Payments-as-a-service provider Dream Payments nabs $10m
Cloud payments service Dream Payments has raised $10m in a Series A round led by FairVentures - the innovation investing arm of Fairfax Financial Holdings. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Why payment companies are flocking to messaging apps
Messaging apps are seeing the light and welcoming financial services companies onto their platforms. Read more: www.fastcompany.com
Square teams with TouchBistro and Vend
Square has announced integrations with TouchBistro and Vend to give merchants who use those systems the ability to process payments with Square. Read more: www.mobilepaymentstoday.com
E-commerce startup Paddle lands $3.2m in funding
Paddle, an e-commerce platform for software businesses, has closed $3.2m in a Series A round led by BGF Ventures. Read more: techcitynews.com
Mastercard targets APAC B2B payments
Mastercard is once again expanding its presence in the B2B payments market, this time in the Asia Pacific region. Read more: www.pymnts.com
SC announces six P2P financing operators
Securities Commission Malaysia today announced six registered P2P financing platform operators, making Malaysia the first Asean country to regulate P2P financing. Read more: www.fintechranking.com
Alipay preparing to enter Europe
Alipay, the online and mobile payments service operated by Alibaba subsidiary Ant Financial, is expanding into Europe.
Swedish mobile POS iZettle picks up another €60m
Swedish mobile point-of-sale (POS) payments firm iZettle has raised another €60m in a round made up of debt and equity from existing backers. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
UK wants more competition in payments infrastructure
VocaLink isn’t facing enough competition in its role according to the UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
The mobile wallet that can still make payments with no internet
Klozest is in talks with leading wallets in India to integrate its software development kit into their apps to enable payments that require no internet, or bluetooth, or the NFC chips used by Apple Pay. Read more: www.techinasia.com