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Expanding on the rationale behind funding and M&A activity in regtech and IDV, today we present the technology vendors in the space that have made headlines since the beginning of 2023.
identity fraud, regtech, merger, acquisition, funding, AI, machine learning, KYC, AML
Airtel Money Tanzania and TerraPay have introduced an international remittance service, allowing the former’s customers to transact using their Airtel Money accounts in the UAE.
mobile payments, remittance, cross-border payments, partnership, POS
Mark Beresford and Elisabetta Nadal from Edgar, Dunn & Company discuss the future of digital wallets as consumers’ preferences shift from physical cards to digital wallets stored in their smart devices.
payments , payment methods, digital wallet, e-wallet, contactless payments, ecommerce, commercial card, merchants, fintech
Athu Karume, eCurrency’s President of Africa Markets, presents the benefits of a CBDC implementation that integrates into the existing mobile money services and systems.
CBDC, mobile money, payment methods, cross-border payments, tokenization
A new Juniper Research report has estimated that digital prepaid card usage will increase globally by 650% by 2028 as a result of a boom in digitalisation.
report, prepaid card, payments , cashless, payment methods
Kenya-based asset financing platform M-KOPA has received around USD 250 million in new funding to offer underbanked African customers access to assets with digital micropayments.
lending, credit scoring, funding, debt facility, equity
Southeast Asia leads the change in the world's digital economy, outpacing the US and China. Learn the reasons behind Southeast Asia's explosive digital economy growth in this piece by Stefan Kuhn.
ecommerce, digital payments, e-wallet, financial services, unbanked, cross-border payments, merchants, payments , BNPL, credit card
In the modern world, super apps are becoming a worldwide phenomenon, but where does the worldwide market landscape stand?
super app, financial services, embedded finance, fintech, customer experience, banks, wealth management, delivery, digital banking, digitalisation
The Paypers presents the latest development in debit and credit cards from levelling card fees to the stint in crypto payments.
payment methods, debit card, credit card, cryptocurrency, payments ecosystem, regulation, bigtech
Taichung Commercial Bank of Taiwan has agreed to buy American Continental Bank for USD 82 million to expand into the US market.
acquisition, banking, expansion, credit card, crypto
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has teamed with crypto FX Binance to create a virtual free zone for blockchain development.
product launch, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange
The Central Bank of Iran has entered negotiations to join Russia’s Mir card payment system in order to improve regional trade and bypass US sanctions.
online payments, payment processing, payments , payment processor
“Adding alternative payments for the right kind of audience to suit specific needs will become essential in running your business if it isn’t already” says John Lunn, Founder and CEO of Gr4vy, in an exclusive interview with The Paypers.
payments orchestration, merchant, merchants, online platform, platform, cloud services, cloud payments, payments infrastructure, fintech, local payment method
Mike Ogbalu III, Chief Executive Officer of PAPSS, answers all the ardent questions on the payments settlement system, from how the initiative started to what its future brings in an all-encompassing interview
instant payments, payment processing, instant settlement, cross-border payments
Following the decision of Visa and Mastercard in early March 2022, followed by Chinese UnionCard, to back away from its territory, Russia has pushed the adoption of the homemade MIR cards, according to EWDN.
Russia Ukraine War, Visa, MasterCard, debit card
Super apps are becoming more and more popular across the world. Annmarie Mahabir, Principal Payments Consultant at Endava, explores what banks can do to compete in this new space of super apps
super app, banks, payments , digitalisation, e-wallet, transactions , data, financial services, BaaS, regulation
Hoang Leung, Head of Payments Products & Solutions at Very Good Security, explains how merchants can maximise ROI through payment orchestration when working with multiple payment service providers
PSP, tokenization, payment processing, merchants, data, fraud detection, chargebacks
Dr. Leo Lipis, Chief Executive of Lipis Advisors, offers a lucid account of the ways in which the EU and US must pay attention to the loopholes the Russian banks can use to bypass some of the economic sanctions, now that it’s more important than ever for them to take effect in discouraging the military campaign.
Russia Ukraine War, financial sanctions, online banking, SWIFT, Visa, MasterCard
The Bank of Tanzania (BOT) has started preparations for its digital currency to ensure the country is not left behind others in adopting central bank digital currencies (CBDC).
central bank, banks, CBDC, cryptocurrency, digital assets
US-based Drip Capital, a startup that specialises in financing cross-border trade by small and medium businesses, has raised USD 175 million from equity and debt investors to fuel its growth.
funding, cross-border payments, SMEs, cloud services, machine learning