Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna and payments service provider Nets partnered to bring more payment options to merchant clients in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
The Nordic countries are often considered pioneers when it comes to digital innovation and payments. With some of the lowest cash usage in the world and a history of interbank collaboration of money transfers and digital infrastructure, countries like Norway have been trendsetters in everything...
In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the Bank of Ghana has introduced a brand new mobile wallet, GhanaPay. Plus, United Kingdom clothing brand Boohoo looks into charging fees for online returns, Qualcomm wins its appeal of a recent $1...
AnaCap Financial Partners is acquiring EDIGard AS, the digital invoice distribution subsidiary of Nexi Group’s digital payments firm Nets, for undisclosed terms, according to a press release on Wednesday (June 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
August 07, 2019
Mastercard is making its largest acquisition to date with its $3.2 billion bid to buy the Denmark-based payments platform, Nets, furthering its European presence and moving well beyond credit and debit transactions. Paul Stoddart, Mastercard’s president of New Payment Platforms, tells Karen Webster that the bid also bolsters the payment network’s goal to provide services across multiple rails. Here’s the roadmap and why, he says, apps are the revenue engine fueling the trip.
November 24, 2017
A 40 percent stock gain might be enough to garner a sizzle in any week, but Walmart has been firing on cylinders that extend well beyond earnings reports. When it...
March 27, 2026
Mastercard is reportedly looking to divest much of the real-time payments business it acquired from Denmark’s Nets Group in 2019, marking a significant strategic pivot away from certain European instant payment infrastructures and towards emerging digital asset opportunities. The potential sale, initially reported by The Financial Times, indicates a renewed focus on high-growth areas such […]
May 15, 2024
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna and payments service provider Nets partnered to bring more payment options to merchant clients in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
June 15, 2022
AnaCap Financial Partners is acquiring EDIGard AS, the digital invoice distribution subsidiary of Nexi Group’s digital payments firm Nets, for undisclosed terms, according to a press release on Wednesday (June...
May 12, 2022
Nets, the payments unit of the Italian bank Nexi, is acquiring a majority stake in Germany’s cloud-based point-of-sale firm (POS) platform orderbird. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
