Eftpos

1674 articles tagged with this keyword

/payments

Apple faces US antitrust suit over Apple Pay

Apple is facing an antitrust class-action lawsuit in the US accusing it of illegally profiting from card issuers through policies that prevent competition to its Apple Pay wallet.

/startups

Qori launches multi-channel pay by bank and pay by crypto tech

French startup Qori has launched, enabling Europeans to pay in store, remotely or online with their bank or crypto wallet without having to download a proprietary app.

/payments

Interac adds backup supplier following Rogers outage

Canadian debit network Interac is adding a backup network provider in the wake of last week's massive outage at Rogers, which left millions of customers unable to make payments.

/payments

Bank-backed Irish mobile payments app taps Nexi as tech partner

Synch Payments, the mobile payments joint venture set up by Ireland's leading banks, has brought in Italy's Nexi as its technology partner.

/startups

Vibrant raises €4m to turn Android devices into points of sale

Vibrant, a Danish app that turns Android mobile devices into points of sale, has raised €4 million in a seed round led by byFounders with participation from Luminar Ventures.

/payments

Westpac offers tap-on-phone software to SMEs

Australian bank Westpac is offering small businesses technology that lets them accept contactless payments via Android mobile phones.

/people

Amount lays off 18% of staff

Digital banking technology provider Amount is the latest fintech to trim its workforce, reducing its headcount by 18%, according to TechCrunch.

/payments

SumUp raises €590m at €8bn valuation

London-based mPOS vendor SumUp has raised €590 million in a funding round that values the firm at €8 billion - down from the €20 billion valuation it was seeking early this year.

/payments

Zettle by PayPal ditches the dongle

PayPal's Zettle unit has introduced functionality that lets small businesses in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands accept contactless payments in-person, directly on their Android devices with no additional hardware or fees.

/payments

Egypt's Paymob closes $50 million funding round

Egyptian digital payments provider Paymob is to further its expansion into new markets across the Middle East and Africa region after receiving a $50 million cash injection in a funding round led by Kora Capital, PayPal Ventures, and Clay Point.

/startups

A2A startup kevin. closes $65m Series A

Kevin., a Lithuanian-based account-to-account payment startup, has raised $65 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel.

/regulation

EC slaps Apple with antitrust charge over NFC payments

The European Commission has charged Apple with restricting access to the NFC chip technology that enables iPhone users to make payments.

/identity

FinGo introduces vein ID-enabled vending machines

Biometric identity authentication firm FinGo has unveiled what it claims is the world's first vein ID-enabled vending machine, where customers can pay and prove their age for alcohol purchases through a scan of their finger.

/payments

Primer and hoolah team to bring BNPL to Asian merchants

Asian omnichannel buy now, pay later platform hoolah has teamed up with no-code payments automation platform Primer to make it easy for merchants in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong to integrate BNPL into their systems.

/payments

Quontic Bank launches payments ring

Digital bank Quontic has unveiled the US market's first ever contactless payments ring that customers can link to their checking accounts.

/payments

Zelle's bank owners split on competing with cards at the checkout - WSJ

Some of the banks behind Zelle want to take the American P2P payments service to the checkout, taking on Visa and Mastercard, according to the Wall Street Journal.

/crypto

Worldpay to offer merchants direct settlement in USDC

Worldpay is set to offer merchants the ability to receive settlement directly in Circle's stablecoin USDC.

/payments

Visa and PopID team on facial verification payments in the Middle East

Visa is working with consumer authentication service PopID to bring facial verification payments to the Middle East.

/payments

Dapio picks up $3.4m to turn phones into POS devices

Dapio, a UK outfit that helps businesses accept contactless payments on their Android devices, has raised $3.4 million in a round co-led by African paymentts behemoth Flutterwave and Techstars.

/payments

NAB Ventures joins $12 million round in merchant payments platform DataMesh

Australian merchant payments group DataMesh has secured $12m in a pre-Series A funding round, including new investor NAB Ventures.