Block attacks credit card with BNPL
Three years after the acquisition of AfterPay, Block (ex-Square) replicates the payment several times in the United States. Its new solution, int...
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Retail 2025: Cryptocurrencies, loyalty and sustainability at the heart of new trends
In 2025, the retail sector continued to evolve as technologies, consumer expectations and societal challenges changed. There are several major tr...
Amazon wants to sell and finance cars
The American e-commerce giant Amazon has just added a rope to its bow by recently announcing the launch of a new service accessible on its platfo...
Paypal adopts Passkeys to secure online payments
Last September, Apple announced the possibility of generating "Passkeys" with its various devices, i.e. cryptographic keys that allow u...
Skaleet moves from core banking to international money transfer
The start-up Skaleet presents itself as a platform dedicated to financial institutions, at the origin of a "core banking" system allowi...
Payment insight January 2022
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Stripe supports monetisation of content created on Spotify
Swedish music streaming and podcasting service Spotify has committed to strengthening its monetisation strategy for podcasts published on its pla...
Mastercard Unveils an AR App
FACTS At the CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Mastercard introduced an Augmented Reality app enabling cardholders to search through and have access t...
Affirm Building Universal Payment facilities
FACTS The American group Affirm recently launched a mobile app enabling them to avoid relying on their acceptance network and issue virtual...
Open Banking: Tully Helps Individual Customers Pay Back their Debts
FACTS The British FinTech Tully is getting ready to launch an Open Banking-based PFM tool for indebted people.
Micro-Loans: Finfrog Addresses Catering Industry Freelancers
FACTS The P2P micro-lending specialist Finfrog teams up with Brigad, a platform linking companies and freelancers in the catering and hospi...
A Dutch Neo-Bank Lands in France
FACTS The Dutch neo-bank Bunq enters the French market.
Opening a Bank Account at a Photo Booth in France
The French FinTech Anytime is running tests with Photo-Me International, owner of the Photomaton brand: some of their photo booths have been equi...
Upturn Helps US Customers Spot Scoring Inaccuracies and File Claims
Upturn, a US startup incubated by BBVA, crafted a free online platform enabling US customers to identify inaccuracies in their credit report data...
Amazon Lets Customers Pay in 24 Instalments
Amazon.fr adds yet another payment facility to their platform: the new option called PayMens was developed in partnership with Cofidis Retail. It...
News in Brief – October 2018
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Revolut applies for a banking licence in Luxembourg. This start-up has been granted EMI status in the UK and rel...
News in Brief – September 2018
Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – According to Bloomberg, Google and Mastercard would have entered a partnership last year on t...
PayPal Partners with Itaú Unibanco
The e-commerce sector keeps growing and PayPal has become a prevailing partner for banks. Just like other institutions worldwide –including Barcl...
AG2R Adds Long-Term Rental for Bikes
The insurance company AG2R La Mondiale introduces “Roulons Vélo”, a long-term bike rental service. This option was crafted in partnership with Vi...
WeChat ID for Identifying Customers
An additional use case is being tested for Tencent’s instant messaging service. WeChat started addressing the payment sector, and could soon be a...
