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Sage integrates PayPal

Sage (FTSE: SGE), the market leader in cloud business management solutions, today announced it is partnering with PayPal, to enable faster and simpler payment options.

23 May 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Nuggets payments and ID privacy platform moves into alpha

Nuggets, the award-winning e-commerce payments and ID platform, has opened up its mobile app Alpha to iOS users.

17 May 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Stripe and JCB sign MoU

Stripe, Inc. and JCB Co., Ltd. announced the signing of an MOU for a global partnership aiming for JCB brand acceptance at all internet merchants using the Stripe payment platform.

17 May 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Retailers risk frustrating online shoppers with out-of-date payment technology

New research from Barclaycard reveals that more than seven in ten retailers (72 per cent) haven’t introduced any new payment technology to their websites over the last two years*, despite consumer demand for a quick and convenient check-out process.

16 May 2018

News/E-commerce

Worldline to acquire SIX Payment Services

Wordline is to acquire the payments service business of Switzerland's SIX Group in a deal which values the cards unit at $2.75 billion.

15 May 2018

Company update/E-commerce

PumaPay raises $117m in private token sale

Decentralized Vision, Cyprus-based blockchain company, has ended the Private Sale for its PumaPay project by raising $117 million on May 7, 2018.

14 May 2018

News/E-commerce

BBVA and Nordea bid to smooth ecommerce payments

BBVA and Nordea are both rolling out new online payments platforms designed to make ecommerce simpler and safer for merchants and consumers.

08 May 2018

News/E-commerce

Samsung Pay gets cash back feature

Samsung is adding a cash back feature to its mobile payments service, enabling American users to get money back on purchases made at partner retailers.

04 May 2018

News/E-commerce

Google Pay comes to the web for desktop and iOS

Google Pay is finally coming to the web for desktop and iOS devices, enabling online shoppers on supported sites to checkout with the service.

03 May 2018

News/E-commerce

iZettle eyes Unicorn status in forthcoming IPO

Swedish e-commerce outfit iZettle is looking to propel its business to Unicorn status in an IPO that could be announced as early as next week, according to the Financial Times

02 May 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Sberbank and Yandex complete joint venture deal

Sberbank and Yandex today announced the formation of a joint venture based on the Yandex.Market platform.

01 May 2018

News/E-commerce

Baidu to offload majority stake in financial services unit

Chinese internet search giant Baidu is to divest a majority equity stake in its financial services unit to a group of venture capital investors, raising $1.9 billion.

30 April 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Square to buy website builder Weebly

Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Weebly. Square will pay a mix of cash and stock of approximately $365 million, which includes Square restricted stock units for Weebly’s founders and employees that will vest over four years subsequent to closing.

26 April 2018

News/E-commerce

PayPal and Barclays make digital payments pact

PayPal continues to cosy up to former rivals in the banking world, working with Barclays to reduce digital payments friction for UK and US customers.

26 April 2018

Company update/E-commerce

ebay and Paypal finalise new payment deal

eBay and PayPal today confirmed the signing of a previously-announced agreement to offer PayPal as a way to pay on eBay until July 2023.

24 April 2018

News/E-commerce

Major card schemes zero in on single 'buy' button for online commerce

Major card schemes are rallying around the the new EMVCo Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) framework in a bid to create a ubiquitous online shopping technology standard backed by token-only storage of payment details.

19 April 2018

News/E-commerce

iZettle sets up e-commerce marketplace for small traders; Qapital raises $30 million

Swedish mPOS outfit iZettle has launched an e-commerce marketplace for small business owners to sell their wares online.

19 April 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Stripe boosts fraud prevention with Radar 2.0

We launched Radar in 2016 to help protect our users from fraud. We’ve blocked billions of dollars in fraud across the Stripe network for companies of all sizes—from startups like Slice and WeSwap to larger companies like Fitbit and OpenTable.

18 April 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Rabo Frontier Ventures acquires stake in GoCredible

Rabo Frontier Ventures (RFV), Rabobank’s strategic investment arm, is investing in Netherlands-based FinTech company GoCredible by acquiring a stake in the company.

18 April 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Alipay makes Italian move through Sella tie-up

Shopping with their smartphones will be increasingly possible, for more than 3 million Chinese tourists arriving each year in our country, thanks to the agreement signed between Gestpay, the Italian solution for online payment of Sella Group, and Alipay, the payment platform of Ant Financial, an affiliate company of Alibaba Group.

17 April 2018