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FACTS The Chinese company ByteDance is known worldwide for launching the social network TikTok. It also offers a Chinese version of...
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FACTS The Chinese company ByteDance is known worldwide for launching the social network TikTok. It also offers a Chinese version of...
FACTS The Paris-based mobile payment FinTech Lydia announces a €40 million financing round.
FACTS During the Global Summit held in London, Alibaba’s payment platform unveiled their strategic plan to European merchants.
Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – Active.Ai teams up with Visa to provide banking institutions with interactive AI-powered solutions (e.g.:...
FACTS The People’s Bank of China agreed to PayPal’s buyout of a majority stake (70%) in the local payment company, GoPay.
FACTS Tencent would be planning to add an instalment service in China by the end of the year. This option, called “Fen Fu” for now, should...
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – China UnionPay partners with the British start-up Tribe Payments on launching their services in Europe. In addit...
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Elavon (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp) partners with Société Générale on addressing eight European markets: United ...
FACTS At this year’s China Connect event held on March 12th and 13th in Paris, the retail giant described their omnichannel approach and st...
FACTS Tencent, the Chinese Web giant behind the messaging service WeChat teams up with BHV Marais, their mobile payment service will be mad...
Photo credits: TechNode FACTS The Chinese telecom leader Tencent recently started testing WeChat Pay Points: a new scoring tool using da...
FACTS The Paris-based start-up Silkpay was launched in July 2017 and features mobile payment services relying on Alipay and WeChat Pay.
FACTS The Chinese e-payment giant Alipay partners with Natixis (BPCE group).
FACTS The London-based FinTech SimbaPay and the Kenyan bank Family Bank teamed up to introduce an instant money transfer solution for custo...
Players’ strategy INTERNATIONAL – N26 is now available in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Poland. Launched in 2013 in Germany, they keep focusi...
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Revolut applies for a banking licence in Luxembourg. This start-up has been granted EMI status in the UK and rel...
The card scheme China UnionPay issues roughly 7 billion cards in 48 countries, and is making further progress in Europe. They will soon be landin...
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – HiPay releases their results for H1 2018, reporting €13 million turnover (+12%) and €1.3 billion processed trans...
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Five months after they failed to purchase the card manufacturer Gemalto, Atos buys out Swiss exchange operator S...
The French retailer materialises their partnership with the Chinese tech company Tencent as they present a new concept of high-tech store in Shan...