B2B FinTech Firms Address Risk To Land Investor Support
Payments company Stripe stole the B2B FinTech investment show this week with its funding that propelled its valuation to $22.5 billion, just days after the firm announced a partnership with Funding...
View ArticleChase Going After PayPal, Stripe In eCommerce Payments
JPMorgan Chase is gearing up to take on the likes of Apple Pay, PayPal, and Stripe by boosting its market share in the global treasury services industry by a goal of 50 percent. The Financial Times,...
View ArticleRapyd Raises $40M For ‘FinTech-As-A-Service’
Rapyd, the Silicon Valley-based startup that offers a slew of financial services from payments to ID verifications from one API, has raised $40 million in venture funding. The Series B round of funding...
View ArticleAdyen CEO Tells Analysts: ‘We Don’t Lose Customers To Anyone’
Dutch payments processor Adyen logged a Q4 earnings report that came in above analyst expectations. Adyen processes payments for such household names as Spotify, Uber, and Gap and Netflix, among many...
View ArticleBuilding An Eco-Friendly Grocery Delivery Business With Reusable Containers
To help consumers to order produce and household staples in an environmentally friendly way, startups are offering grocery deliveries through reusable containers and bicycles. The Wally Shop, in one...
View ArticleStripe APIs Simplify SCA For Merchants, Issuers
Stripe has announced the launch of new products and updates that will help merchants implement the best Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)-ready authentication methods ahead of the September SCA...
View ArticleStripe On SCA’s $100B-A-Year Problem
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is set to debut on September 14, and there’s a $100 billion problem looming if merchants across Europe do not make the mad dash to keep up. The PSD2-related...
View ArticlePSD2 Challenges Leave Norway, Netherlands Playing Catch-Up
Since many European Union (EU) countries have now brought PSD2 and GDPR fully into their financial infrastructures, banks and merchants must prepare for the upcoming Strong Customer Authentication...
View ArticleRipple’s Cross-Border Offerings Gain Asia Adoption
Amid cross-border payments efforts, Ripple has gained some traction in recent days. As reported on sites such as BitcoinExchangeGuide, Siam Commercial Bank is boosting its use of Ripple’s offerings,...
View ArticleBookkeeping Startup Pilot Lands $40M From Stripe, Index Ventures
Bookkeeping startup Pilot announced it has closed on a $40 million Series B round led by Index Ventures with participation from Stripe. The round values Pilot at $355 million. In addition, the company...
View ArticleSCA Preparedness — A Fizzle In The Making?
Call it the fizzle that might be felt across Europe – and beyond. Call it the corporate equivalent of deer in the headlights. Billions of transactions. Millions of merchants. And perhaps more than $100...
View ArticleStripe Launches Billing Product In Europe
Payments company Stripe has announced that it is rolling out its billing product in Europe. Built on top of Stripe’s core payments infrastructure, Stripe Billing simplifies the recurring billing...
View ArticlePayments 2022: Why Payments Is Make-Or-Break For Digital Platforms
The last decade has seen the emergence of a new generation of fast-growing, multinational businesses. Digital platforms — fueled by the convergence of mobile devices, data and the cloud — have...
View ArticleDigital Platforms’ Ambitious Growth Plans
Digital platforms are the backbone of marketplaces and service providers used by millions daily. Payment capabilities, coupled with rapid mobile adoption, have contributed to their rapid growth....
View ArticleMidigator, Stripe Team To Streamline Payment Disputes
Payment technology companies Midigator and Stripe have joined forces to streamline the entire payment lifecycle, from transaction to chargeback response, the companies said in a release. Combining the...
View ArticleCRM Startup Pico Raises $4.5M In Stripe-Led Round
Pico, a startup aimed at helping companies cull revenue from subscription models, has raised $4.5 million in a funding round led by Stripe and Precursor Ventures, according to a report. Bloomberg Beta,...
View ArticleStripe Launches Chargeback Protection Service
Stripe, the payments company, announced Monday (June 2) the launch of Chargeback Protection, a new service that provides customers with machine learning-based fraud protection. In a press release,...
View ArticleWhy Search And Logistics Will Shape The Future Of Retail Payments
The two most powerful forces shaping the future of retail payments have nothing to do with payments at all. At least at first glance. Ironically, they are also the two things that shaped the modern...
View ArticleHow &pizza Serves Up A Secure Mobile Ordering Experience
Washington, D.C.-based fast-casual pizzeria &pizza is well-known for its quirks. Its pizzas are oblong ellipses rather than traditional circles, for example, and it gave away 30,000 free pies to...
View ArticleStripe Says SCA Puts Billions Of Online Sales At Risk
Amazon, Worldpay, and Stripe — the eCommerce and payment companies — are expressing concern that a lack of preparedness by the industry to new EU security regulations could put billions of dollars of...
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