Alipay and Chase Partner Up to Serve Chinese Tourists Abroad
Alipay announced today that its users will now be able to use their Alipay Mobile Wallets for to make purchases...
Banking
Monetizing Venmo Could Lead to Millennial Trouble for Zelle (and Banks)
EXCLUSIVE— Is Zelle in trouble? PayPal’s third quarter earnings, specifically the quarterly results of its popular P2P app Venmo, seem...
Qudian Wins the U.S. Stock Market
Valued at $11.7 billion, Chinese peer-to-peer lender Qudian is now the largest Chinese company listed in the United States. It...
First Data Admits to BluePay Purchase
First Data today said it would buy payment processor BluePay Holdings for $760 million. The announcement comes a day after...
Beijing-Based PINTEC Launches Robo-Advisory Solution Pivot in Singapore
EXCLUSIVE - With the launch of PIVOT Technology Solutions, Beijing-based fintech PINTEC is bringing a variation of its well-established Polaris...
Banks Need to Play Catch Up with Amazon And Other Tech Giants When it Comes to Open Banking
EXCLUSIVE—Tech giants have already figured out open banking, and more than the growth of fintech firms, this should make financial...
Keyboard Payments App PayKey Raises $10 Million in Series B
EXCLUSIVE - Banking keyboard app, PayKey closed a $10 million Series B funding round today bringing the fintech’s total investment...
HSBC Partners with Fintech Bud for New Open Banking App
HSBC along with its subsidiary First Direct has partnered with London-based fintech startup Bud to test one of its open banking...
Mastercard to (Finally) Kill Signatures
Mastercard has had enough of waiting for the signature to die on its own. That’s why the global payments company...
Small Business Banking App Seed Nixes Monthly Fee
EXLUSIVE - SME-focused digital banking app Seed is getting rid of its monthly fee and will now be free for customers....
