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The Paypers Global Fintech Investments Analysis: Q4 2023

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 19 Mar 2024

The Paypers analysed the most relevant investments that were announced during Q4 2023 and discovered a surge in funding for companies operating in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Financing rounds indicate a preference for digital lending and banking, payment apps  and commerce solutions, and Buy Now, Pay Later services. 

investment, funding, expansion, payments , banking, ecommerce, The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series, financial inclusion, SMEs

Insights on Open Banking Evolution in Africa – interview with Deloitte

Interviews | Online & Mobile Banking | 01 Feb 2024

Deloitte Africa explores how Africa's financial sector navigates Open Banking's rise, leveraging tech partnerships, overcoming regulatory gaps, and ensuring data security for inclusive, innovative finance.

Open Banking, Open Finance, regulation, report, fintech, banks

Airtel partners with Mastercard

News | Mobile Payments | 15 Aug 2023

India-based Airtel partners with Mastercard to enable mobile customers to transfer funds across Africa.

digital payments, ecommerce, payments , money transfer

The Paypers Global Fintech Partnerships Analysis: Q1 2023

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 23 May 2023

The Paypers has analysed the most prolific partnerships announced in Q1 2023 within the global fintech space, with a focus on Open Banking, A2A payments, embedded finance, B2B payments/lending, and entrance into separate verticals.

The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series, fintech, Open Banking, digital banking, account-to-account payment, embedded finance, B2B payments, lending, Variable Recurring Payments, API, banking, partnership

Zodia Custody raises USD 36 million in Series A funding

News | Cryptocurrencies | 01 May 2023

UK-based Zodia Custody has raised USD 36 million in a Series A funding round led by SC Ventures, which is the venture arm of Standard Chartered.

funding, investment, cryptocurrency, digital assets

Thunes secures new licence in France

News | Payments General | 13 Apr 2023

Thunes has been granted a new Payments Institution licence by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) in France.

product launch, payments , cross-border payments, financial institutions, regulation

Regulating crypto in a post-FTX world - initiatives and timelines

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 20 Mar 2023

In the wake of the FTX meltdown from November 2022, governments and financial regulators from around the world are working on regulating crypto.

regulation, compliance, cryptocurrency, digital assets, crypto asset, crypto

Online scams have become a global epidemic

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 10 Feb 2023

An estimated 293 million scam reports were filed and USD 55.3 billion was lost in scams in 2021 worldwide. Jorij Abraham, General Manager at ScamAdviser.com and The Global Anti-Scam Alliance, tackles the most common types of scams and how they spread across the globe, creating a new epidemic.

scam, fraud management, fraud detection, online fraud, COVID-19, digitalisation, fraud prevention, identity theft, identity fraud, phishing, crypto

BOTIM enables money transfers to 200 countries through MoneyGram

News | Mobile Payments | 26 Jan 2023

UAE-based VoIP solution BOTIM (subsidiary of Astra Tech) has embedded MoneyGram’s fintech capabilities into its service offerings to enable money transfers to 200 countries.

money transfer, remittance, API, partnership, fintech

Money Fellows secures USD 31 mln in Series B funding round

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 31 Oct 2022

Egypt-based fintech Money Fellows has raised USD 31 million in series B funding to grow its portfolio of services and expand across Africa and Asia.

funding, investment, B2B payments, financial services, digital banking

The adoption of real-time payments in the Americas: Forecast and challenges

Interviews | Online Payments | 23 Aug 2022

Jenna Wyer, Senior Vice President for the Americas at Thunes, talks about the adoption of real-time payments and their impact on payments in the Americas.

real-time payments, ecommerce, merchants, checkout optimisation , expansion, PSP, API, BNPL, credit card, PIX

Marketplace activity in Africa and South America – what new data shows

Voice of the Industry | Ecommerce | 05 May 2022

Experts from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences dive deep into the latest data of online marketplaces operating in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAM)

marketplace, ecommerce, merchants, retail, online shopping, cross-border ecommerce

Global Processing Services receives USD 100 mln

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 17 Jan 2022

Core technology player Global Processing Services has secured USD 100 million in funding to grow its embedded finance and API payments platform, according to TechCrunch.

investment, funding, fintech, neobanks

Merchants are unprepared for the rise of alternative payments: Sift's exclusive insights

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 31 Aug 2021

New research from Sift finds increased adoption of alternative payment sources and a lack of readiness by merchants to safeguard against associated fraud. Kevin Lee, Trust and Safety Architect, emphasizes on why fraud prevention is equally important as having multiple choices at checkout

payment methods, cryptocurrency, fraud prevention, risk management

dLocal announces filing of registration statement for proposed IPO

News | Online Payments | 06 May 2021

dLocal, a technology-first payments platform, has publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common shares.

dLocal, JP Morgan, local payment method, merchants

B2B payments 2019-2020 – key drivers of innovation

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 27 Jul 2020

An overview of some of the B2B payments trends and initiatives from late-2019 to mid-2020, the Covid-19 impact, the productisation of B2B payments, and future perspectives for this industry

B2B payments, fintech, virtual cards, B2B transactions, cards, investments, acquisitions, digital payments, innovation, partnerships, coronavirus, expansion, corporate cards, cross-border payments, commercial payments, investors, fraud, card schemes, businesses, PSPs, payments , suppliers, digitisation, corporates, banks, payment providers, travel, expenses, commercial card

AfDB signs USD 250 mln agreement with ABSA bank

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 19 Nov 2019

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an unfunded USD 250-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) facility with ABSA bank.

The African Development Bank, AfDB, Absa Bank, Risk Participation Agreement, trade finance, African Issuing Banks, Africa, RPA programme, Africa Investment Form

Moroccos moment - the realm of new ecommerce opportunities

Voice of the Industry | Ecommerce | 25 Sep 2019

Michel Golffed, dLocal: "As Morocco begins to modernise its payments landscape, an opportunity exists for first movers who are able to build trust in the country."

Morocco, dLocal, ecommerce, Africa, marketplace, Jumia, payments , retail, emergent market, bank, bank account, digital wallet, credit card, debit card, Visa, MasterCard, fraud prevention, financial inclusion

New frontiers: the challenge or success of digital IDs in emerging markets

Voice of the Industry | Expert Opinion | 03 Sep 2019

Digital IDs implementations have always come with challenges. But have emerging markets reached the success? Malaysia and Nigeria are two cases worth studying

digital ID, identity, banking, government, authentication, security, ecommerce, verification, financial transactions, fraud, biometrics, payment cards, fingerprints, Malaysia, Nigeria

Mobile wallets business case - the day convenience overpowers greed

Voice of the Industry | Expert Opinion | 27 Jun 2016

Abhishant Pant, payments professional: Are mobile wallets driving behaviour changes in India?

Abhishant Pant, mobile payments, mobile wallets, India, innovation