Latest E-commerce News: Finextra Research

Payfone raises $23 million

Payfone, the world’s leading digital identity authentication network, today announced that it has raised $23 million to expand its user experience-enhancing cybersecurity services in the retail, insurance, and healthcare sectors.

15 February 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Payworks closes $14.5 million Series B financing round

Payment technology company, Payworks, announced today the successful completion of a $14.5M Series B Financing round.

14 February 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Monetary Authority of Singapore publishes guidelines to protect users of electronic payments

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today launched a public consultation on proposed guidelines to protect users of electronic payments (“e-payments”).

13 February 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Ebanx expands into Ecuador

With operations in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, EBANX has now expanded into Ecuador.

08 February 2018

News/E-commerce

Stripe picks Dublin for engineering hub

Stripe, the American payments processor founded by a pair of Irish brothers, is opening an engineering centre in Dublin.

05 February 2018

Company update/E-commerce

MyBank Payments hits EUR5 billion milestone

PRETA S.A.S announced today that MyBank Payments has enabled the initiation of payment transactions for a total transacted value of over EUR 5 billion since its launch in March 2013.

01 February 2018

News/E-commerce

PayPal stutters as eBay scraps 15-year relationship

Digital auction house eBay is terminating a 15-year relationship with PayPal and instead turning to Amsterdam-based Adyen as its primary payments provider at the checkout.

01 February 2018

News/E-commerce

Brazilian cross-border payment processing firm Ebanx raises $30m

Ebanx, a Brazilian startup bringing cross-border e-commerce payments to Latin America, has raised $30 million from FTV Capital, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst Fund.

01 February 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Blackhawk Network partners Casey’s General Stores on Amazon Cash

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., a global financial technology company, has partnered with Casey’s General Stores, Inc. to enable the retailer to offer Amazon Cash to its shoppers who don’t have a bank account or prefer not to use debit or credit cards for purchases.

30 January 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Klarna signs Maplin for online pay-later

Today, leading payments provider Klarna has announced a partnership with Maplin - the UK’s number one specialist technology retailer. Maplin customers will now be able to use Klarna’s Pay later and Slice It services, allowing them to order online and receive the very latest Smart Home tech, security/CCTV products, top quality drones and so on, and then pay for them either at a later date or spread the cost over time.

30 January 2018

News/E-commerce

Visa Checkout tops one million accounts in UK

Visa Checkout, which enables consumers to pay with just a few clicks at online merchant sites, has surpassed one million enrolled accounts in the UK just seven months after launch.

30 January 2018

News/E-commerce

Stripe gives up support for bitcoin

Payment processor Stripe is pulling support for bitcoin payments, saying that crazy price fluctuations and higher fees render the cryptocurrency unusable as a form of payment.

24 January 2018

News/E-commerce

ABN Amro pulls out of Payconiq mobile app coalition

As it starts piloting in the Netherlands this week, mobile payments app Payconiq has lost the backing of one of its major bank partners, ABN Amro.

23 January 2018

News/E-commerce

Mastercard makes European biometrics push for online payments

From next April, online shoppers across Europe will be able to use biometrics, such as fingerprints or facial recognition, to identify themselves at the checkout when they pay with Mastercard.

23 January 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Blue Code moble payments tech goes live on Temenos Marketplace

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announces the launch of Blue Code onto MarketPlace, its platform for facilitating the exchange of value between fintech providers and financial institutions.

17 January 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Gemalto aims to speed up EMV migration in Ghana

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is providing its PURE white-label payment solution to GhIPSS (Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems), a subsidiary of Ghana's central bank that manages the country's interbank payment processing system.

16 January 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Fortumo collaborates with Shoal Games on direct carrier billing

The mobile software developer and publisher Shoal Games and the mobile technology company Fortumo are today launching a direct carrier billing partnership.

16 January 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Bonn's Postbank selects FinReach for Account Switch service

In partnership with the Berlin-based software provider FinReach, Postbank today launches a quick and secure tool for its clients to switch their bank account in less than ten minutes.

16 January 2018

Company update/E-commerce

Vietnamese bank in alliance with JCB for card payments

Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Nam A Bank) and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI) , the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd. (JCB) signed a cooperation contract to license the issuance of JCB Cards and acquisition of JCB merchants in Vietnam.

16 January 2018

Company update/E-commerce

INS Tokens listed on Binance crypto exchange

INS Ecosystem, the decentralized grocery marketplace, today announced that its token (INS) has been listed on Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume.

16 January 2018