9/6/2024 10:10:55 AM Ark Labs raises $2.5m in pre-Seed funding By Samantha Wulfson Decentralized digital payments startup raised $2.5m in pre-Seed funding led by Draper Associates.
12/7/2023 10:48:35 PM Digital payments are having a jolly holiday By Samantha Wulfson BNPL-driven spending in November grew 17% year-over-year to $8.3 billion, with a major boost from e-commerce sales to help boost the...
10/28/2022 6:22:42 PM Reap raises $40m in growth funding By Zein Dayekh Hong Kong based web3 payments startup raised $40m led by Acorn Pacific Ventures, Arcadia Funds and HashKey Capital.
9/14/2022 7:10:15 PM Fazz raises $75m in Series C funding By Zein Dayekh Singapore based digital financial services group raised $75m in Series C funding led by Tiger Global, DST Investment and B Capital.
3/10/2022 1:10:09 PM Atlantic Money raises $5m in Seed funding By Samantha Wulfson London based money transfer company raised $5m in seed funding led by Amplo and Ribbit Capital.
2/3/2022 7:05:02 PM Bold raises $55m in Series B funding By Zein Dayekh Columbia based digital payments startup raised $55m in Series B funding led by Tiger Global.
11/13/2020 2:49:40 PM Norway has lowest physical cash use in the world, says report By Carlos Alonso Torras Norway claims to use less cash as a proportion of total spending than any other country across the globe, according to a study by its...
11/12/2020 2:00:27 PM Will Facebook’s Libra be part of a new, faster payments system? By Sarah Wolter A new white paper from Mathieu Baudet, George Danezis and Alberto Sonnino — a trio affiliated with Facebook’s Novi wallet — says a...
5/21/2020 3:56:25 PM PayPal sees rise in ‘silver tech’ as older generations test digital payments By Faisal Kawar People over 50 were PayPal’s fastest-growing segment from March to April. Venmo particularly stands to benefit from the new audience.
5/8/2020 3:21:34 PM Google and Gates Foundation will help spread digital payments in developing countries By Carlos Alonso Torras Alongside a wider coalition, they announced the Mojaloop Foundation, which will develop a free, open-source real-time payments platform...
5/7/2020 4:53:20 PM Expectations for LatAm digital payments after Covid-19 By Carlos Alonso Torras The Covid-induced surge in e-commerce boosted the growth of digital payments in Latin America. But doubts remain as far as how fast the...
1/10/2020 6:59:42 PM In China, it might be more accurate to describe the process to digital financial services as techfin By Faisal Kawar Technology is completely redesigning finance from the smartphone user’s perspective. Some $17tn of transactions were conducted online in...
7/29/2019 9:10:23 PM Flutterwave partners with Alibaba By FinTech Collective Portfolio company Flutterwave and Alipay, Alibaba's digital wallet, announced a partnership that will enable digital payments between...
7/12/2019 11:07:42 PM Fawry preparing for IPO By FinTech Collective Egypt based provider of digital payment services announced plans for an upcoming IPO on the Egyptian Exchange, looking to raise $150m.
6/21/2019 8:05:52 PM Payveris raises $7 million By Carlos Alonso Torras Cromwell, Connecticut based provider of digital money movement technology to financial institutions has raised $7m in Series D funding,...
6/7/2019 9:44:07 PM CellPoint Mobile raises £11 million By Carlos Alonso Torras London-based provider of digital payment solutions for airlines has raised £11m of additional funding from Toscafund Asset Management...