Latest E-commerce News: Finextra Research

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

Company update/E-commerce

3dcart merchants to get seamless payment support from Braintree

3dcart, the leading all-in-one eCommerce solution, today announced it is offering seamless payment processing from Braintree, a PayPal company, to make it easier for small and medium-sized retailers to succeed at selling online.

22 March 2016

Company update/E-commerce

BNP Paribas and Ingenico partner for e-commerce currency conversion service

By partnering with Ingenico ePayments, BNP Paribas is the first French bank to support its customers in their online sales development in Europe. E-merchants accept new payment methods in different currency.

22 March 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Vantiv forges card-not-present partnership with Credorax

Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and technology for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, and Credorax, a global merchant acquiring bank, today announced a partnership that bolsters the capabilities of Vantiv’s merchants to serve global consumers via card-not-present channels.

15 March 2016

News/E-commerce

Visa streamlines Checkout for faster mobile commerce

Visa has moved to make its Checkout digital payments service more mobile-friendly by letting e-shoppers complete their purchases by sliding a virtual image of a card across their screens.

11 March 2016

News/E-commerce

Administrators sell failed Powa units

Administrators have found buyers for two units of Powa Technologies, the failed payments startup that once claimed to be worth $2.7 billion.

03 March 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Wirecard acquires Romanian payment provider

Wirecard AG today acquired all shares of the Provus Group which is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania.

29 February 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Signifyd goes for growth with $20 million funding round

Signifyd today announced it has closed $20 million in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures, with additional participation from Allegis Capital, IA Ventures, QED Investors, Bill McKiernan and Tim Eades. Pravin Vazirani, a general partner at Menlo Ventures, will also join its Board of Directors.

26 February 2016