Visa, Mastercard, AmEx win easier access to China market
The biggest U.S. card companies just moved a step closer to gaining access to China’s $27 trillion payments market. China...
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With Plaid, Visa embeds itself deeper into the fintech ecosystem
Visa's $5.3 billion acquisition of data aggregator Plaid puts the company's tool set at the center of financial services innovation....
Shopify launches starter loans for merchants as low as $200
Commerce platform Shopify, which supports the operations of more than 1 million merchants, has launched a loan product for early-stage...
With point-of-sale loans, PayPal eyes millennial and Gen Z shoppers
As retailers seek to increase customer purchase volumes through point-of-sale loans, PayPal is setting itself apart from competition through its...
Visa to buy Plaid for $5.3 billion in bid to reach startups
Visa Inc. grew into one of the world’s most valuable financial companies by serving as the pipes that help connect...
India’s about to hand people data Americans can only dream of
India has more than 560 million internet users, all generating data by the terabyte. Soon they’ll have an unprecedented amount...
Challenger bank hype will result in better products, says Edison Partners
The rush to be the best bank-type platform has created a crowded market, both in the business-to-business and direct-to-consumer fintech...
Mastercard turns to AR to visualize loyalty benefits
Payments giant Mastercard launched a new augmented reality (AR) app this month that lets cardholders get a bird’s-eye view of...
Wirecard partners with Sprint to drive cashierless checkout
As cashierless shopping continues to gain momentum with Amazon Go and its competitors, German payments company Wirecard is partnering with...
With $125m Series B, HighRadius to expand outreach to client banks
HighRadius, a startup which offers tools to automate the corporate invoicing process, has raised $125 million in Series B funding...
