Highnote news and trends

Highnote Raises $90 Million to Grow Unified Payments Platform
Investments // January 21, 2025

Highnote has raised $90 million in a Series B funding round to continue to grow its unified payments platform. The company also expanded into U.S. merchant acquiring with the launch of its acquiring solution, it said a Tuesday (Jan. 21) press release. “The acquiring landscape has...

Bump Teams With Mastercard, Highnote to Help Creators
Connected Economy // November 16, 2022

With the global creator economy expanding, financial services platform Bump has teamed up with Mastercard and card issuer Highnote to launch the Bump Creator Card. The card, announced Wednesday (Nov. 16), is designed to break down financial barriers facing independent creators face while helping them...

Today in the Connected Economy: T-Mobile Previews 5G Payments
Connected Economy // August 30, 2022

Today in the connected economy, T-Mobile’s Chris Melus talks to PYMNTS about the ways 5G technology can transform the in-store experience. Also, card issuance and management platform Highnote expands its partnership with Visa, and Moove, Suzuki and MUFG collaborate to promote financial inclusion in Africa....

Highnote Expands Collab With Visa, Certifies as Issuer Processor
Payments Innovation // August 30, 2022

Card issuance and management platform Highnote is expanding its partnership with Visa and has also become fully certified as a Visa issuer processor.   Highnote also finished the Visa Ready certification and will join Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program as an enabler in the U.S. market,...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Ten Year Reset: Highnote CEO Says Embedded Payments Need More Modern ‘Full-Stack’ Tech

October 11, 2021
We are moving toward the age of the super app, toward payments being embedded within experiences rather than being separate from them.  For the smaller firms and FinTechs that want to bring banking services to end users and extend their brands in the process, the technical bar can be high. John MacIlwaine, former Braintree GM […]

Quick Reads
Splitit Brings BNPL to Digital Wallets Via Highnote Partnership

March 10, 2025
Installment payment solution Splitit has teamed with card issuance provider Highnote. The partnership, announced Monday (March 10), will employ Highnote’s technology to make Splitit’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering via digital wallets available at the point of sale for the first time. “With this new partnership, Highnote’s tokenized virtual cards are leveraged to pay […]

Highnote Raises $90 Million to Grow Unified Payments Platform

January 21, 2025
Highnote has raised $90 million in a Series B funding round to continue to grow its unified payments platform. The company also expanded into U.S. merchant acquiring with the launch...

Bump Teams With Mastercard, Highnote to Help Creators

November 16, 2022
With the global creator economy expanding, financial services platform Bump has teamed up with Mastercard and card issuer Highnote to launch the Bump Creator Card. The card, announced Wednesday (Nov....

Highnote Expands Collab With Visa, Certifies as Issuer Processor

August 30, 2022
Card issuance and management platform Highnote is expanding its partnership with Visa and has also become fully certified as a Visa issuer processor.   Highnote also finished the Visa Ready certification...