April 18, 2022
Philippine BNPL Firm BillEase Raises $20M Debt Facility
Philippines-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup BillEase has secured a $20 million debt facility from emerging market credit provider Lendable that it will use to speed up its growth...
April 15, 2022
Rising Prices Give Consumers Pause Before They Reach for Digital...
Inflation continued to be a factor for shoppers during March, PYMNTS’ latest study tracking consumer spending and eCommerce trends found. The report, “Digital Economy Payments April 2022 U.S. Edition How...
March 21, 2022
Amsterdam FinTech Recharge.com Expands to Australia
London- and Amsterdam-based FinTech Recharge.com has launched in Australia, the company announced Monday (March 21). The firm is best known for selling digital gift cards for popular brands such as Spotify,...
March 10, 2022
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Merchants Are Meeting Latin American Millennial, Generation...
Consumers worldwide continue to adjust how they shop, pay for daily purchases and interact with their financial institutions (FIs) during the pandemic. Ninety-three percent of consumers globally report being interested...
February 22, 2022
Filipino Payments Firm PayMongo Raises $31M
Online B2B payments firm PayMongo has raised $31 million in a Series B funding round led by JAM Fund, a venture capital firm led by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen. According...
February 18, 2022
Lawmaker Urges Philippines Central Bank to Push for Lower Fees
Philippines’ Sen. Grace Poe is turning to the country’s central bank to request that it help appeal to financial institutions to lower digital and eWallet fees as one way to...
February 15, 2022
DeFi Could Be Divided Into Regulated and Unregulated Sectors
Decentralized finance (DeFI) could get split into regulated and unregulated segments as watchdogs determine the sector’s risk, according to a report by Fitch Ratings, the New York-based credit rating agency....
January 28, 2022
Zomato Adds Minority Stakes in UrbanPiper, Adonmo Through NBFC
India-based food delivery app Zomato has unveiled an unnamed, non-banking financial company (NBFC) and invested in ad technology firm Adonmo and B2B software platform UrbanPiper Technology, part of its quest...
January 27, 2022
Expanding Payments Choice Playbook Shows Digital Shift in Payroll Sector
In this era of instant gratification, it’s no surprise that digital payments are becoming more popular every day and that we’re seeing the traditionally stodgy and stuffy financial sector embrace...