Lightspeed has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vend Limited (Vend), a cloud-based retail management software company. The acquisition strengthens Lightspeed’s global retail base and reinforces the company as a premier omnichannel retail platform worldwide for high-performing small and medium-sized businesses. The acquisition also builds on Lightspeed’s foothold in Asia-Pacific, approximately doubling the company’s customer […]

The payment orchestration platform, IXOPAY has partnered with Chargebacks911, the global leader in chargeback management, remediation and dispute resolution. The partnership will provide clients with a payment solution that enables them to have flexibility, independence, and optimized dispute resolution, thereby allowing them to focus on more profitable pursuits. As a payment orchestration platform, IXOPAY’s architecture […]

Acuant and Scalable Solutions has announced their partnership to deliver Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer solutions on a single platform for banks, exchanges and financial institutions to manage fraud, fulfil compliance and streamline onboarding. Scalable Solutions, which specializes in digital asset exchange and tokenization services, will use Acuant’s complete identity verification, regulatory compliance and digital […]

Paysend has announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard starting in the UK and EEA, which will be mutually beneficial as it will boost Paysend’s global reach and enhance both businesses’ customer base. The new partnership with Mastercard will boost the potential of the new Paysend Global Account, combining its Global Transfer together with account/product services, […]

European neobroker Bitpanda  has partnered with Contis to launch a new Visa debit card. Combining Contis’ unique “zero-balance” Buffer technology with Bitpanda’s European-wide, multi-service platform has created one of the most powerful multi-asset propositions available – the Bitpanda Card. The new ‘zero balance’ technology removes the need to liquidate assets before spending. Any digital assets […]

VTB Bank has implemented a new method of making online payments by connecting to the blockchain platform, Smart Fuel, provided by Gazpromneft-Aero. The new payment system helps airlines instantly pay for the fuel directly through fully secure financial transactions in real time, 24/7. To refuel an aircraft, the pilot just needs to make a digital request to buy fuel from a tablet. […]

E-Complish has teamed up with data network Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem to streamline the ACH payments processing flow for E-Complish customers. Through this collaboration E-Complish customers will be allowed to verify that a consumer’s bank accounts are active and have an acceptable balance in real-time. With Plaid’s technology, E-Complish customers […]

Affirm has announced plans for the Affirm Card, the first U.S. debit card to have direct access to pay-over-time functionality. The Card will allow consumers to pay upfront, from their bank account, or pay later, by using a unique post-purchase feature. In just a couple of taps, consumers will be able to instantly convert any eligible […]

  Advanced Fraud Solutions has launched Positive Pay – a positive pay solution designed so that financial institutions, and their enterprise customers, can proactively monitor changes in payments information. The solution allows financial institutions to monitor SMB payments and receive real-time notifications when payment information – including routing numbers, account information, amounts or other details […]

Open Vector and Open Finance has launched its Open Finance sandbox platform for Mexico which will be powered by Fiorano. The aim of the platform is to promote financial inclusion and, above all, allow banks and participants of the Mexican financial system, including Fintechs, to continue their efforts to implement the Open Finance initiative in […]