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PayPal Checkout adds smart payment buttons

At PayPal, we’re building solutions for global commerce to help consumers and businesses seamlessly connect across all contexts.

28 June 2018

News/E-commerce

Venmo launches debit card

PayPal's hugely popular P2P payments app Venmo is looking to conquer the high street through the introduction of a Mastercard debit card.

25 June 2018

News/E-commerce

PayPal shopping spree continues with $120m deal for fraud prevention firm Simility

PayPal has agreed its second acquisition of the week, paying $120 million in cash for machine learning-powered fraud detection outfit Simility.

22 June 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Worldpay unveils AuthMax to boost card approval rates for online sellers

Vantiv, now Worldpay, Inc. (NYSE: WP), today unveiled AuthMax™, a new authorization solution that is designed to increase credit and debit card approval rates for eCommerce merchants based in the U.S. by analyzing transaction data and applying behavior-driven rules.

21 June 2018

News/E-commerce

Euro cops bust 95 criminals responsible for EUR8 million in online fraud

Police forces across Europe have made over 95 arrests of criminals who set up fake Web shops offering too-good-to-be-true product prices as a front for stealing card details.

21 June 2018

News/E-commerce

Op Financial mobile wallet to go contactless with Nets

Finland's OP Financial is to make its Pivo mobile wallet available for contactless payments at Nets' 300,000-strong network of merchants, both instore and online.

21 June 2018

News/E-commerce

Banco Sabadell unit buys POS consumer financing startup

Banco Sabadell's digital venture hub InnoCells has bought a Spanish startup that offers consumer financing at the physical and online point-of-sale. Financial terms were not disclosed.

21 June 2018

News/E-commerce

PayPal to acquire Hyperwallet for $400 million

PayPal has continued its shopping spree with a $400 million cash deal to acquire e-commerce payout platform Hyperwallet.

20 June 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Square and Handshake for B2B e-commerce

Handshake, a leader in B2B Commerce technology for manufacturers and distributors, and Square today announced an integration to deliver streamlined B2B ordering and payments.

19 June 2018

News/E-commerce

Nets to acquire Poland's Dotpay/eCard

Denmark's Nets is to expand into Poland through a EUR73 million acquisition of online payment providers Dotpay/eCard.

19 June 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Universum and Risk Ident team up in fraud-busting alliance

Effective immediately, RISK IDENT’s proprietary anti-fraud technology, FRIDA, will enable the UNIVERSUM Group to better protect its retailers from online fraud, evaluating every incoming transaction for various fraud patterns.

14 June 2018

News/E-commerce

RBC unveils $3.2bn tech budget in digital push

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is planning to spend $3.2bn on technology this year in a bid to attract new customers looking for more digital banking services.

14 June 2018

News/E-commerce

Adyen share price doubles on market debut

Shares in Adyen doubled on the Dutch payments processor's market debut on Wednesday, pushing its valuation close to EUR15 billion.

13 June 2018

News/E-commerce

NatWest taps Open Banking for cardless online payments

NatWest has teamed up with the Carphone Warehouse to trial an online shopping system that lets customers ditch their debit and credit cards and pay directly through their bank account.

12 June 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Revolut teams up with French cab firm SnapCar

Revolut, the digital banking alternative, has today announced their latest partnership with SnapCar, the ride-hailing B2B French leader, as the innovative fintech looks to take-on legacy payment infrastructure by providing instant automated payouts directly into SnapCar drivers’ accounts.

12 June 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Paysafe enables cash-based payments in Google Play Store

Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, announces a new partnership with Google.

07 June 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Interac and Bambora to offer cross-border e-commerce payments

nterac Corp. (“Interac”) announced its work with international payment service provider Bambora to soon allow Canadians to use Interac Debit to pay for e-commerce purchases from merchants domestically and cross-border.

06 June 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Adyen provides merchants with real-time access to Mastercard Account Updater service

Adyen, the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, today announced its direct API integration with the Mastercard Account Updater service.

05 June 2018

Company update/E-commerce