Category: Payments

acquisition
September 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Payments provider Klarna acquires Close Brothers Retail Finance

The payment provider Klarna Bank AB (Klarna) has just announced that it is acquiring Close Brothers Retail Finance (CBRF) from UK merchant banking group Close Brothers Group plc (Close Brothers). Michael Rouse, Chief Commercial Officer of Klarna: We are delighted to welcome CBRF to Klarna, the complementary talents and propositions will help accelerate Klarna’s leadership…

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Paysafe
September 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe launches ‘Accelerated Funding’ to enable fast settlements for SMBs in the US

The global payments provider Paysafe has announced the launch of Paysafe Accelerated Funding, a comprehensive suite of fast and flexible same or next day settlement options for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) based in the U.S. This new funding settlement product offering leverages the company’s collaboration with Company.com and Ingo Money, announced back in June, to…

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Berkshire Bank offers real-time payments with Finastra
September 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

INTL FCStone buys SWIFT Service Bureau from PayCommerce

Commodities and Forex broker INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) has announced that to expand the capabilities of its Global Payments Division, it has acquired the fully accredited SWIFT Service Bureau from PayCommerce. This acquisition will now enable INTL FCStone to act as a SWIFT Service Bureau for its 350-plus correspondent banking network, thus providing another important service for delivering local currency, cross-border payments…

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Paysafe launches paysafecard in Montenegro
September 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe launches paysafecard in Montenegro

The popular and secure online prepaid payment method is now available for online shopping in 47 countries paysafecard, a provider of online prepaid payment methods and part of Paysafe Group, continues its international expansion with a launch in Montenegro. paysafecard is a long-standing method of prepaid payment and today’s launch means that it is now…

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Upper Hand teams up with Paysafe to fuel growth amongst sports & fitness businesses
August 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Upper Hand and Paysafe launch payment solution sports & fitness businesses

New partnership sparks launch of UP Payments to provide integrated payment solutions to North American customers Payments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) and Upper Hand, Inc., a provider in cloud-based sports and fitness management software and business services, have just announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership that sees Upper Hand leverage…

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Paysafe merchants can now automatically retrieve failed payment transactions
August 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CellPoint Mobile and Runtriz to provide payment capabilities

CellPoint Mobile, a global provider of sales and payment-side mobile technology solutions for the travel and hospitality sectors, has just announced that it has partnered with Runtriz to provide enterprise-level payment capabilities to the company's hotel guest experience mobile solutions. With CellPoint Mobile integrating its Velocity payment platform into Runtriz's suite of guest engagement solutions,…

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Wix Payments adds PumaPay as a new recurring payment method
August 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wix Payments adds PumaPay as a new recurring payment method

Decentralized Vision, the blockchain company that developed the PumaPay PullPayment Protocol, has just announced its collaboration with Wix.com Ltd. Wix has chosen to add PumaPay’s PullPayment Protocol, a blockchain payment method, as one of its billing methods to Wix, which could enable its merchants to accept payments in PMA via their Wix websites. PumaPay and…

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