European B2B payment solution provider Pliant said Wednesday (April 16) that it acquired Austrian InsurTech company hi.health to gain that company’s insurance-specific expertise and to apply its own payment expertise to the insurance sector. Hi.health will continue to operate independently, while using Pliant’s infrastructure to...
Global Payments set the FinTech sector abuzz early Thursday (April 17) with a pair of sweeping transactions. It sold its issuer solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and simultaneously bought Worldpay for a net price of $22.7 billion, according to a Thursday press release....
The Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariff policy is creating a wave of uncertainty that is reverberating across the AI industry — and its consequences could be felt for years to come. First, the good news: Tariffs affect physical goods rather than digital goods and services,...
European neobank Bunq is on the road to getting a banking license in the United States. The company filed for a broker-dealer license, part of a two-stage strategy to enter the American market, according to a Tuesday (April 15) news release. With this step, the...
April 15, 2025
In the fast-evolving world of FinTech, where innovation can often race ahead of regulation, emerging markets present both an opportunity and a challenge for business-to-consumer (B2C) payment providers. Many emerging sectors such as gaming, hemp-based wellness and even online pharmacies are becoming test beds for the next generation of payments innovation. These verticals, often deemed […]
April 03, 2025
For merchants, omnichannel innovation comes in several flavors. When it comes to eCommerce interactions, sellers face the drive to streamline and reduce friction during the onboarding processes — and to...
April 02, 2025
The pay-later ecosystem has evolved through the past few years, with a broad range of solution providers and available options. The idea of paying over time means different things to...
April 01, 2025
The buy now, pay later pure plays like Klarna and Affirm might get a lot of attention these days. However, card networks have a piece of the BNPL pie as...
April 17, 2025
European B2B payment solution provider Pliant said Wednesday (April 16) that it acquired Austrian InsurTech company hi.health to gain that company’s insurance-specific expertise and to apply its own payment expertise to the insurance sector. Hi.health will continue to operate independently, while using Pliant’s infrastructure to support its product offering: a digital interface between insurance carriers […]
April 17, 2025
Global Payments set the FinTech sector abuzz early Thursday (April 17) with a pair of sweeping transactions. It sold its issuer solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and simultaneously...
April 15, 2025
European neobank Bunq is on the road to getting a banking license in the United States. The company filed for a broker-dealer license, part of a two-stage strategy to enter...
April 15, 2025
South Africa-based payments infrastructure company Stitch raised $55 million in a Series B funding round to expand its offerings for enterprise merchants. The company will use the new funding to...
