• Payment
• 21.03.2019

REX: LePotCommun on Course

FACTS The French FinTech LePotCommun for building online money pools was bought out by BPCE in 2015. They report on their business results and announce record figures.

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 20.03.2019

FIS Acquires WorldPay

FACTS The American FinTech Fidelity National Information Services enters into a definitive merger agreement with the payments giant WorldPay: a $35 Bn acquisition in stock and cash values (€30.85 Bn).

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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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• Credit
• Innovation
• 13.03.2019

Alternative Airlines Adds Klarna to Payment Options

FACTS The British flight search website Alternative Airlines partners with Klarna to add instalments to their list of payment options.

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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
• 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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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 19.02.2019

GoCardless Raises $75M, Aims for More Markets

FACTS The London-based FinTech GoCardless focuses on dematerialising and streamlining direct debit-based recurring payments. They just announced a $75 million Series E funding round (€66 million).

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 11.02.2019

Oney Moves to Biometric Payments with Wirecard

FACTS Oney, financial subsidiary of the retail group Auchan partners with the e-payment company Wirecard to roll out the Well.com mobile app in Romania.

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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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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 18.01.2019

Stripe Aims for Global Reach

FACTS The American e-payment specialist Stripe –valued $20Bn– keeps on with their skyrocketing expansion and intends to replicate their current strategy as they aim for international reach.

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