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Huntington National Bank Acquires FinTech Torana to Expand Digital Payments

Huntington National Bank Acquires FinTech Torana to Expand Digital Payments
Huntington National Bank Acquires FinTech Torana to Expand Digital Payments
May 12, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Huntington National Bank, a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares, said it had acquired San Francisco-based business-to-consumer payments FinTech Digital Payments Torana, according to a company press...

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Klarna Debuts Virtual Shopping With In-Store Experts
Klarna Debuts Virtual Shopping With In-Store Experts
May 12, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Swedish buy now, pay later company Klarna has launched a virtual shopping tool, allowing consumers to shop online with the help of in-store experts. Get...

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Checkout.com to Acquire French IDV Firm ubble
Checkout.com to Acquire French IDV Firm ubble
May 12, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Checkout.com announced Thursday (May 12) it plans to acquire French digital identity verification (IDV) startup ubble in an effort to expand its financial services offering....

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Gopuff Takes on Restaurant Aggregators with Launch of Pizza Brand
Gopuff Takes on Restaurant Aggregators with Launch of Pizza Brand
May 12, 2022  |  Delivery

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Mastercard Brings Financial Inclusion Offering to Central America
Mastercard Brings Financial Inclusion Offering to Central America
May 12, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Mastercard is rolling out a financial inclusion program in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras that will “accelerate the company’s objective of including five million unbanked...

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The Data Point: 82% of SMBs Interested in All-in-One Platforms to Receive Payments
The Data Point: 82% of SMBs Interested in All-in-One Platforms to Receive Payments
May 12, 2022  |  SMBs

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) keep pulling through the pandemic heroically and taking digital steps to improve many aspects of their operation, but the back...

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Mobile Banking, Finance Apps Muscle Up for Next Phase of Digital Shift
Mobile Banking, Finance Apps Muscle Up for Next Phase of Digital Shift
May 12, 2022  |  Digital Banking

News of major enhancements to Google Wallet give a sense of the centrality of mobile payments and finance apps as digital shift phase two kicks...

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London FinTech Ebury Expands Global Footprint with Bexs Acquisition
London FinTech Ebury Expands Global Footprint with Bexs Acquisition
May 12, 2022  |  Acquisitions

London financial services firm Ebury signed a deal to acquire Brazilian FinTech Bexs in a move to broaden Ebury’s offerings of global money transfer solutions...

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Tether Breaks Buck as Stablecoin Panic Spreads
Tether Breaks Buck as Stablecoin Panic Spreads
May 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoin panic spread Thursday (May 12), with No. 1 stablecoin tether (USDT) breaking the buck in the wake of TerraUSD’s spiraling plunge below $1 over...

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