UPI Lite from Paytm will allow faster payments without PIN code
Indian fintech Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) will be the first Indian bank to integrate UPI Lite functionality. This initiative is expected ...
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PhonePe raises $100 million for a $12 billion valuation
Indian digital payments company PhonePe has raised an additional $100 million in an ongoing round. A new round of funding gives it another $450m ...
Paytm sanctioned by its Central Bank
Indian payment giant Paytm has established itself as a leading FinTech in its home country. So much so that the Indian Central Bank is now seekin...
PAYTM files for IPO in India
India's number 1 mobile payment service provider, Paytm, is reportedly preparing for an IPO. This IPO (Initial Public Offering) would represe...
Payments News in Brief – November 2019
Players’ Strategy CHINA – Wirecard sets to acquire all shares in Allscore Payments Services. This agreement, amounting to €72.4 million, gi...
REX: MobiKwik Hits Success
FACTS The Indian m-payment service provider MobiKwik just reached profit: a milestone in their development.
News in Brief – August 2019
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – BNP Paribas observed a sharp increase in their number of active mobile users for Hello bank! As well as consiste...
Tala Closes New Funding Series, Aims for India
FACTS The Kenyan start-up Tala recently closed a $110 million funding Series from several investors including PayPal Ventures. They now aim...
SoftBank Invests in the German FinTech Wirecard
FACTS The Japanese group SoftBank invested €900 million in the German company Wirecard, or roughly 5.6% of their common stock.
News in Brief – November 2018
Players’ strategy INTERNATIONAL – N26 is now available in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Poland. Launched in 2013 in Germany, they keep focusi...
News in Brief – September 2018
Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – According to Bloomberg, Google and Mastercard would have entered a partnership last year on tracking card...
Amazon Acquires Tapzo, Boosts Amazon Pay
Competition increases on the Indian market for digital payments and the US Big Four are among contenders. Just like Facebook and Google, both aim...
ADN’co Payments Insight – August 2018
POS Checkout – Cashierless Stores: a Tsunami Washing over the Retail Industry UNITED STATES – Inokyo –start-up focusing on commerce automat...
News in Brief – August 2018
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – HiPay releases their results for H1 2018, reporting €13 million turnover (+12%) and €1.3 billion processed trans...
Tez Becomes Google Pay, Adds Credit Offers
A year ago, Google introduced a mobile payment app called Tez for the Indian market. They now try to increase its adoption rates in India and in ...
Paytm Acquires Balance.Tech
Just a few days away from their launch of Paytm Money investment app, the leading e-payment player Paytm acquires the Indian start-up Balance.Tec...
News in Brief – July 2018
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – The multi-currency transaction specialist iBanFirst launches an online exchange coverage service. This service d...
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 ...
News in Brief – April 2018
Players’ Strategy INDIA – As their mobile money transfer app keeps growing successful in India, Google is getting ready to implement this s...
ADN’co Payments Insight – March 2017
Banking services – Carrefour launches C-zam FRANCE – Carrefour proposes a banking offer called C-zam. This service sold in its stores does ...
