• Credit
• Innovation
• 20.03.2019

Consumer Lending: Pagantis Raises €65 Million, Aims for European Reach

FACTS The Spanish e-commerce financing platform Pagantis announces a €65 million Series B round table: the largest funding round to date in the Spanish FinTech industry.

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• Fraud Prevention
• Payment
• 14.03.2019

Fraud Prevention: Mastercard Acquires Ethoca

FACTS Mastercard enters an agreement to acquire Ethoca, a global provider of technology solutions relying on collaborations between card issuers and e-merchants.

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• Payment
• 01.03.2019

News in Brief – February 2019

Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – PayPal falls short of expectations and reports $4.23Bn instead of $4.24Bn for Q4 2018. Even so, they still witness strong growth due to recent acquisitions (iZettle and Hyperwallet) as well as Venmo’s encouragi...

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 27.02.2019

Corporate Payments: Edenred Strengthens its Presence in Africa with Jumia Travel

FACTS The French prepaid specialist Edenred teams up with the leading African online hotel booking portal, Jumia Travel.

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 20.02.2019

REX: Lemon Way Grows Exponentially

Photo credits: Lemon Way FACTS The French FinTech Lemon Way focusing on securing payments for marketplaces, keeps making progress in Europe. They just reported strong increases in both business volume and user accounts.

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• Mobility
• Distribution Channel – Internet
• 18.02.2019

BBVA Lets Car Dealers Add Digital Financing Solution

FACTS BBVA Consumer Finance unveils Automik, a digital lending platform car dealers can integrate with their websites.

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 14.02.2019

SumUp Buys Out the E-Payment Company Shoplo

FACTS The London-based FinTech famous for their mPOS solution acquires the multichannel e-commerce platform Shoplo. So far, no details have been disclosed regarding this transaction.

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 06.02.2019

Arkéa Crafts a Chatbot for Remote Purchases

FACTS Arkéa launches a mobile conversational agent for distance selling. This tool embeds a payment option for corporate e-commerce specialists.

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 04.02.2019

SWIFT Builds on DLTs with Corda by R3

FACTS The interbank network SWIFT announces a Proof of Concept on trialling a gateway for interlinking trading and e-commerce platforms with SWIFT gpi.

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• Payment
• 01.02.2019

News in Brief – January 2019

Players’ Strategy INTERNATIONAL – nexo (international standard for accepting cross-border card payments) kept making progress and attracted 10 new members in 2018: NCR, NSPK and UnionPay International (as Principal Members) as well as AEVI, Bar...

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