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• $75M weed giant Caliva ditches Eaze, launches delivery - It’s a brutal time for marijuana startups. I’m hearing some are raising at 1/5th of their 2019 valuation amidst rampant competition, tall taxes, and slow legalization. The struggles for marijuana’s best-known startup, delivery service Eaze, continue as today it’s losing one of its top partners. $75 million-funded weed brand empire Caliva has dropped Eaze in […]
  Topics: brands, caliva, weed, giant, payments, marijuana, eaze, ditches, 75m, service, techcrunch, launches, startup, delivery, legal.
• 14 Essential Features for Taking Payments on Your Website - There are a lot of things I used to buy in person that I now buy online. I wouldn't call myself lazy, but it's just so much easier to carry a box of paper towels from my doorstep into my apartment than it is to carry it down the street from my local grocery store. And I'm not alone. Whether it's because of the larger selection, better pricing, convenience, or something else, a lot more people are buying stuff online nowadays instead of in person.
  Topics: credit, payment, information, features, shoppers, online, customers, essential, transaction, checkout, payments, taking, website, account, gateway.
• 23 Useful, Free Plugins for WooCommerce - The WooCommerce plugin launched in 2011, enabling users to turn their WordPress sites into ecommerce storefronts. Today, approximately one-fourth of all online stores use WooCommerce, which is now owned by Automattic, parent of WordPress. Here is a list of useful plugins to enhance your WooCommerce store.
  Topics: purchase, discounts, payment, free, product, payments, checkout, lets, store, woocommerce, plugins, useful, products.
• 4 Digital Payment Trends for 2021 - COVID-19 promoted the adoption of technological models that generate alternatives to the use of physical money and that this new year will be consolidated as a real alternative in people's daily lives.
  Topics: banking, beginning, methods, bpc, solutions, pay, cash, digital, payment, trends, payments.
• 5 ways cryptocurrency benefits ecommerce - Cryptocurrency opens a new environment, where sellers and buyers can cooperate more efficiently. Encryption methods such as decentralized payments and anonymity provide the potential to change the world of ecommerce.
  Topics: high, technology, ecommerce, money, online, payments, transactions, bitcoin, transaction, impossible, benefits, cryptocurrency, ways.
• 6 digital payment trends to keep an eye on - With advancements in technology and the increasing adoption of cashless solutions, businesses need to pay attention to payment trends. Here are six digital payment trends to keep an eye on. By anticipating, analyzing and modeling how these trends work is the only way to succeed.
  Topics: card, mobile, digital, commerce, eye, trends, payment, credit, trend, payments, pay.
• A Guide to Payment Tokens for Ecommerce - Innovation in electronic payments has always balanced risk and convenience. Generally, a payment method that's convenient for consumers is risky for merchants. The use of "tokens" can reduce that risk by protecting credit card details.
  Topics: guide, tokens, merchants, payments, merchant, payment, service, ecommerce, card, transactions, token, credit.
• Adyen alums launch card payments platform Silverflow - Silverflow, a new platform that connects to card networks, has announced a 2.6 million euros seed funding round. With this, the Amsterdam-based company that is founded by Adyen alums has now raised 3 million euros in total funding. The funding round was led by UK-based Crane Venture Partners with participation… Continue reading
  Topics: payments, infrastructure, euros, technology, card, alums, payment, silverflow, processing, founded, platform, adyen, launch.
• Africa's top phone maker is leading a $40 million investment to win the race for online payments - Shenzhen, China-based Transsion Holdings, Africa’s top phone maker, is joining a crowded field of major international players getting into the continent’s fintech space with the launch of PalmPay.
  Topics: maker, netease, venture, transsneta, win, investment, leading, race, million, firm, africas, online, unique, transsions, phone, palmpay, transsion, payments.
• AliExpress customers in Europe can pay later - Starting today, AliExpress customers in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Finland can choose when and how they want to pay for their goods. This is the result of a partnership between Klarna and AliExpress’ payment service provider Adyen. Swedish payment service provider Klarna, Dutch payments company Adyen and Alibaba’s payments… Continue reading
  Topics: aliexpress, markets, europe, later, customers, payments, klarna, payment, partnership, service, pay.
• All B2B startups are in the payments business - There’s a massive amount of revenue on the table, and it’s just too easy to blow this opportunity and alienate clients in the process.
  Topics: trillion, b2b, companies, techcrunch, startups, management, payments, payment, clients, platforms, payfacs, business, transactions.
• Amazon Pay launches peer-to-peer payments in India - Continuing its investment in India, Amazon today announced the launch of person-to-person (P2P) payments via Amazon Pay for Android users in the country. Customers can now make instant bank-to-bank transactions through the UPI platform on the localized version of the Amazon app, allowing them to settle bills and other expenses with friends, lend or return […]
  Topics: customers, app, amazon, p2p, techcrunch, bank, upi, launches, payments, peertopeer, money, pay, india, stores.
• Amazon is bringing a cash-based checkout option, Amazon PayCode, to the US - Amazon is making it easier for customers to pay with cash for their online purchases. The retailer today announced the U.S. arrival of Amazon PayCode, a new checkout option that will allow online shoppers to pay for Amazon.com purchases at one of 15,000 Western Union locations. Separately from this, Amazon said that its Amazon Cash […]
  Topics: union, techcrunch, shoppers, checkout, cashbased, payments, paycode, western, amazon, online, bringing, pay, option, cash, customers.
• Are QR Codes an Option for Contactless Payments? - Before the Covid-19 pandemic, many physical-store merchants considered contactless payments to be a fad. My previous article addressed near field communication, the technology that powers most contactless payment methods in North America. In this post, I will examine an NFC alternative: QR codes.
  Topics: website, contactless, codes, code, qr, smartphone, payments, payment, option, nfc, customers, merchant.
• B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups - Merritt Hummer Contributor Share on Twitter Merritt Hummer is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she invests in the fintech, e-commerce and proptech sectors. Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. Almost overnight, these startups transformed into consequential platforms, earning billion-dollar valuations along […]
  Topics: models, ecommerce, marketplaces, payments, techcrunch, business, b2b, buyers, goods, billiondollar, startups, ways, transactions.
• Bolt adds $75M to its Series C, as the battle to rule online checkout continues - Bolt, a startup that offers online checkout technology to retailers, announced this morning that it has added $75 million to its Series C round, bringing the financing to a total of $125 million. WestCap and General Atlantic led the new tranche, which Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow told TechCrunch was raised at around twice its Series […]
  Topics: online, rule, continues, bolt, company, techcrunch, tech, series, c, million, battle, breslow, payments, adds, checkout.
• Cards are preferred payment method in Europe - Cards are the preferred payment method in Europe, for both consumers and merchants. The use of cards has expanded over the past few years, with 87 percent of European consumers feeling comfortable paying by card. The payments landscape of Europe keeps evolving and although new players have entered the market,… Continue reading
  Topics: consumers, payments, data, cards, merchants, method, methods, preferred, card, payment, europe.
• Celery Review for 2019: A Payment Processor With Delayed Payments, Referrals and More - One of the primary aspects of setting up an online store is figuring out the perfect payment processing solution. Sometimes payment solutions are far too expensive based on the number of products you are selling–or because of the price of… Continue reading Celery Review for 2019: A Payment Processor With Delayed Payments, Referrals and More
  Topics: referrals, checkout, customers, processor, crowdfunding, paypal, celery, delayed, review, online, stripe, payment, payments.
• Checkout.com raises 206 million euros - Checkout.com, a London-based provider of online payment solutions has raised 230 million dollar (206 million euros). It’s Europe’s largest fintech Series A round ever. It’s the first time the payment solutions provider is taking funding from outside investors. The funding round was led by Insight Partners and DST Global, while… Continue reading
  Topics: euros, payment, services, checkoutcom, round, payments, million, raises, wants, partners, financial, online.
• Checkout.com raises 370 million euros - London fintech company Checkout.com has raised 450 million dollars (370 million euros) in a Series C round. The company is now valuated at over 12 billion euros and is looking to expand its business further abroad. The company, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom, says it’s now the most… Continue reading
  Topics: fintech, euros, raises, checkoutcom, company, million, payments, payment, round, raised, series.
• China’s Alipay adds sought-after beauty filters to face-scan payments - In China, striving for accuracy in a piece of facial recognition software isn’t enough. As Alibaba’s e-wallet affiliate Alipay has recently demonstrated, the way software presents a user’s look is also crucial to its success. On Tuesday, Alipay announced on social media platform Weibo (in Chinese) that it’s added beauty filters to its pay-with-face system […]
  Topics: look, filters, chinas, recently, soughtafter, facescan, adds, meitu, techcrunch, wechat, software, payments, recognition, beauty, alipay, users.
• Covid-19 fuels breakthrough in Hong Kong e-commerce - The popularity of e-commerce has risen in Hong Kong as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, despite the market’s long standing preference for physical stores.
  Topics: spending, online, kong, fuels, consumer, pandemic, covid19, payments, breakthrough, consumers, shift, ecommerce, market, hong, shopping.
• Covid-19, NFC, and the Future of Contactless Payments - Once touted as the future, contactless payments never achieved mass popularity. Shoppers preferred the familiar swipe, dip, PIN-entry, and signature. The Covid-19 pandemic will likely change that as consumers are now more conscious of what they touch.
  Topics: device, contactless, credit, nfc, future, card, covid19, devices, payment, field, details, payments.
• Crypto-commerce: banking on blockchain for B2B payments - 35% of B2B buyers and suppliers are interested in blockchain-based payment networks and 26% believe blockchain is the “preeminent payment technology of the future.” What's driving this trend?
  Topics: payment, transactions, technology, smart, fraud, b2b, verification, distributed, blockchain, banks, cryptocommerce, payments, banking.
• Digital Payments in China Are Cheap and Convenient - In "China Is Dominating Ecommerce," contributor Marcia Kaplan addressed that country's innovation in online shopping. Digital payments in China are equally innovative. I'll address what that could mean for North American merchants in this post.
  Topics: credit, fees, consumers, payment, merchants, china, cheap, card, north, pay, payments, convenient, digital.
• Digital payments in India rise as consumers stay home - Digital payments in India have risen by 10 per cent over the last month, despite a 30-per-cent decline in online travel spending.
  Topics: india, stay, cent, payments, sectors, utility, spending, platform, consumers, grocery, digital, travel, razorpay, rise.
• Do Contactless Payments Impact Vulnerable Consumers? - Many brick-and-mortar merchants have implemented tap-to-pay systems during the pandemic. Customers and employees, fearing the spread of the coronavirus, are wary of handling cash and coins. But refusing cash payments has societal implications as it assumes all consumers have access to a smartphone or credit card.
  Topics: consumers, impact, cash, merchants, contactless, payments, customers, vulnerable, businesses, accept, credit, refusing, bills, access.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: August 16, 2020 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-August from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on virtual conferences, international payments, ad tracking, carbon-neutral deliveries, returns automation, and seller financing.
  Topics: payments, businesses, ecommerce, product, integration, seller, platform, programs, etsy, virtual, sellers, releases.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: August 2, 2020 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for late July from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on live commerce, installment payments, cross-border sales, packaging, targeting, and omnichannel services.
  Topics: ecommerce, releases, sellers, product, walmart, products, shoploop, amazon, payments, service, crossborder, capabilities, platform.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: October 31, 2019 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-October from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on voice-commerce, expense management, payments, small business loans, shipping, and returns.
  Topics: search, card, small, releases, product, platform, businesses, announced, ecommerce, business, payment, customers, payments.
• Ecommerce Strategies for a Whirlwind of ‘Pays’ - Facebook Pay is the latest entry into the world of digital payments, joining Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, WeChat Pay, Alipay, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Venmo, Masterpass, and Visa Checkout. It’s time to demystify all of these “pays” and to create a strategy that will advance your ecommerce business.
  Topics: whirlwind, merchants, payments, facebook, pays, payment, strategies, checkout, pay, customers, business, ecommerce.
• Ecommerce in Czech Republic: €5.25 billion in 2018 - Ecommerce in the Czech Republic was worth 135 billion Czech koruny (or 5.25 billion euros) in 2018. That’s twice as much as in 2014. Last year, 90 percent of Czech consumers shopped online at least once. This is shown in the report “Payments Landscape in the Czech Republic: Opportunities and… Continue reading
  Topics: card, payments, cards, popular, czech, republic, ecommerce, payment, billion, online.
• Ecwid partners with popular payment providers in Europe - Ecommerce software solution Ecwid has announced partnerships with popular payments providers in Europe, including Giropay, Sofort, iDeal, SEPA, Klarna, and PayPal Plus. This news follows after an increase in new customers of 143 percent year-on-year and strong transaction volume growth. Ecwid, which offers ecommerce software as a service, has had… Continue reading
  Topics: popular, partners, payment, europe, volume, local, providers, ecwid, payments, merchants, ecommerce.
• Elavon to acquire Sage Pay, a gateway that competes with Stripe, PayPal and Adyen, for $300M - E-commerce continues to gain momentum — a trend we’ll see played out in the next two months of holiday shopping — and with that comes more consolidation. Today, Elavon, the payments company that is a subsidiary of US Bancorp, announced that it will acquire Sage Pay, one of the bigger payment processors in the UK […]
  Topics: stripe, gateway, acquire, transactions, small, adyen, million, payments, sage, market, pay, competes, deal, paypal, taking, elavon, techcrunch, online.
• Five Considerations for International Expansion - The world is waiting! Enjoy successful expansion with careful planning. From language to payments, learn the 5 key areas to master for a smooth transition.
  Topics: credit, local, expansion, ecommerce, customers, country, countries, payments, considerations, language, international, cards, world.
• Flexible B2B Ecommerce Payments Are Easier than Ever. What Are You Waiting For? - Can we be frank for a minute?  Too many B2B firms are falling behind the payment technology curve, putting their…
  Topics: buyer, ecommerce, buyers, easier, sellers, payment, flexible, payments, b2b, credit, waiting, trade, seller.
• Flutterwave and Alipay partner on payments between Africa and China - San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s Alipay to offer digital payments between Africa and China.
  Topics: digital, alibabas, africa, network, flutterwave, companies, partner, payments, china, alipay.
• For 2020, Multiple Payment Options Are Essential - Offering multiple forms of payment, especially for mobile shoppers, will be key in 2020. The payment methods your store accepts can make or break a sale. There are five main types of payments for ecommerce sites. Merchants should offer all of them.
  Topics: options, payments, credit, mobile, multiple, pay, shoppers, payment, allow, essential, card, types, purchases.
• Here’s what’s new in WooCommerce 4.1 - TL;DR: A new update is available for WooCommerce! When you’re ready, update via your WordPress Dashboard. To make the process as smooth as possible, view our documentation on how to update, make a backup, update your extensions, and then update WooCommerce. WooCommerce 4.1 has arrived! This release represents the next step in our mission to […]
  Topics: heres, store, extensions, manage, customers, whats, payments, marketing, help, woocommerce, business, update.
• Honestbee Taiwan suspends services - Singaporean grocery-delivery service Honestbee is “temporarily closing” its Taiwan operations as it focuses on its core Southeast Asian markets
  Topics: reports, team, suspends, taiwan, suspended, singapore, operations, temporarily, honestbee, services, payments, problems.
• How Businesses Can Process Payments Without Stress - If you can reliably provide customers with peace of mind during checkout, you'll come out on top.
  Topics: customers, processing, stress, youll, system, paymentprocessing, process, checkout, businesses, options, payment, payments.
• How Marketers Can Leverage WhatsApp’s New Payments Feature - Since launching over a decade ago, WhatsApp has gained popularity all over the world.
  Topics: chat, users, leverage, feature, brand, payments, brands, payment, business, marketers, whatsapp, whatsapps, product.
• How Small Businesses Can Take Advantage of the Australian Stimulus Package - In light of the evolving situation around the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Government has released a number of economic responses to support individuals, households and businesses and improve stability in this particularly volatile environment.
  Topics: stimulus, advantage, payment, support, apply, coronavirus, package, need, business, reduced, payments, businesses, small, australian.
• How to Choose a Payment Gateway - With the right payment gateway, you can make it easy for customers to purchase your products. Learn how to choose the best one for your business.
  Topics: choose, payment, customers, payments, store, modern, gateway, process, gateways, need, hosted.
• How to Receive Payments Online for Free - If you're not offering your customers multiple ways to make payments online, you're leaving money on the table. While there's no way to escape some transaction fees and currency fees, there are ways to reduce payment processing costs and receive payments online for free.
  Topics: online, payments, receive, mobile, accept, way, payment, software, recurring, set, processing, free.
• How “Buy Now, Pay Later” Options Can Help Your Business - Customers appreciate the option to pay in installments. For stores, this means more sales and better margins. Here’s how to get started without any risk.
  Topics: pay, payments, customers, later, customer, option, offering, monthly, options, payment, business, buy, online, help.
• Introducing the Shopify Retail Kit: Unify Your Online and Offline Business - The Shopify Retail Kit is a fully-featured set of hardware designed help you deliver top-notch service in store. Manage your entire business in one place, with no barriers between in-person and online sales.More
  Topics: experience, chip, kit, retail, reader, announcing, tap, store, online, stand, payments, shopify.
• Irish consumers increasingly use card payments - Consumers in Ireland are rapidly increasing their usage of card payments. At the same time, paying with cash is getting less popular. The fast growth in popularity of card payments goes hand in hand with a significant increase in online shopping in the past year. This is shown by new… Continue reading
  Topics: card, irish, increase, billion, euros, payments, credit, million, debit, period, increasingly, consumers, spending.
• Is Apple Entering the Payment Acceptance Business? - In July, Apple acquired Mobeewave, a relatively unknown payments-technology startup in Montreal, Canada for, reportedly, $100 million. For nine years, Mobeewave has been developing technology to convert conventional smartphones into payment-accepting devices without requiring additional hardware components.
  Topics: payments, mobeewave, payment, acceptance, merchants, industry, business, entering, hardware, phones, card, mpos, apple.
• J.P. Morgan processes 30% of online transactions in Europe - J.P. Morgan was named the number one ecommerce acquirer, by web transaction volume, in Europe. When the overall transaction volume is taken into account, the financial services provider happens to be the fourth largest merchant acquirer in Europe. This is shown by the Nilson Report, which brings news and statistics… Continue reading
  Topics: morgan, acquirer, transactions, europe, services, jp, growth, merchants, online, processes, payments.
• JoomPay gets e-money license - Social finance app JoomPay has obtained an electronic money license in Luxembourg. With this license, the app from Joom can serve customers across Europe, enabling them to send and receive money with anyone. The instant payments market is growing fast. In Europe, the volume is worth over 2.5 trillion euros… Continue reading
  Topics: users, gets, need, european, send, payments, joompay, online, app, money, emoney, license.
• Klarna raises $460 million, looks to expand its payments presence in the US - Swedish payments provider Klarna has announced a new round of equity funding, adding $460 million at a post-money valuation of $5.5 billion, which makes it one of the most highly valued private fintech companies in the world. The new funding will be used to help Klarna continue to grow its presence in the U.S. payments […]
  Topics: raises, pay, looks, customers, klarna, purchase, techcrunch, credit, funding, expand, company, presence, using, rate, payments, million, value.
• Less Cash and More Electronic Payments: the Financial Changes That the Pandemic Brought - Reports indicate that the 2020 health emergency has increased the use of digital transactions while decreasing the use of physical money.
  Topics: digital, payments, users, changes, brought, electronic, billion, pandemic, financial, services, using, cash, transactions, report, growth.
• Lightspeed Payments launched in Europe - Lightspeed has announced the launch of Lightspeed Payments in Europe. At first, this payment solution will only available for hospitality merchants in the United Kingdom. Soon it will be available for retailers. Other European markets will also follow soon. With Lightspeed Payments, small and medium-sized businesses in the hospitality industry… Continue reading
  Topics: software, retailers, united, launched, kingdom, lightspeed, hospitality, businesses, europe, payments, available.
• Mall vacancy rates in the Philippines set to rise - Mall vacancy rates in the Philippines will rise to 12 per cent this year, predicts real estate consultancy company Colliers.
  Topics: philippines, cent, rise, retailers, covid19, online, pandemic, payments, vacancy, set, rates, mall.
• Manage Payments Directly in the WooCommerce Dashboard - Running a store just got easier with WooCommerce Payments. Manage transactions from your WordPress dashboard & allow customers to pay directly on your site.
  Topics: account, dashboard, payments, cards, manage, store, win, directly, pay, deposit, woocommerce, transactions, theres.
• Microservices and payments: what you need to know - With their smaller, independent code bases and robust APIs, microservices allow you flexibility to extend commerce to new touchpoints and satisfy unique requirements. But should Payments be built as microservices?
  Topics: platform, touchpoints, microservices, need, code, payment, build, commerce, payments, api, service, know.
• Mobile Payments Streamline Brick-and-mortar Checkout - The checkout counter at brick-and-mortar stores can have long lines. Mobile payment acceptance allows merchants to process credit and debit card transactions from anywhere and not necessarily at a counter.
  Topics: mobile, brickandmortar, devices, checkout, require, merchants, receipts, accept, mpos, payments, payment, streamline, store.
• Mobile payments app Payconiq wants to expand in Europe - Payconiq, a mobile payment app supported by several Benelux banks, wants to expand further in Europe. To achieve this goal, it just raised 20 million euros in a funding round led by its existing shareholders. With the money, Payconiq wants to become the European alternative to Mastercard and Visa. The… Continue reading
  Topics: european, payconiq, europe, wants, alternative, visa, mobile, mastercard, app, payments, payment, expand.
• New Electronic Disbursement Methods Save Time and Money - Businesses have expenses to pay. “Paying the bills” might not seem interesting or new. but recent innovations make disbursements faster, cheaper, safer, and more convenient.
  Topics: visa, fees, employees, subcontractors, commissions, save, disbursement, methods, transfers, pay, funds, payments, money, electronic, bank.
• Nexi acquires SIA - Nexi, the biggest payments processor in Italy, has agreed to acquire fintech rival SIA for about 4.6 billion euros. The combined company will be one of Europe’s biggest payments companies. The deal, all shares, gives Nexi a 70 percent stake in the combined company, which enters Italy’s top 10 of… Continue reading
  Topics: payments, nexi, million, italian, leading, joint, sia, company, acquires, value, number, billion.
• Online remote payments for digital and physical goods to hit $6 trillion - New research shows the total transaction value of online remote payments for digital and physical goods will exceed US$6 trillion by 2024.
  Topics: remote, transaction, digital, payments, trillion, retailers, research, mobile, cent, hit, online, goods, physical.
• PPRO nabs $180M at a $1B+ valuation to bring together the fragmented world of payments - The pandemic has hastened a shift of most commerce becoming e-commerce in the last year, and that has brought a new focus on startups that are helping to enable that process. In the latest development, PPRO, a London-based startup that has built a platform to make it easier for marketplaces, payment providers and other e-commerce […]
  Topics: techcrunch, players, 1b, 180m, ppro, nabs, service, local, fragmented, world, customers, bring, valuation, payments, services, payment, growth, company.
• PayPal allows cryptocurrencies - PayPal has announced it will allow customers to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin and other crypto coins using its online wallets. Starting in early 2021, customers will also be able to use these virtual coins to shop at the 26 million connected merchants. With PayPal joining the cryptocurrency market today,… Continue reading
  Topics: customers, paypal, buy, coins, hold, wallets, allows, cryptocurrencies, payments, digital, virtual, sell.
• PayPal makes a big marketplace play with its $500M investment in Uber - Uber’s announcement of its IPO pricing earlier today came with a $500 million belated Easter egg. The payments giant PayPal is making a half-billion-dollar investment in the company, paying $47 per share, which gives the company a valuation of $78.8 billion (in the middle of the range of Uber’s IPO pricing of $44-$50 per share). […]
  Topics: payments, big, network, services, marketplace, investment, uber, paypal, makes, companies, 500m, company, ubers, techcrunch, play.
• PayPal, Visa expand Instant Transfers for fast payouts globally on all PayPal’s networks - The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put huge stress on people’s and businesses’ finances, and in an effort to meet some of the crunch, today PayPal and Visa announced an expansion of a service to get cash into people’s hands faster. Instant Transfer — a service where PayPal lets people and businesses quickly access transferred funds […]
  Topics: fast, businesses, payments, service, transfers, visa, networks, pandemic, paypal, money, techcrunch, instant, globally, funds, paypals, payouts.
• Payer lets B2B ecommerce companies verify new customers easily - Payer, a fintech company from Sweden, has launched a new product that should change customer registration in B2B ecommerce. The new product, yet to be named, lets ecommerce merchants verify new customers, so they can easily make their purchases. Payer says the new sign-up products allows B2B ecommerce companies to… Continue reading
  Topics: payer, verify, b2b, lets, product, payments, test, beta, ecommerce, customers, sweden, merchants, companies, easily.
• Payments Europe wants to present European payments industry - Payments Europe is a new association, formed by European and global card-based payment solution providers. The new organization wants to present the industry’s common views and advocate for a fair regulatory environment in Europe. Payments Europe is currently formed by 13 card issuers, card acquirers, card schemes and other stakeholders… Continue reading
  Topics: europe, association, present, european, cardbased, wants, card, payment, payments, industry.
• Payments giant Stripe debuts a credit card in its latest step into the financing fray - Last week, when the popular payments startup Stripe made some waves with its first move into money lending through the launch of Stripe Capital, we reported that the company was also soon going to be launching a credit card. Now, that news is official. Today, the company is doubling down on financing with the launch […]
  Topics: business, fray, stripe, techcrunch, latest, data, step, products, credit, product, payments, giant, financing, debuts, card, capital, cards.
• Payoneer acquires German payments company Optile - Payoneer has acquired Optile, a German payment platform that gives businesses access to any payment method and provider. With the acquisition, Payoneer wants to further build a platform that drives global growth for enterprises, marketplaces and small and medium-sized business worldwide. With Optile’s payment platform and its single API, merchants… Continue reading
  Topics: payments, merchants, payoneer, business, optiles, company, optile, acquires, wants, partners, data, platform, payment, german.
• Running a Subscription-Based Business? Consider Chargebee: A Complete Review - The stats speak for themselves; as many as 15% of online shoppers at one point or another have signed up to receive a product-based monthly subscription. So, if you're an entrepreneur looking for a new venture, now's the time to… Continue reading Running a Subscription-Based Business? Consider Chargebee: A Complete Review
  Topics: running, customer, complete, payment, chargebee, offers, subscriptionbased, users, consider, subscription, payments, business, youre, review, youll, customers.
• Shopify's Tap & Chip Card Reader Is Now Available in Canada—Accept Safe and Convenient Contactless Payments - As retail stores start to re-open around the country and business owners prepare for the future of retail, we’re bringing contactless payments hardware to Canadian with the Shopify Tap & Chip Card Reader. Coupled with the Shopify Retail Kit and Shopify Tap & Chip Case, Canadian retailers can provide mobile checkout experiences and serve their customers anywhere, whether in-store or curbside. More
  Topics: canadaaccept, tap, checkout, pos, retail, convenient, card, reader, shopifys, safe, contactless, chip, shopify, payments, pay.
• Small business payments and marketing startup Fivestars raises $52.5M - It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. And Fivestars CEO Victor Ho said that many of the big digital platforms aren’t really helping. Ho argued that those platforms (whether they offer delivery services, user reviews or marketing tools) all have the same underlying model: “They seek to take over a small business’ customer […]
  Topics: businesses, million, techcrunch, raises, marketing, 525m, small, payments, network, funding, customers, pay, round, business, fivestars, pandemic, startup.
• SoftBank to invest $1B into German digital payments provider Wirecard in new fintech partnership - SoftBank is making a huge investment into one of the providers of the kind of digital commerce infrastructure that underpins many of the companies that it backs. Today, Wirecard — a digital payments provider based out of Germany — announced that SoftBank Group is investing around €900 million ($1 billion) as part of a broader […]
  Topics: vision, billion, investment, digital, techcrunch, provider, wirecard, fintech, german, payments, fund, partnership, invest, million, services, softbank.
• Square Cash Review: The Painless Payment App (July 2019) - It's becoming increasingly less common for people to carry cash. We're all so used to flashing our phone for contactless payments, or simply handing over a piece of plastic whenever we need to make a purchase. In 2013, PayPal purchased… Continue reading Square Cash Review: The Painless Payment App (July 2019)
  Topics: need, business, account, square, cash, using, youre, painless, app, review, payments, payment.
• Square POS Review: Everything You Need to Know (June 2019) - Need to know more about the Square POS? If you run a physical (brick and mortar) store, then there are few tools more important than your point of sale system. This combination of hardware and software will ensure that you… Continue reading Square POS Review: Everything You Need to Know (June 2019)
  Topics: customers, review, square, system, payments, pos, inventory, need, plus, know, payment, hardware, cents.
• Square reports Q1 sales of $489M, up 59%, but net loss widens to $38M - After Square issued weak guidance in Q4, all eyes were on the payments company to see what kind of growth it really had in Q1. Results reported today underscored some of the challenges the company is facing. Square’s adjusted revenues were $489 million, up 59% year-on-year, with adjusted earnings per share of $0.11. Both figures beat analysts’ estimates. […]
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• Stripe Climate is a new tool to let Stripe customers make carbon removal purchases - Last year, payments giant Stripe announced that it would donate $1 million of its own funds annually into companies that are building technology to remove carbon from our environment, with the recipients of that investment announced in May of this year. Now, it’s expanding that commitment with a new product aimed at getting its customers […]
  Topics: let, climate, tool, substack, carbon, stripe, purchases, customers, way, money, techcrunch, removal, using, payments, companies.
• Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200M+ to expand into the African continent - When Stripe announced earlier this year that it had picked up another $600 million in funding, it said one big reason for the funding was to expand its API-based payments services into more geographies. Today the company is coming good on that plan in the form of some M&A. Stripe is acquiring Paystack, a startup […]
  Topics: 200m, paystack, nigeria, million, techcrunch, acquires, payments, nigerias, african, companies, stripe, expand, continent, company, stripes, way.
• Stripe expands to 5 new markets in Europe - Stripe has expanded its payment services in Europe. The American tech company is now generally available in the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Malta. The payments company can now support businesses in 29 countries across Europe. Europe is a very interesting market for Stripe, as 75 percent of all… Continue reading
  Topics: europe, markets, startup, started, software, company, european, businesses, payments, stripe, processed, expands.
• The Ultimate Guide To Square Fees for 2019 - The most probable answer to why you might be a little curious about Square's fees is the need to use a safe mobile payment method. If I want to handle payment processing with more precision, this is the first stopover… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide To Square Fees for 2019
  Topics: fees, point, dont, payment, pay, ultimate, payments, square, need, lets, guide, business.
• The Ultimate Guide to AirPOS Point of Sale System (ePOS) – Complete Review - If I want to see my retail business flourish, I must be shrewd on how I handle mobile transactions. As a merchant, this is the question which ultimately comes up. Is my enterprise fully fledged to require a diverse system… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to AirPOS Point of Sale System (ePOS) – Complete Review
  Topics: ultimate, payments, airpos, guide, business, point, lets, need, sale, card, complete, vat, app, lease, system, epos, hardware, review.
• The Wirecard Fiasco: Digital Payments Gone Wrong - What would you do if your credit card processor and merchant account provider were fraudulent? That's the reality for many thousands of worldwide businesses that relied on Wirecard, the Germany-based financial technology firm that is now in bankruptcy proceedings, having committed, allegedly, sham practices for years.
  Topics: gone, payments, fiasco, billion, german, wirecards, wirecard, company, wrong, singapore, fake, financial, digital, times.
• The state of digital payments in B2B ecommerce - It’s long been said today’s B2B buyers want and expect a B2C experience from manufacturers and wholesalers. Though B2B suppliers are increasingly embracing digital -- from ecatalogs to configure price quote (CPQ) and online checkout, supporting the diversity and complexity of B2B payments remains a challenge. How are B2B merchants handling digital payments?
  Topics: payments, b2b, suppliers, payment, state, purchase, checks, buyers, cards, ecommerce, credit, virtual, digital.
• Top 10 Get Elastic articles of 2019 - A yearly recap of the top ecommerce articles covered on Get Elastic in 2019. Check out what you might have missed.
  Topics: payments, customer, elastic, chatbot, voice, pay, articles, commerce, learn, ecommerce, apple, trends.
• U.S. Stimulus Package 2020: Everything You Need to Know - On March 27, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act. This $2 trillion U.S. stimulus package is the largest emergency relief bill in American history. The bill plans to help people, families, businesses, and the economy cope with the […]
  Topics: receive, know, package, bank, money, payments, stimulus, irs, check, tax, help, need.
• Understanding P2P Payments for Merchants - P2P payments occur between two people. The term stands for both "peer-to-peer" and "person-to-person." Instead of using credit cards, consumers are now purchasing goods and services with P2P apps, and merchants increasingly accept P2P payments. In a sense, many merchants have become “peers” to capitalize on the trend.
  Topics: business, payments, p2p, app, fee, venmo, customers, paypal, account, merchants, understanding.
• VibePay opens up its APIs to businesses - Payments platform VibePay has opened up its APIs for bank-to-bank payments and subscription payments, making payments available for retailers, businesses and SMEs. The move comes after the UK-based company secured about 1.4 million euros in funding. As of today, VibePay makes its payments available for businesses. By opening up its… Continue reading
  Topics: apis, wants, million, businesses, banking, subscription, payments, euros, vibe, opens, vibepay, company.
• Visa partners with Paga on payments and fintech for Africa and abroad - Visa has entered a partnership with Nigeria based startup Paga on payments and technology.
  Topics: visa, startup, abroad, paga, fintech, work, payments, africa, partners, nigeria, network.
• Viva Wallet: Seamless Payment Solutions for European Stores - For the first time, online stores can accept payments across Europe without fees, stress, or long waiting periods. Introducing Viva Wallet for WooCommerce.
  Topics: owners, wallet, solutions, european, woocommerce, online, merchants, local, viva, payment, payments, shop, stores, seamless.
• WhatsApp eyes lending feature in India as Amazon rolls out Pay Later to tens of thousands of customers - WhatsApp, which began testing its mobile payments feature in India two years ago, could offer at least one more financial service to people in its biggest market. In a filing with the local regulator in India, the Facebook -owned messaging platform has listed credit as one of the areas it will pursue in the country. […]
  Topics: india, local, credit, rolls, lending, payments, thousands, users, tens, service, later, whatsapp, feature, techcrunch, amazon, pay.
• Why Service-Based Businesses Should Use WooCommerce - Learn how to run a more efficient online business; enjoy unlimited, customized options; and delight your customers when you sell services with WooCommerce.
  Topics: set, woocommerce, youre, add, payments, businesses, service, clients, services, product, servicebased, customers.
• WooCommerce Payments Now Supports Subscriptions - Capture recurring revenue, set up payment plans, sell subscriptions, or offer weekly services all directly from your WordPress dashboard.
  Topics: set, payments, subscriptions, payment, store, supports, thirdparty, recurring, subscription, dashboard, woocommerce.
• WooCommerce launches native WooCommerce Payments feature - WooCommerce, the e-commerce platform developed by Automattic, is improving the payment feature with a native solution called WooCommerce Payments. The payment feature is powered by Stripe. Compared to previous payment solutions on WooCommerce websites, it is fully integrated with the rest of the platform. In case you’re not familiar with Automattic, it is also the […]
  Topics: using, native, wordpress, launches, payments, websites, payment, techcrunch, fees, woocommerce, stripe, feature, theres.
• WorldRemit raises $175M at $900M+ valuation to help users send money to contacts in emerging markets - The value of remittances globally continues to rise, and today a startup that has built a business targeting money transfers into emerging markets has raised a large round of growth funding to capitalize on that. WorldRemit, the London startup that has focused on enabling competitively-priced, quick money transfers from migrant workers and immigrants living in […]
  Topics: countries, techcrunch, emerging, worldremit, million, send, help, payments, money, raises, company, markets, round, users, remittances, valuation, business.
• Worldline to buy Ingenico for $8.6B in major payments consolidation play - Some consolidation is afoot among the payments behemoths of Europe. Smaller, newer fintech companies are eating into their market dominance by adapting faster to changing spending habits, while also looking to capitalize on economies of scale. Today Worldline, a financial services company that provides everything from in-store point-of-sale terminals through to online payments, data analytics, […]
  Topics: company, worldline, play, consolidation, deal, fintech, scale, major, 86b, payment, techcrunch, companies, payments, billion, buy, ingenico.
• Your Go-To Gumroad Review (June 2019) - Looking for a simple shopping cart that will transform your business? You've come to the right place. Launched in 2011, Gumroad is a straightforward shopping experience that helps you to start selling products instantly. In recent years, Gumroad has become… Continue reading Your Go-To Gumroad Review (June 2019)
  Topics: review, ecommerce, sell, offers, youll, software, products, payments, gumroad, payment, customers, goto.
• eBay expands managed payments in Europe - Ebay will bring its managed payments service to sellers in three new markets in Europe next year. In the first quarter of 2021, eBay will manage payments in France, Italy and Spain. Germany was in April last year the first European market where eBay started offering this service. In February… Continue reading
  Topics: sellers, managed, process, ebay, expands, payments, service, italy, started, spain, europe, france.
• eBay offers Managed Payments in Germany - eBay is introducing its Managed Payments offering in Germany, making this the second country, after the United States, where eBay gives consumers flexibility and choice in payment methods. With this solution, eBay managed the payments transactions, which means consumers are able to complete their purchases all on eBay. Another result… Continue reading
  Topics: paypal, managed, payment, offers, germany, payments, ebay, guide, variety, consumers, experience.
• eBay offers managed payments in UK - eBay will introduce its managed payments experience in the United Kingdom, making this the third market to offer the new payments experience, after the US and Germany. The service offers buyers flexibility and choice in payment methods, while giving sellers a better way to manage their businesses. eBay is busy… Continue reading
  Topics: managed, payments, experience, ebay, united, sellers, offer, smooth, offers, payment, uk.