In today’s top news from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Revolut launches a card-reader terminal, UAE-based ResTech startup Supy has raised $8 million and South African mobile payments platform Zapper looks to raise funds. Bank of England Calls for Tougher Crypto Rules The Bank...
In today’s FinTech news, Wirex Credit is offering loans backed by crypto, while nine suspected cybercriminals were arrested following an alleged phishing attack on Ukraine. Plus, the Fiscal Policy Committee of England’s central bank is sounding the alarm that crypto regulations are needed sooner rather...
South African mobile payments platform Zapper is exploring its capital-raising options, including launching a sale to buy stake in the startup, in an effort to push its valuation to almost $1 billion, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (July 5). The Cape Town-based platform hired Ernst & Young...
South African mobile pay platform Zapper has announced that merchants on its platform will be able to accept tap-on-phone payments, a report said Tuesday (May 3). This will give them access to almost all digital payments, without needing other point-of-sale (POS) hardware, and it won’t...
September 04, 2017
Where in the world is Alipay? At this point, pretty much everywhere Chinese tourists might want to go, with most of Europe and North America now supported and South America being the only major exception (besides Antarctica, though we hear the tourism scene there is heating up, so who knows — it could be next!). […]
July 05, 2022
South African mobile payments platform Zapper is exploring its capital-raising options, including launching a sale to buy stake in the startup, in an effort to push its valuation to almost $1 billion, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (July 5). The Cape Town-based platform hired Ernst & Young as its advisers on a potential deal, according to the […]
May 03, 2022
South African mobile pay platform Zapper has announced that merchants on its platform will be able to accept tap-on-phone payments, a report said Tuesday (May 3). This will give them...
September 01, 2017
Alipay has partnered with Zapper, the fast-growing mobile payment, customer insights and digital marketing platform developed in South Africa, so Chinese tourists can use their smartphones to pay via QR...
October 13, 2016
Alipay, the mobile payment platform run by Ant Financial Services Group, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 12) it has partnered with Zapper, the consumer insights and marketing platform, which is enabled...
