Wednesday (May 10), this new iteration of the company’s Experian Hunter data network is being...

May 10, 2023
5 Things Earnings Season Teaches Us About BNPL

Sift through the filings, listen to the calls with management, and earnings season gives a sense of how consumers — and merchants — are embracing buy now, pay later (BNPL)....