Splitit to power AliExpress' fractional payment offering in Europe
White label fragmented payment solution Splitit has announced a partnership with Alipay to offer a 'pay after delivery' option to shopper...
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In brief: Alipay cracks under pressure from China
The Chinese state is tightening its grip on the FinTech Alibaba. Its financial subsidiary Ant Group is particularly targeted. To better control i...
Vodacom and Alipay launch a super-app in Africa
FACTS Africa's largest telecom operator, Vodacom, has announced the launch of a super-app embedding financial and lifestyle services in the...
The Chinese TikTok launches a payment solution
FACTS The Chinese company ByteDance is known worldwide for launching the social network TikTok. It also offers a Chinese version of...
Lydia Announces another Funding Round, Attracts Tencent
FACTS The Paris-based mobile payment FinTech Lydia announces a €40 million financing round.
Alipay and Xpeng Entering In-Car Payment Market
FACTS Xpeng Motors unveil an agreement with Alipay on jointly developing in-car payment features.
Alipay Aims for 10 Million Merchants in Europe
FACTS During the Global Summit held in London, Alibaba’s payment platform unveiled their strategic plan to European merchants.
Payments News in Brief – October 2019
Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – Active.Ai teams up with Visa to provide banking institutions with interactive AI-powered solutions (e.g.:...
American Express Compatible with all POS Terminals in France
FACTS The American card scheme AmEx teams up with FrenchSys, subsidiary of Cartes Bancaires “CB”.
PayPal’s First Steps in China with GoPay
FACTS The People’s Bank of China agreed to PayPal’s buyout of a majority stake (70%) in the local payment company, GoPay.
Payments News in Brief – September 2019
Players’ Strategy UNITED KINGDOM – Curve opened their capital to large audiences for a short while via the crowdfunding platform CrowdCube....
News in Brief – June 2019
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – China UnionPay partners with the British start-up Tribe Payments on launching their services in Europe. In addit...
News in Brief – April 2019
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Elavon (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp) partners with Société Générale on addressing eight European markets: United ...
News in Brief – March 2019
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – As they reported strong process in turnover for 2018, the FinTech Treezor (owned by Société Générale since Septe...
News in Brief – February 2019
Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – PayPal falls short of expectations and reports $4.23Bn instead of $4.24Bn for Q4 2018. Even so, they stil...
News in Brief – January 2019
Players’ Strategy INTERNATIONAL – nexo (international standard for accepting cross-border card payments) kept making progress and attracted...
Mobile Payment: WeChat Pay Accepted at BHV Marais
FACTS Tencent, the Chinese Web giant behind the messaging service WeChat teams up with BHV Marais, their mobile payment service will be mad...
WeChat Pay Values Data Analytics for Credit Scoring
Photo credits: TechNode FACTS The Chinese telecom leader Tencent recently started testing WeChat Pay Points: a new scoring tool using da...
REX: Merchants Increasingly Convinced by Silkpay
FACTS The Paris-based start-up Silkpay was launched in July 2017 and features mobile payment services relying on Alipay and WeChat Pay.
News in Brief – December 2018
Players’ Strategy RUSSIA – Ingenico partners with several Russian banks on streamlining payments for international e-merchants with operati...
