Category: Retail

October 11, 2022

Embedded finance solutions provider Railsr has selected SurePay as its UK Faster Payments (UKFP) confirmation of payee (CoP) vendor. The authorised push payment (APP) fraud is sharply on the rise in the UK, according to UK Finance – from £420.7 […]

September 26, 2022

Even before the pandemic hit, sectors like retail, gaming or e-healthcare moved quickly to embrace the speed, convenience and experience of digital services – led by technology pioneers like Amazon or Google. Traditionally, conventional banks and financial institutions have encouraged […]

September 21, 2022

Cash flow can make or break a small business; in fact, issues in this area account for 82% of small business failures, according to U.S. Bank data. Brightflow AI is injecting technology into this problem with its forecast and analysis […]

September 20, 2022

Eurocoinpay Aims to Introduce Crypto Payments in Spain Eurocoinpay, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Spain, and registered with the Bank of Spain, has partnered with Mastercard to become one of the first companies in the country to offer its own […]

September 16, 2022

Ukrainians to Shop Online From Varus Supermarket Using Crypto Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, and Ukraine’s supermarket chain Varus have announced a partnership that will allow Ukrainian shoppers to purchase food and other goods online with […]

September 15, 2022

Candis, an accounts payable (AP) processes automation solution, has raised $16 million in its latest funding round, led by Viola FinTech. Returning investors Lightspeed and Viola Ventures also took part. The round brings its total funding to $30 million (previously, […]

September 14, 2022

Business payments technology firm Bottomline Technologies has acquired fellow paytech Nexus Systems, a provider of accounts payable (AP) and payments automation software for the real estate and property management industries. Nexus’ flagship procure-to-pay solution, its customers and suppliers, will join […]

September 13, 2022

Cledara, a UK-based software management start-up, has completed a $20 million Series A funding round. CommerzVentures led the round with additional investment by Carbide Ventures and Massive. Existing investors Nauta Capital and Notion Capital also took part. Founded in 2018, […]

September 13, 2022

Cryptocurrency Infrastructure Provider A luxury hotel based in Dubai, Palazzo Versace, recently said it would allow guests to pay for services offered at its premises using cryptocurrency. As stated in a Business Traveller report, starting on September 7, guests staying […]

September 12, 2022

With more than $1 billion worth of payments volume processed annually, Florida-based One Payment adds “immediate scale” to Aurora’s platform, the company says, thanks to its strong presence on the East Coast of the US. Aurora CEO Brian Goudie says […]

September 11, 2022

Quick and accurate payments are critical in the modern economy for both consumers and businesses. Both groups relied largely on legacy systems such as wire transfers and paper checks until recently, and these came with a barrel of challenges, including […]

September 8, 2022

Accelerated by the pandemic, consumers have become used to – and expect – the ease, convenience, and variety offered by e-commerce. Gina Archbold is senior sales manager, Europe at BlueSnap, an all-in-one payment orchestration platform aimed at increasing revenue and […]