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Pomelo Group acquires Singaporean Arrow Checkout

News | Payments General | 23 Jan 2025

Pomelo Group has announced its acquisition of the Singaporean fintech company Arrow Checkout, bringing talent and additional technology capabilities to its offering. 

acquisition, payments , ecommerce, digital payments

KakaoPay, Apple Pay fined USD 5.8 mln in South Korea

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 23 Jan 2025

South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has fined KakaoPay and Apple Pay a combined USD 5.8 million for breaching the country’s Personal Information Protection Act.

regulation, data, payments , payment methods, compliance

Why women-focused events matter in payments and fraud prevention

Interviews | Ecommerce | 23 Jan 2025

The Paypers sat down with Laura Lively, Senior Director of Conference and Webinar Programming at the MRC, to find out more about why women-focused events remain vital in today’s industry.


fraud prevention, payment processing, online payments, payments , ecommerce, fraud detection, merchant fraud

The Dutch Government aims to prevent BNPL in physical stores

News | Payments General | 23 Jan 2025

The Dutch Government has announced its decision to prevent BNPL purchases in physical retail outlets due to the multiple financial risks they pose for clients. 

BNPL, payments , compliance, ecommerce

New rules could remove the GBP 100 limit on contactless payments

News | Payments General | 23 Jan 2025

Contactless payment rules could be changed as part of wider moves to improve economic growth in the UK.

contactless payments, payments , mobile payments, transactions , regulation

MoonPay unveils Recurring Buys to simplify crypto investments

News | Cryptocurrencies | 22 Jan 2025

MoonPay, a global crypto payments company, has introduced a new feature, recurring buys, aimed at simplifying crypto investments for users.

product launch, recurring payments, cryptocurrency, payments , crypto

Ecommpay adds Swish to boost payment options

News | Online Payments | 22 Jan 2025

Global payments platform Ecommpay has integrated Swish, a popular Swedish banking app, into its growing portfolio of Alternative Payment Methods (APMs).

partnership, payments , merchants, payment methods, transactions

The digital age: how emerging trends are driving ecommerce growth

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 22 Jan 2025

Mark Beresford, Director at Edgar, Dunn & Company, elaborates on the emerging trends furthering ecommerce growth in this digital age.

ecommerce, Global Payments, payments , transactions , payment methods, real-time payments, merchants, account-to-account payment, Open Banking, Augmented Reality, artificial intelligence, payments orchestration, online shopping, customer experience, PSP, embedded finance

IDEMIA launches smartphone enrolment for biometric payment cards

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 22 Jan 2025

IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST) has launched a smartphone enrolment for biometric payment cards for faster onboarding and a more user-friendly interface.

payments , biometrics, biometric authentication, fraud management, fraud prevention

DECTA acquires EMV 3DS certification

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 22 Jan 2025

DECTA, a payment processing firm, has acquired certification for the EMV 3DS 2.3.1.1 protocol with Mastercard.

payments , payment processing, fraud prevention, SCA, fraud management

How Smart Data is enhancing the payments experience

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 22 Jan 2025

Mark Munson, Divisional MD at Moneyhub Payments, explores how Smart Data transforms payments with real-time insights and flexible solutions.

Open Finance, Open Banking, payments , customer experience, open data, financial services

Omena partners Thought Machine

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 21 Jan 2025

Omnea, a procurement orchestration platform, has partnered with Thought Machine, a cloud-native banking technology company.

risk management, customer experience, fintech, payments , e-procurement

Visa launches Apple Pay in Egypt, improving digital payments

News | Mobile Payments | 20 Jan 2025

Visa has introduced Apple Pay to its customers in Egypt, marking a step forward in providing secure and convenient payment solutions tailored to the growing demand for digital-first services in the region.

product launch, digital payments, payments , contactless payments, mobile payments

Lyvely selects Mamo as its preferred payment provider

News | Payments General | 20 Jan 2025

Lyvely, a social ecommerce platform for content creators to monetise their offerings, has chosen Mamo as its preferred payment provider.

payments , ecommerce, payments solutions, fintech, partnership

ESG and sustainability within the beauty ecommerce vertical – a MÁDARA cosmetics interview

Interviews | Ecommerce | 20 Jan 2025

Lotte Tisenkopfa-Iltnere, founder of MÁDARA cosmetics and speaker at ECOM’21, discusses the company’s activity as a beauty ecommerce player and its approach to ESG and sustainability while highlighting best practices for merchants and marketplaces within the industry.

ecommerce, sustainability , ESG, marketplace, merchants, beauty industry, expansion, customer retention, localisation, payments , shipping, online shopping, circular economy, carbon footprint

M-PESA partners Awash to improve insurance payments in Ethiopia

News | Payments General | 20 Jan 2025

Safaricom’s global solution M-PESA has partnered with Awash Insurance to improve insurance payments and create financial inclusion and customer convenience in Ethiopia.

partnership, payments , insurance, digital payments, cross-border payments

PSR updates its strategy to scale competition and growth

News | Payments General | 20 Jan 2025

The Payment System Regulator (PSR) has announced its commitments for the next two years after the mid-term review of its five-year strategy. 

payments , online payments, regulation, payments infrastructure, financial services

Commonwealth Bank calls for ban on card payment surcharges

News | Payments General | 20 Jan 2025

Commonwealth Bank has urged the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to prohibit all surcharges applied to debit and credit card payments.

payments , banks, financial institutions, regulation

Wiser wallets: strategic spends for better self-investments

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 20 Jan 2025

Amna Abbas, Senior Consultant at Euromonitor International, elaborates on how wiser, added-value payment methods like digital wallets are key to consumer retention in ecommerce.

payments , paytech, fintech, digital wallet, e-wallet, ecommerce, payment methods, contactless payments, biometrics, biometric authentication, wearables, Tap-to-Pay, loyalty programme, cashback

Lithuania implements new unregulated gambling payment blocking law

News | Payments General | 17 Jan 2025

Lithuania has approved an amendment requiring financial institutions to block all payment card transactions from unregulated operators.

regulation, payments , gambling, financial institutions, transactions