MasterCard buys company underpinning core UK paytech for £700m
MasterCard has bought Vocalink for £700m ($920m) in a deal that has been rumoured for months.
MasterCard has bought Vocalink for £700m ($920m) in a deal that has been rumoured for months.
At the Tech Open Air conference in Berlin last week, we sat down with Finleap co-founder and managing partner, Ramin Niroumand, to talk about why the studio model suits financial technology businesses, Berlin's fintech scene and what the future of finance will look like.
In the latest episode of FinTalk we sit down with the founder of UK remittance firm WorldRemit, Ismail Ahmed.
The five fintech startups joining credit card company’s Capital One’s new fintech accelerator in Nottingham have been named, including Credit Kudos, Multisense, Pariti, Warwick Analytics and WealRo.
Santander Innoventures raises fresh $100m fund to invest in fintech startups.
We sat down with the head of growth for Stripe Nordics, Sebastian Fuchs, co-founder of Stockholm startup hub SUP46 to talk about his move to Stripe, fintech in the Nordics and payments trends in the region.
Sweden’s Klarna has partnered with UK fashion player Lyst for mobile shopping. Now shoppers browsing fashion brands on Lyst will be able to pay for goods using Klarna’s one-tap mobile checkout tools.
Blockchain is going to be big. We know. Just like sessions at the subject at most other conferences we’ve been to recently, the blockchain panels and speakers at this year’s Tech Open Air conference in Berlin were packed to bursting.
What’s the difference between Instant, Real-Time, Faster and Immediate Payments? In our latest FinTalk podcast, Tom Hay, Head of Payments at Icon Solutions clears up some of the confusing phrases and processes associated with bank and card payments.
US supermarket giant Walmart has just launched its payments app nationwide, meaning that customers can use their smartphones to check out in 4,600 stores across the country. The firm will be looking to replicate the phenomenal success of coffee chain Starbucks’ loyalty and payments app, which has proven the potential for retailers to own a big piece of the pie in mobile payments.