Latest E-commerce News: Finextra Research

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

Paysafe launches Paysafecash

Leading global payments provider, Paysafe, today announces the global launch of its latest alternative payment solution - 'Paysafecash'.

04 June 2018

News/E-commerce

Adyen confirms plans for IPO

Payments processor Adyen is chasing a $9 billion valuation after confirming its intent to sell 15% of its shares in an IPO on Euronext Amsterdam.

24 May 2018

Company update/E-commerce

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