Natwest unveiled the first biometric fingerprint credit card issued by a UK bank and plans to begin its three-month national trial.NatWest is piloting cutting-edge, biometric fingerprint technology with a trial of 150 customers, in partnership with Mastercard and Gemalto, a Thales Company.
Natwest has previously piloted biometric debit cards, but this will be the first-time...
The online payments fintech firm, Stripe, founded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison is now valued at US$35 billion after a US$250 million funding round joined by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz.
The new valuation sees Stripe increase its valuation by US$12.5 billion or a 55% since its last funding round in January 2019. Only Juul LAbs and We Co are now more va...
Major European payment gateway : Worldline is adding WeChat Pay to its payment solution in Switzerland. Visitors from China can now pay using their smartphone in Switzerland just as easily as they can at home.
For numerous Chinese tourists the choice of payment options at a merchant influences their purchase decisions. Worldline, the European market leader which SIX Payment Services belon...
Australian fintech startup and global digital cross-border payments provider has launched its services in Canada, solidifying its presence in North America. The startup offers quick, convenient, and cost-effective digital cross-border money transfers to individuals and businesses globally. The startup was founded by Australian Indian, Prajit Nanu, who during a holiday trip to Phuket, Thailand expe...
Sunday, a Thailand-based insurtech startup raised US$11 million in an extension Series A funding round led by Quona Capital, according to a statement issued by the firm. This second tranche of c...
According to the Fintech in ASEAN report released by the United Overseas Bank (UOB), venture capital funding pouring into Vietnamese fintech companies accounted for 36 per cent of the total fintech in...
India’s Fintech Firm, a Paytm announced that it has raised US $1 billion in a new financing round as the Noida-headquartered firm, which once dominated the local mobile payments market, at...
Major European payment gateway : Worldline is adding WeChat Pay to its payment solution in Switzerland. Visitors from China can now pay using their smartphone in Switzerland just as easily as they can...
MyCash, a fintech remittance startup has also signed an MoU with a Bangladeshi bank and is also currently in talks to raise US$3-5M in Series A to take its financial services platform for unbanked mig...
Natwest unveiled the first biometric fingerprint credit card issued by a UK bank and plans to begin its three-month national trial.NatWest is piloting cutting-edge, biometric fingerprint tec...
Sunday, a Thailand-based insurtech startup raised US$11 million in an extension Series A funding round led by Quona Capital, according to a statement issued by the firm. This second tranche of c...
Singaporean fintech startup Koku has unveiled its plans to expand into Indonesia, following a successful US$2 million pre-series A funding round earlier this year, which was led by Decent ...
Despite the fact that the Fintech sector in Britain has continued to attract rising levels of investment despite global economic uncertainty and an impending recession, the industry is facing a big pr...
The online payments fintech firm, Stripe, founded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison is now valued at US$35 billion after a US$250 million funding round joined by General Catalyst, Sequoia, a...
Thailand’s ETDA or the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) will officially launch its first open working space for digital start-ups at the True Digital Park complex in November 20...
PinjamWinWIn, the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending fintech company based in the second-largest city in Indonesia, Surabaya announced that it has raised funding from SOSV, a top 20 US venture capital fund, T...
