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1.9KGlobal PaymentsWirecard Teams Up With Cognigy For Chatbot Payments, YES BANK Rolls Out Cashless System
Welcome to The Axis, your look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Germany’s Wirecard works with Cognigy on digital payments...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsACI Worldwide Powers Fleet Tax Payments
Electronic payments company ACI Worldwide is integrating its technologies with SPAN Enterprises, a tax filing technology provider, to power tax payments for...
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4.8KeCommerceFor eCommerce, The Magic Button (Almost) In Sight
For eCommerce, the Magic Button (Almost) In Sight In eCommerce, what’s the panacea – the cure-all for all transactional ills? Or, in this...
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4.8KWearablesWirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. As of today (July 17),...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsVisa Leads Wirecard Into Digital Fleet Card Industry
Visa and Wirecard are collaborating on a digital fleet card program, the companies revealed in an announcement on Thursday (June 21). Wirecard...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsWirecard’s Blockchain Approach To Supply Chain Payments
Payments firm Wirecard is expanding its presence in the B2B payments market, and is deploying blockchain technology in the process. An announcement...
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6.7KGig EconomyInstant Payments As The Rule, Not Exception For Gig Workers
Fast work, so … instant payments? On the heels of an announcement from FinTech firm Wirecard and gig economy startup Moonrise that...
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4.4KRetailTo See Retail’s Future, Go Back To The Basics
The retail revolution will be digitized. But how to get to the revolution in the first place when you might already be...
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4.5KB2B PaymentsPayments Acceleration Shifts The Risks For Buyers And Suppliers
The buyer-supplier relationship goes beyond regulatory requirements like Know Your Customer. Business-to-business (B2B) trade, especially when deals occur across borders, expose businesses...
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6.7KB2B PaymentsWirecard To Power B2B Payments On Mercateo
Payments company Wirecard has launched a new partnership with B2B networking platform Mercateo in a deal that will see the firm power...
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3.8KPOS InnovationWirecard Powers Alipay, WeChat Pay In Store Checkout
Wirecard has announced a new partnership with French firm SES-imagotag to make it easy for consumers to use their mobile devices to...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsWirecard, Banca Afirme Help Corporates Shift From Checks To Cards
Mexico bank Banca Afirme is rolling out a new commercial card solution with the help of Germany-based Wirecard. An announcement Friday (Feb....
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3.8KB2B PaymentsWirecard Targets Same-Day Payment For Gig Workers
Wirecard wants to accelerate payments to gig workers, and is enlisting gig economy company Moonrise to help. The companies announced Wednesday (Jan....
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3.8KB2B PaymentsBillie Launches SMB Invoice Financing With Wirecard
Berlin-based fintech Billie announced it will now offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) invoice financing, following an agreement with internet technology and...
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3.3KPayment MethodsWirecard Among First To Offer Payment Guarantee For Credit Card Payments
Wirecard, the digital payments solutions company, rolled out a mobile payment guarantee for credit card payments. In a press release announcing the...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSoldo Launches Spend Management App With Wirecard
Commercial card company Wirecard Card Solutions, a unit of Wirecard, is lending its prepaid corporate spend capabilities to Soldo as the two...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsWirecard, AFEX To Launch Corporate Prepaid Card Suite
Payments company Wirecard is teaming up with cross-border payments firm AFEX to launch prepaid card solutions to corporates across Europe, the firms...
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2.2KPayment MethodsWirecard Inks Deal With National Bank of Greece To Integrate AliPay
Wirecard announced Wednesday (April 12) that it is now collaborating with the National Bank of Greece (NBG) and is integrating Alipay into...
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2.0KMobile PaymentsGerman Pharmacy Rossmann Integrates Alipay To Tap Into Chinese Market
Dirk Rossmann GmbH, one of the largest drugstore chains in Germany, will soon accept Alipay at all of its branches. According to...
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5.5KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWirecard Acquires Citi Prepaid Card Services
Wirecard, an international group of companies with a focus on payment processing and card issuing, has officially acquired Citi Prepaid Card Services,...
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2.5KMobile Payments
Wirecard Rolls Out boon Mobile Payment Service In France
Wirecard, the digital payment company, announced Tuesday (Jan. 17) it is rolling out its mobile payment solution, boon, in France. In a...
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4.2KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWirecard, VocaLink Team Up On Mobile Banking App
VocaLink announced Thursday (Dec. 15) that Wirecard, the European payment and internet technology company, has joined the payment provider’s backing of the...
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3.8KApple PayOrange Cash Now Accepts Apple Pay In France
Wirecard announced Thursday (Nov. 10) that Orange’s mobile wallet app, Orange Cash, now accepts Apple Pay in France. According to a press...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsWirecard Extends Virtual Card Into Asia-Pacific
For the first time, Wirecard’s virtual cards will be offered as a way for travel suppliers in the Asia-Pacific region to get...
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4.8KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWirecard And Commerzbank Hook Up To Help Online Merchants
The Wirecard Group, a supplier of electronic payment and risk management solutions, announced on Friday (Sept. 23) it has entered into a...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsWith Invoice Discounting, Flowing Funds For SMBs And Freelancers
FinTech firm Fundflow and payments firm Wirecard have teamed up to launch invoice discounting for the smallest enterprises (including freelancers). Fundflow MD...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsFundflow Brings US Invoice Finance Success To Europe
Two European FinTech companies are teaming up to launch an invoice discounting solution. Electronic payments company Wirecard and startup Fundflow announced on...
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3.8KInternationalAlipay Europe Expansion Gets Help From Wirecard
Alipay‘s expansion into Europe got some help from Germany’s Wirecard, which has created a mobile app that enables retailers to accept and...
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6.8KAcquiringWirecard Buys Citi Prepaid Card Portfolio
Wirecard is about to enter the U.S. market after the company entered an agreement to buy Citi Prepaid Card Services. The German banking...
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27.3KMobile PaymentsAlipay Eyes Wirecard Investment
New reports indicate that Alipay’s team is in negotiations with Wirecard over Alipay taking a 25 percent stake in the German banking...
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Payment Methods
Wirecard Supports Curve’s Digital Card Launch
Curve’s next-generation digital payments card just got some new support. Wirecard announced a new partnership with Curve, a London-based startup, to bring...
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3.2KInternationalWirecard Profit Surges Amid US Expansion Talk
German payments solutions provider Wirecard reported a nearly 32 percent increase in transaction volume as a result of its strong organic growth...
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3.3KMPOS TrackerWirecard AG Expands mPOS Reach
Wirecard AG announced yesterday (March 30) that it is expanding the reach of its mPOS products to include another payment tablet. This...
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5.3KAlternative FinancesWirecard Brings New Prepaid Visa Card To Market
German payments firm Wirecard announced Wednesday (March 2) the launch of its new Visa prepaid card called mycard2go. The product is issued...
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News
Wirecard/Visa Europe Pair On FinTech Services
Wirecard and Visa Europe Collab are pairing up to serve the FinTech market. Wirecard Technologies GmbH, a subsidiary of Wirecard AG (payment...
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6.3KPayment Methods
Wirecard Powers Alipay Payments In Europe
Wirecard and Alibaba are teaming up to ensure Chinese tourists visiting Europe will still have the ability to use Alipay payments at...
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4.7KNewsWirecard Rolls Out HCE Payments In Europe
German financial services company Wirecard has partnered with MasterCard to roll out its host card emulation (HCE)-based mobile payments service “boon.” that...
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International
Wirecard Buys Southeast Asian Payments Business
Wirecard, the German payments firm, said Tuesday (Oct. 27) that it will buy the payments business of the Great Indian Retail Group, which...
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Controversial
Did Wirecard Just Bid $9.4B On Worldpay?
According to unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, according to Bloomberg, the bidding war for U.K. payments processor Worldpay has just...
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B2B Payments
China Propels Its B2B Payments Game
China’s business-to-business eCommerce industry is heating up, which means that B2B companies will be increasing their demand for innovative, cost-effective services that...
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News
Wirecard Expands mPOS Payment Capabilities
Germany-based financial services and technology services company Wirecard is making point of sale payments more intelligent. The company announced that it is...
