March 01, 2023
BNPL Firm Zip Exiting Most Markets and Selling Assets as...
Exactly one year ago buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Zip entered a definitive agreement to acquire rival Sezzle. Fast-forward to Wednesday (March 1), and Zip is exiting most of...
March 01, 2023
TD Bank Completes Cowen Acquisition to Deepen Investment Banking Footprint
Toronto-based TD Bank Group announced on Wednesday (March 1) that it has completed the acquisition of New York-based Cowen Inc. as it builds out its investment banking business and capabilities....
March 01, 2023
PYMNTS Intelligence: Payment Challenges and Opportunities in High-Growth Markets
Southeast Asia has become a tempting area of expansion for international corporates due to its high level of digital payments penetration, with a recent study indicating that nearly 90% of the population...
March 01, 2023
European Real-Time Payments See Historic Growth
Real-time payments are quickly becoming ubiquitous in developed nations worldwide, with businesses and consumers relying on this payment method in ever-growing numbers. A PYMNTS study found that 86% of businesses...
February 28, 2023
Austria Accelerates Real-Time Pace as EU Pursues Instant Payment Mandate
The SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) continues to gain traction in Europe amid uneven growth across the region. Introduced in November 2017, the intra-European payments scheme, also known as...
February 28, 2023
HighRadius Debuts No-Code Platform for CFOs
Financial software firm HighRadius has unveiled LiveCube, a platform for CFOs. The platform lets finance business users build their own applications “as extensions to standard functionality received from enterprise systems”...
February 28, 2023
BuyHive and 40Seas Team to Offer B2B Financing
B2B sourcing platform BuyHive is working with 40Seas to provide financing to small businesses. The partnership, announced Tuesday (Feb. 28), will let small- to medium-sized business (SMB) buyers in the...
February 27, 2023
Block CFO Makes Defensive Case for Square-Cash App Ecosystem
Block, which owns retail POS solution Square, money transfer service Cash App, and buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay, is on a journey to overall profitability but has work...
February 27, 2023
Paysend and Transformify Team on On-Demand Payroll Services
British FinTech Paysend and payroll platform Transformify have teamed to help contractors and vendors get paid. “Paysend will power Transformify’s new payout-to-cards capability for vendors and contractor payroll on-demand,” the...