Mollie customers can now use Klarna payment options
As of October 9th, 2018, the Swedish e-commerce PSP’s payment solutions will be available as standard offerings to the over 55,000 web shops that use Mollie. Specifically, Mollie web shop customers in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Finland will have Klarna’s “try before you buy” functionality embedded in the payments options offered by Mollie. In […]
Wirecard launches try before buy payment option
The company, which innovates in the digitisation of payments, has rolled out its Try Before You Buy payment option. It has also partnered with PVH Europe, which manages Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein on the continent and is one of the world’s largest global apparel companies. The European Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein ecommerce websites […]
Banking Circle and Alibaba collaborate on cross-border payments
The e-commerce giant will use Banking Circle’s infrastructure and global network for digital payments in efforts to enhance its payments offerings. Banking Circle is a company whose core business is providing a range of financial institutions with global payment account transactions and foreign exchange services. Alibaba payments head Paul Li expressed that Banking Circle was chosen […]
Payments and invoicing solutions provider POM raises extra capital
The Antwerp-based company raised EUR 830,000 in a funding round from angels from Be Angels and BAN Vlaanderen, bringing the total funding to EUR 1.9 million. The company will use the money to expand in Belgium and internationally. Additionally, the funds will go towards developing the company’s services, particularly regarding its ability to adapt to […]
Member Spotlight: Koomalooma
Increased competition due to the emergence of fintechs, new payments enabling technologies and an ever-changing regulatory landscape are leading towards a more open and collaborative ecosystem. Payment vendors are expected to reshape their offers with a stronger focus on adding value to their payment services within that ecosystem. Koomalooma supports its customers in boosting transaction volumes […]
Dutch payment services provider Mollie hits 50k merchants
The payment services provider now manages the payments of 50,000 merchants, marking a milestone in the company’s internationalisation of their services. Mollie made the announcement via press release last week, where it noted the utility of adding internationalisation for its clients: “Internationalization allows companies to create new opportunities and expand their business across borders. . […]
SDK.finance delivers two open-source projects to Github
The core payment platform committed an Angular UI source code and a Postman collection to Github. These two open-source projects, according to CTO Pavlov Sidelov, give developers free tools to build interfaces for payments solutions, and make it easier for SDK.finance’s clients to customise and implement their own payments solutions. SDK.finance made the announcement in a press […]
Contactless Payments King in World Cup Stadiums
Visa, which is FIFA’s official payments services partner, yesterday released an analysis of visitors’ spending during the World Cup’s opening days. It found that one in five purchases made with Visa in the Russian cities hosting the tournament were contactless, with the number jumping to just over half for in-stadium purchases. Contactless payment methods include […]
UK unscathed; burgeoning fintech investments despite Brexit
Adding fuel to fire, the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) has launched a brand new fintech investment drive to attract capital into the country’s booming fintech sector – moments before revealing that it has already attracted 1.8 billion GBP and generated 7 billion GBP in revenue over the course of last year. This seems to […]
Alipay makes big moves in Europe, East Africa, New Zealand
By the end of 2018, the payments juggernaut will be available in 20 European countries, increasing from the six countries it was present in last year. On the other side of the world, Alipay is now available for the Bank of New Zealand’s merchant customers. Alipay is said to have signed deals with 40 digital wallets […]