UK-based mobile-first payments provider Judopay has teamed with Mastercard to expant its network with a direct route to Mastercard’s Payment Gateway Services. For Judopay customers, this partnership adds acquirer optionality and enhanced resiliency, as well as faster deployment and additional support when businesses are looking to expand internationally. Mastercard’s global reach is also providing Judopay with the ability […]

Rapyd, a global Fintech as a Service company, has teamed up with Bnext, a Spain-based mobile neo-bank for cash collection, with plans to expand services across Latin America. The partnership will allow Bnext customers to make cash deposits to their accounts in 30,000 locations in the country and will expand to interbank deposits later via Rapyd’s […]

Huawei in partnership with Mondia pay has rolled out Direct Carrier Billing service, for seamless, contactless payments for users in the MEA region through HUAWEI Mobile Services. This strategic partnership will allow for increased DCB coverage and IAP (In-App Purchase) kit capabilities for global developers. Huawei and smartphone HONOR users in almost 20 countries will […]

IKEA has announced the launch of their e-commerce store in Qatar, enabling local shoppers to order their favorite items online and pay with a credit card. In order to ensure fast, safe and convenient online payment experience IKEA teamed up with Qatar National Bank to provide reliable local acquiring services combined with Mastercard’s payment gateway […]

Jumio has acquired the AML platform from Beam Solutions. Jumio will integrate Beam’s suite of AML solutions into its current KYX Platform to further strengthen the company’s position in the anti-financial crime marketplace. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Jumio customers can use the Beam integration to detect suspicious activity, and gain a more holistic […]

PayMongo has recently secured $12 million in a Series A financing round led by Stripe with participation from the company’s other existing investors — Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital and a new investor, Bedrock Capital. The fresh investment brings PayMongo’s total funding to almost $15 million, just a little over a year since the company launched […]

New Zealand-based digital payment platform Centrapay has signed an agreement with epay New Zealand to deal with gift cards issues such as lost, left at home, expiring, or unknown balance. The company has signed a three-year deal with epay New Zealand to give consumers the ability to store digital versions of epay Gift Station gift cards in their Sylo […]

Salesforce has launched Digital 360, a new platform bringing together key components and new innovations in the Salesforce Customer 360. Digital 360 delivers new technology, services and learning that help digital leaders create connected, personalized experiences across marketing, commerce and more. The solution helps digital leaders transform their customer engagement and accelerate growth in the all-digital, […]

Virtuzone has announced partnership with tech start up, Zbooni to provide SMEs with transaction solutions powered by WhatsApp. Through this collabortation clients will enjoy having pre-authorised transaction accounts, ability to accept payments via major card networks such as VISA and MasterCard, as well as special processing rates. All in one marketplace app allows ease in accepting […]

National Bank of Bahrain has announced the activation of ‘Tap & Go’ contactless payment service across its point of sale (POS) terminals and cards. The launch comes as part of a collaboration by the bank with the Central Bank of Bahrain and Benefit, allowing NBB customers to make contactless payments at outlets across Bahrain using their […]