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Finance & Economics

BNP Paribas Moves Into B2B BNPL

BNP Paribas is switching to the Buy Now, Pay Later B2B platform.

Finance & Economics

South Africa to Roll Out Payshap

In South Africa, the process of introducing Payshap, an inexpensive real-time interbank digital payment service, has started.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Tabit and Lenovo Join Efforts to Offer B2B BNPL in Canada

Lenovo will offer its business customers a BNPL payment method through their Tabit B2B integration

Science & Technology

Italy Sees the Fastest Growth of In-Store Mobile and Wearable Transactions

In-store mobile and wearable transaction values in Italy rose by 122% in 2022 to hit $17.5 billion

News

JPMorgan Funds Metaverse Payments Platform Tilia

A payment platform for metaverse economies Tilia has secured a total of $22 million in funding from JPMorgan and Seoul-based fintech Dunamu to scale and provide KYC-compliant micropayments

News

Dubai’s Astra Tech Forms Partnership With Mastercard

Fintech company Astra Tech, which is based in Dubai, announced that as a result of a partnership with Mastercard, it managed to expand its payment ecosystem.

News

Apexx Global Scores $25 Million Series B

The investment management platform Apexx Global announced the receipt of additional financing in the amount of $25 million.

News

US Department of Agriculture to put State Benefits on Mobile Phones in Five States

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide citizens eligible for financial support under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Oklahoma with the opportunity to receive benefits and make payments via NFC or QR code for relevant purchases on a mobile device.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Numeral Launches in UK to Help Fintechs Access EU Markets

The French platform for aggregating banking transactions and automating payments, Numeral, has announced the start of work in the UK financial market.

News

Paymob Teams With Arabic Streaming Platform Shahid

Paymob, a company specializing in the provision of financial services, has established cooperation with the Shahid streaming platform.

News

Krungthai Bank Deploys Visa B2B Connect in Thailand

Krungthai Bank (KTB) and Visa announced the conclusion of a partnership agreement to provide enterprises operating in Thailand with the opportunity to make cross-border corporate payments under a simplified procedure.

News

Pocketbook and Bond Help Small Businesses Deploy Digital Wallets

Pocketbook and Bond announced the beginning of cooperation, the purpose of which is to provide small and medium-sized businesses with the opportunity to introduce digital wallets.

News

Xeni and BitPay to Enable Crypto Payments in Travel

Through the partnership with Bitcoin payments company Bitpay, Xeni enables its customers to accept crypto payments for commercial flights, hotels, car rentals, and other travel activities

News

Swift to Develop CBDC Connector

After sandbox testing, Swift is preparing to develop a beta version of the new way to connect central bank digital currencies (CBDC) with existing fiat infrastructures

Blockchain & Crypto

WeChat Adds CBDC to Payment Platform

China’s major social networking and payment app WeChat has followed Alipay in adding support for payments using the digital yuan – the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC)

Finance & Economics

Candidly Raises $20.5 Million for Student Debt and Savings Optimization

Candidly reported that it managed to attract investment funds in the amount of $ 20.5 million following the results of the Series B financing round.