Klarna has announced the acquisition of HERO, a social shopping platform designed to provide consumers with inspiration, advice and immediately shoppable content produced directly from retailers’ physical stores. Klarna will introduce HERO to its 250,000 retail partners, allowing their in-store teams to become content creators instantly, offering reviews, real-time advice and richer, more engaging and […]

Verizon Business and Mastercard have announced a strategic partnership expected to drive transformational solutions for the global payments and commerce ecosystem. From contactless shopping and autonomous checkout technology to Cloud Point of Sale (POS) solutions, Mastercard and Verizon Business will collaborate to deliver scalable innovations that drive the industry forward and create new experiences for […]

Scienaptic, announced that American Cycle Finance (ACF) has successfully deployed its platform. The implementation empowers ACF to assist its partner motorcycle dealers in selling more vehicles to customers with limited or no credit history through sharper, AI-driven credit decisions. With a network of more than 450 motorcycle retailers across 24 states, ACF’s program equips dealers […]

airasia Digital and Gojek has revealed a partnership whereby airasia Digital will acquire Gojek’s operations in Thailand.  This deal is expected to rev up expansion of the airasia Super App in Asean, while enabling Gojek to increase investments in its Vietnam and Singapore operations. In return, Gojek will receive shareholding in the airasia Super App […]

The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts becomes the first global boutique hotel group to accept Cryptocurrency from any country for hotel bookings. The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts has partnered with leading global Crypto-payment gateway, Coindirect, enabling customers to pay with Bitcoin, Ethereum and 40 other virtual currencies confidently and securely, 24/7. The Pavilions Residences, which are […]

Splitit has announced a partnership with tabby, the leading Middle East Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) provider. tabby will integrate Splitit’s installment payment platform through a white-label solution to allow tabby’s merchants to offer installments on credit cards. The integration of Splitit will also allow tabby to expand its offering to new merchant categories and […]

Stripe and Wix announced an expanded partnership to power in-person payments for its users. Stripe’s integrated product suite ensures platforms can provide a seamless experience for businesses and their customers. By layering Terminal, Stripe’s programmable point of sale, atop their existing integration with Stripe Connect, Wix can provide its users with everything they need to […]

Shopify has announced that Shop Pay checkout service will be available to more than one million merchants across Facebook and Instagram —even if they don’t use Shopify’s online store. This is the first time that a Shopify product will be available to merchants who don’t use Shopify to manage their stores, and marks a pivotal […]

Telr has announced its new partnership with in the leading BNPL company in the UAE and KSA, tabby. Telr launched its “Buy Now Pay Later” solution and services as a result of this partnership. Empowering Telrs’ Merchants with yet with another payment method to accelerate their ecommerce business and enhance their market position. The ‘Telr buy […]

Klarna has launched its Shopping app, empowering users to Pay in 3 in any online shop directly through the Klarna app. This new Shopping feature allows UK Klarna users to shop at any online retailer, regardless of whether they’re partnered with Klarna or not, and split the payment into three interest-free instalments – eliminating the […]