Contactless Payment Platform FitPay Gears Up for Next Growth Phase
EXCLUSIVE - When the co-founders of FitPay, a contactless payment technology provider, agreed to be acquired by security tech company...
Payments
Venmo’s the New Card on the Block
Payment platforms, no matter how flashy or cool, just don't seem real until they have a plastic card attached. Witness...
Alibaba Introduces “Smile to Pay” Facial Recognition Technology
KFC customers in the Eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou can now pay for their meals with just a smile. Jack...
Debitize, Which Helps Millennials Build Credit Without Debt, Launches in IOS App Store
EXCLUSIVE - Millennials are famously credit-averse, but this means they risk losing out on building a credit history, which is...
Finovate Fall 2017 Day One: Data Analytics, ID Verification, and Cybersecurity
Finovate kicked off its 2017 Fall conference with demos from about 40 financial technology companies on its first day yesterday...
Pineapple Payments Snags $35 Million Growth Investment
Omni-channel payment processing solutions provider, Pineapple Payments snagged a $35 million investment from Providence Strategic Growth. The investment is in the...
Fintech Startup PayJoy Bags $6 Million Investment
EXCLUSIVE - It's been a busy few days for fintech startup PayJoy, which today announced that it closed a $6...
E.U. Finance Ministers to Discuss Fate of Fintech Industry Post Brexit
European Union finance ministers are gathering to discuss ways to attract more fintech companies as the continent's largest fintech hub,...
Canadian Fintech STACK Partners with Mastercard
Canadian neo-bank STACK is partnering with Mastercard to power its “fee-free,” digital approach to traditional banking. The partnership will allow...
LendingTree Move Could Increase Competition with Credit Karma
EXCLUSIVE- LendingTree is preparing to launch Credit Karma-like products to LendingTree's audience. Doug Lebda, chairman and CEO of LendingTree, apparently disclosed the...
