Latest E-commerce News: Finextra Research

World First opens up to Japan

Award-winning, international FinTech payments and currency experts, World First, is launching a new service in Japan providing access to a new market for online sellers worldwide.

03 May 2016

News/E-commerce

Turkey launches national payments system

Turkey has gone live with its own card payment system, dubbed Troy, as it seeks to boost electronic money and usher in a cashless society by 2023.

29 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Klarna checkout comes to EKM online stores

The UK’s largest hosted eCommerce provider, EKM, which hosts 1 in 5 British online stores using its cloud-based solution, is partnering with Klarna, the innovative Swedish payments startup that processed around £6 billion in payments last year, to transform the efficiency and profitability of the “online high street”.

28 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Pitney Bowes launches cloud-based payments engine for shipping and e-commerce platforms

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI), a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced the launch of its cloud-based payments engine designed to integrate with third party shipping and ecommerce platforms to deliver payments processing as part of a seamless digital experience that offers terms, a consolidated invoice and flexible payment options.

26 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

First Data launches Clover online store

For many people, their first interaction with a company is a virtual connection. That first impression – typically in the form of a website – says a lot about a business and must convey professionalism, competence, and security.

20 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Payments platform Zooz forms partnership with Nodus Technologies

Payment technology provider Zooz announced today that Nodus Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to incorporate their integrated eCommerce, EBPP, CRM & ERP payment solutions into the Zooz platform.

20 April 2016

News/E-commerce

Powa founder Wagner professes shock at payment firm's failure

Powa founder Dan Wagner has declared himself "bemused" by the failed payment firm's slide into administration, even as details emerge of its massive losses.

18 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Money20/20: Adyen toolkit tackles credit card approval rates

Today at Money 20/20 in Copenhagen, Adyen, the payments technology company, launched RevenueAccelerate, a data-driven suite of automated tools that is designed to significantly increase credit card approval rates globally.

07 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

PayPal Credits breaks up purchasing costs into monthly payments

You know those products that seem to acquire cult-like status? Sometimes the hype doesn’t make sense, but then you use one and discover it really is a magic gem. You may really want one, but you know that high-quality, long-lasting products require investment. Many times I’ve asked myself: How I could ever afford something like that?

06 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Worldpay invests in ID verification startup Veridu

For online merchants, uncertainty over whether to trust certain high risk transactions could soon be a thing of the past.

06 April 2016

News/E-commerce

Amazon eyes fintech acquisitions

Speaking on the fringes of the Money2020 conference in Copenhagen, Amazon executive Patrick Gauthier revealed that the e-commerce giant is contemplating acquisitions in the payments space as fintech valuations come down to earth.

05 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Amazon Payments launches global partner programme

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the launch of the Amazon Payments Partner Program, a new global program designed to help ecommerce platform providers and developers extend the trust and familiarity of Amazon Payments to their merchant customers.

04 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Brits keen on PIN authentication for online shopping - myPINpad survey

myPINpad, provider of multi-factor authentication technology for touchscreen devices, has released today a new unique consumer report. PIN: From Brick to Click looks at consumer confidence in PIN as a method of authentication for mobile commerce transactions.

01 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Braintree Auth launches

At Braintree, we are always looking for innovative ways to drive online commerce forward with and for our merchants and partners. Today we are excited to release Braintree Auth in invite-only Beta in the US, as part of this mission.

31 March 2016

Company update/E-commerce

BofA starts pre-selecting customers for Visa Checkout from online banking

In the latest step at simplifying consumer payments, Bank of America announced today that it will pre-select customers’ eligible Visa cards for enrollment in Visa Checkout directly from Online Banking.

31 March 2016

News/E-commerce

Swiss banks investigate common mobile payments system

Switzerland's five biggest banks are talking to retailers and financial infrastructure provider SIX Group about a joint mobile payments service.

30 March 2016

News/E-commerce

Square targets e-commerce with new API

Square is taking on PayPal and Stripe with a new e-commerce API that enables merchants to process online payments on their own self-hosted, fully developed websites.

30 March 2016

News/E-commerce

Apple preps one-touch shopping for the mobile Web

Apple is preparing to bring one-touch online shopping to the mobile Web later this year, enabling consumers with Safari browsers running on the consumer electronic group's phones and tablets to use Apple Pay and TouchID to make a purchase.

24 March 2016

News/E-commerce

Ingenico on acquisition trail

Ingenico is projecting a $500 million revenue boost from 'targeted acquisitions' in the payment space as it sets out a 2020 turnover objective of EUR4 billion.

24 March 2016

News/E-commerce

BMO introduces MasterCard selfie payments for corporate cardholders

Bank of Montreal (BMO) has teamed up with MasterCard to let Canadian and US corporate cardholders authenticate online payments with their fingerprints and selfies.

23 March 2016