Brazilian e-wallet Pix defends European ambitions
The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) introduced its instant payment system called Pix in November 2020. Already in 2021, it presented the good result...
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One year after its launch, Younited Pay launches in Spain
Younited, the European leader in "instant credit", reveals a positive balance sheet and outlook, 12 months after the launch of Younited...
Feedback: Younited Credit raises funds
The french finTech Younited, Credit-as-a-Service specialist, has just announced a new round of financing. This is an opportunity to take stock of...
FinTech: Neo Enters Multicurrency Corporate Payment Market
FACTS The FinTech Neo will be introducing corporate multi-currency accounts enabling businesses to pay and be paid in more than 30 currenci...
Lidl Trials their Own Wallet
FACTS The German retail group Lidl tests Lidl Pay (name coined as no further details had been provided during their pilot phase).
Zone2boost: New Acceleration Programme for FinTechs
FACTS Ingenico, CaixaBank and Global Payments unveiled an international innovation programme for start-ups in the financial and retail mark...
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...
Security: New Tech Hub by N26
FACTS The neo-banking player N26 just presented a Tech Hub, scheduled to open this fall in Vienna (Austria).
Visa and Planeta Bet on Open Payment
FACTS This year, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Visa and Planeta Informatica unveiled a universal contactless payment service f...
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 – June 2018
Players’ Strategy INDIA – The Indian manufacturer of retail POS solution Pine Labs announces a $125 million founding round from PayPal and ...
InnoCells Focuses on Instant Credit
InnoCells, Banco Sabadell’s hub of digital ventures, acquires the Spanish start-up Instant Credit which proposes financing solutions for in-store...
La Caixa Gets Spanish Gas Stations Ready for NFC
La Caixa and the Spanish gas station network Repsol are getting ready for new contactless deployments: to this day, 140 locations in Barcelona...
M-payment: myTaxi’s Mobile Payment App
Hambourg-based start-up myTaxi has just launched a multiservice mobile app with embedded m-payment feature for German, and European, taxi passeng...
La Caixa Selects Gemalto’s Optelio
Gemalto announces it has been selected by La Caixa to roll out its Optelio EMV contactless cards in Barcelona by end 2012. The specialist is in c...
boxPAY Proposing New Micro-payment Solution
The Irish boxPAY exhibited its small amounts-based online payment solution, relying on the ISP’s bill at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This...
Spanish Banks Speeding Up Mobile Contactless Solutions Adoption
Three Spanish banks have started initiating NFC-based projects: La Caixa, is about to equip 500 ATMs and deploy 17,000 compatible POS devices ...
Accessibility: Adapting European ATMs
The European Union is supporting a new ATM accessibility project to help disabled users. Only 38% of the 425,000 ATMs in the European Union di...
Self Service Banking: La Caixa Deploys Contactless ATMs
La Caixa has just deployed contactless enabled ATMs: the customer brings his card closer to the reader and enters his PIN. These ATMs embed ...
Visa Enters Square Board
Visa is now part of Square’s board through capital investment. The young company sells a white square magnetic stripe reader enabling iOS termin...
