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Paybase gets £700k grant from Innovate UK

London-based FinTech startup Paybase has received a grant of almost £700,000 from Innovate UK to democratise eMoney infrastructure for SMEs and startups.

29 August 2017

News/E-commerce

Amazon brings cash option for the unbanked to UK

Amazon has brought a service that lets people top up their accounts by handing over cash at the physical locations of partner retailers to the UK.

25 August 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Alipay in Starbucks partnership in Malaysia

Alipay, the world's largest online and mobile payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial", "Ant"), is now available for Mainland Chinese tourists at all 242 Starbucks branches across Malaysia.

25 August 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Fortumo brings direct carrier billing to Viaplay

The video streaming service Viaplay and the mobile payments company Fortumo are today announcing the launch of a direct carrier billing partnership.

24 August 2017

News/E-commerce

Australia blames bitcoin for rise in organised crime

The growth of online banking and digital currencies haver been cited as the main causes of a massive rise in organised crime in Australia's financial sector according to the country's criminal intelligence agency.

24 August 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Nintendo gamers can now use PayPal to fund payments

PayPal is focused on delivering seamless commerce experiences across a range of contexts.

23 August 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Alpha Payments Cloud and Australia Post launch e-commerce joint venture

Alpha Payments Cloud, a fintech pioneer aiming to evolve and simplify how payments related vendors are accessed, is excited to unveil its joint venture with Australia Post, named the Alpha Commerce Hub (ACH).

16 August 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Wirecard supports Singtel’s roll out of virtual Visa card

International technology group Wirecard has partnered with Singtel to support the recent roll out of Singapore’s first Visa virtual card for Singtel’s mobile wallet Dash.

16 August 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Alipay connects with Yelp

Alipay, one of the world’s leading digital payment platforms, and Yelp Inc., the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, have partnered to bring Yelp’s local content to millions of Chinese travelers directly within Alipay’s mobile lifestyle app.

15 August 2017

News/E-commerce

DBS Bank launches online car selling marketplace

Singapore's DBS Bank is taking advantage of new regulatory freedoms to launch an online marketplace for people to buy and sell cars.

11 August 2017

News/E-commerce

Sberbank invests $500 million in e-commerce joint venture

Sberbank is to spend $500 million to take a 50% stake in Yandex.Market, the e-commerce venture operated by the Russian search engine.

09 August 2017

News/E-commerce

Online retailer Overstock starts accepting Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum

American e-commerce retailer Overstock has doubled down on its cryptocurrency bet, adding Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and Litecoin to Bitcoin as payments options for nearly four million products on its site.

09 August 2017

News/E-commerce

Bread raise funds for online purchase financing service

Bread, a startup that builds customisable pay-over-time financing options for online merchants, has raised $126 million in equity and debt financing.

03 August 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Eurobank launches Masterpass wallet for online payments

Eurobank, one of the leading banks in Greece, recently launched a mobile wallet integrating Mastercard’s Masterpass, in an effort to reduce abandonment rates in e-commerce payments.

31 July 2017

Company update/E-commerce

PayPal joins £4 million Cloud IQ round

Today Cloud IQ, the commerce optimisation platform, announces that it has raised a £4m round, including an investment from PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL).

31 July 2017

Company update/E-commerce

BofA and PayPal team on in-store payments and account linking

Bank of America [NYSE: BAC] and PayPal [NASDAQ: PYPL] today announced a strategic partnership that will soon enable Bank of America customers to transact with PayPal in stores and seamlessly link their Bank of America cards into PayPal.

27 July 2017

News/E-commerce

Ant Financial targets Malaysia through CIMB JV

China's Ant Financial is making a move on the Malaysian market, forming a mobile wallet joint venture with a subsidiary of local bank CIMB.

26 July 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Wirecard to offer guarantee for credit card payments

Wirecard, the leading supplier of digital payment solutions, will as of now become one of the first companies in the industry to offer a payment guarantee for credit card payments.

24 July 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Klarna gets Permira investment

Klarna Bank AB is pleased to announce that an investment partnership advised by Permira will acquire a strategic equity stake in the company.

21 July 2017

News/E-commerce

PayPal strikes deals with Chase and Citi

PayPal has strengthened its ties to two of America's biggest banks, forming a comprehensive partnership with JPMorgan Chase and a rewards-focussed deal with Citi.

21 July 2017