Latest Payments News: Finextra Research

BNPL credit startup Qlarifi raises £1.4 million

Qlarifi, a fintech start-up building a BNPL consumer credit database, has raised £1.4 million in pre-Seed funding.

20 March 2025

Google Wallet lets kids make in-store payments

Google Wallet is getting an update that lets kids who have parental consent make contactless in-store payments with their Android devices.

20 March 2025

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Utila raises $18m for institutional digital asset wallets

Digital assets operations platform Utila has raised $18 million to help it cash in on the rising popularity of stablecoins.

20 March 2025

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Fed working group suggests scams information sharing network

A Federal Reserve-backed working group has recommended that the US payments industry set up an independent information exchange framework to provide a single source for scam intelligence across payment rails.

19 March 2025

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Fiserv acquires CCV to boost growth across Europe

Fiserv has acquired CCV, a 67-year old provider of payment services in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, to boost growth of its Clover payment terminal across Europe.

19 March 2025

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Mena Banking-as-a-Service player NymCard raises $33 million

Abu Dhabi-based banking-as-a-Service vendor NymCard has secured $33 million in a Series B funding round.

19 March 2025

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Cash App integrates with Afterpay for BNPL at the checkout

Cash App has joined with Afterpay to offer buy now, pay later services at online merchants.

18 March 2025

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Verification of Payee: Prepare for October 2025 deadlines at NextGen Nordics

In March 2025, the Eurosystem completed exploratory work for offering a Verification of Payee (VoP) service for payment service providers (PSPs) in SEPA, helping them comply with the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation across credit transfers in Euro. NextGen Nordics 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden, on 29 April 2025, will explore how VoP can reduce fraud and payment, and prepare for 5 October 2025, the effective date of the VOP scheme rulebook.

18 March 2025

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Burbank goes live with online tap and PIN payments

A Welsh fintech startup has developed a novel way to combat card-not-present fraud - by migrating offline tap and pin payments to the e-commerce realm.

18 March 2025

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Klarna officially releases IPO prospectus; snags Walmart OnePay business

Swedish BNPL giant Klarna has formally applied with the Securities and Exchange Commission to list its ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'KLAR'.

17 March 2025