Search

Keywords

Content type

Sort

Results Per Page

Published within

Date range



Found 37 results in 1 second.

The Paypers global partnerships analysis Q4 2023 – banking and fintech

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 22 Mar 2024

The Paypers looked into the most relevant partnerships announced during Q4 2023 within the banking and fintech space, discovering preferences that went from Open Banking technologies and their applications in ecommerce, card payment innovations, as well as an overall focus on financial crime, fraud prevention, crypto, Web3, and CBDC developments. 

partnership, Open Banking, banking, fintech, fraud management, cryptocurrency, crypto, The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series

Ant Group increases transaction limits

News | Mobile Payments | 11 Mar 2024

Ant Group, the fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, has increased the mobile payment transaction limits for overseas visitors to Alipay and international e-wallets in China. 

travel payments, e-wallet, digital wallet, cross-border payments, credit card, debit card

Ant Group to acquire MultiSafepay

News | Payments General | 08 Jan 2024

Ant Group has announced the closing of its deal to acquire Netherlands-based MultiSafepay for USD 200 million deal-sources, in order to expand into the Western market. 

acquisition, expansion, payments , online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, ecommerce

Ant Group partners with Huawei

News | Mobile Payments | 11 Dec 2023

Ant Group, the fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, has partnered with China-based Huawei Technologies to develop a dedicated version of Alipay.

mobile payments, mobile money, partnership, fintech, e-wallet

Ant Group swaps stake in India's Paytm

News | Payments General | 08 Aug 2023

China-based Ant Group has announced it will swap its stake in India-based payments company Paytm for convertible debt.

fintech, paytech, investment, regulation, payments

PingPong provides cross-border payments for AliExpress

News | Ecommerce | 18 Jul 2023

AliExpress has chosen China-based fintech PingPong Payments as one of its first external partners to help Chinese merchants get paid abroad.

ecommerce, merchants, cash, partnership, cross-border payments

JD.com pulls the plug on its Thailand and Indonesian platforms

News | Ecommerce | 31 Jan 2023

JD.com has pulled the plug on its Thailand and Indonesian platforms in a setback for the company’s overseas expansion efforts.

ecommerce, data, cross-border ecommerce, supply chain finance, merchants

Tenpay fined for violation of foreign exchange rules

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 29 Nov 2021

China has fined Tenpay, an online-payment unit of Tencent Holdings, USD 438,000 for violating foreign exchange rules amid growing regulatory scrutiny of the nation’s fintech industry.

WeChat Pay, regulation, banks, financial services

ShopBack acquires fintech startup Hoolah

News | Ecommerce | 02 Nov 2021

Singapore-based online shopping rewards app ShobBack has purchased local fintech startup Hoolah to expand its services and integrate Buy Now, Pay Later options.

acquisition, ecommerce, BNPL, online shopping, cashback

China-based fintechs required to meet capital requirements within 2 years

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 02 Mar 2021

Fintechs in China have received demands to meet capital adequacy requirements within a maximum of two years, said China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) according to Reuters.

fintech, lending, regulation

Ant Group to restructure as financial holding company

News | Payments General | 05 Feb 2021

Ant Group has reached a restructuring agreement with the Chinese regulator to turn the fintech firm into a financial holding company.

Ant Group, China, restructuring, regulator, banking, holding company, nationalise

China-based Ant Group to launch consumer finance company

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 18 Aug 2020

Ant Group, Alibaba’s fintech arm and mobile payments company, has planned to set up a consumer finance firm in the southwestern city of Chongqing, according to Reuters.

China, Ant Group, consumer finance, fintech, mobile payments, tech, Tencent, ByteDance, financial services, ecommerce, Alibaba Group Holding, financial licenses, payments , online banking, insurance, micro lending, Nanyang Commercial Bank, China TransInfo Technology, Contemporary Amperex Technology

Sedania Innovator enters Indian market with Paytm First Games partnership

News | Online Payments | 17 Apr 2020

Malaysia-based tech company Sedania Innovator has teamed with India-based mobile wallet provider Paytm First Games to expand its global e-sports tournament network and platform.

Paytm, Sedania Innovator, ESPL, Paytm First Games platform, online payments, gaming, fintech technology, fintech, India, Malaysia, Asia, APAC

China drafts rules to cover online-only banking operations

News | Payments General | 14 Jan 2020

China is working to finalise its first rules to cover online-only banking operations in a push to minimise risk in the financial sector and attract players including foreign lenders, according to Reuters.

China, online banking, retail banking, fintech, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, Standard Chartered, Alibaba, Tencent, banking

Alibaba, Tencent, Line team up for standardising QR codes in Japan

News | Payments General | 21 May 2019

Five major internet companies from Japan and China have joined hands in undertaking the goal of standardising QR codes for mobile payments in Japan.

Japan, China, Alibaba, Tencent, Line, Mercari, NTT DOCOMO, Digital Garage, partnership, QR code, mobile payments

Alipay fined for violating payment services regulations

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 07 Aug 2018

Alipay has been fined over USD 601k for violating payment services regulations, according to a regulatory filing by the central bank’s Shanghai branch.

Alipay, China, regulations, money laundering, cross border payments, online payments, fraud prevention, China

China: Mobile payment transactions reach USD 12.8 trln in ten months

News | Mobile Payments | 21 Feb 2018

Mobile payment transactions in China have reached USD 12.8 trillion from January to October 2017, driven by the convenient cashless systems.

China, mobile payments, transactions , cashless, smartphones, WeChat Pay, Alipay, US

Citiesocial plans expansion in Asia after Series A funding

News | Ecommerce | 05 Feb 2018

Citiesocial, a Taiwan-based online retail platform, has plans to invest into new Asian markets after it raised USD 2.75 million in early January 2018 in a Series A funding round.

Citiesocial, ecommerce, Taiwan, online retail platform, investment, Asia, Series A, funding round

Paytm plans to become a full-service digital bank

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 29 Nov 2017

Paytm Payments Bank has revealed plans to develop full financial services, which will make it one of the largest digital banks in the world.

Paytm, Paytm Payments Bank, financial services, digital bank, India

Xiaomi-backed online bank to be launched soon

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 30 Dec 2016

The Chinese online bank backed by smartphones and home appliances maker Xiaomi has plans to launch services soon, according to one of the ventures investors.   

China, online bank, tech, venture, Investor, launch, smartphone, online banking