Scandinavian countries are some of the most technologically advanced in the world, including in the area of real-time payments. Take Norway for example. The Nordic country launched real-time payments back in 2013, several years before the introduction of the pan-European SCT Inst payments scheme (also...
Norwegian FinTech Vipps is seeking the European Union’s help in an antitrust battle against Apple. CEO Rune Garborg told Reuters in an interview published Wednesday (Feb. 15) that the payments company wants regulators to force Apple to allow unrestricted access to its tap-and-go technology so...
It’s been a nearly 15-month wait, but finally the European Commission has approved the merger of Danish digital payments app MobilePay and Norwegian smartphone digital payments app Vipps to form a new entity — “Vipps MobilePay” — effective Tuesday (Nov. 1). The new joint venture,...
Denmark-based digital payments app MobilePay has announced that the EU Commission has approved its merger with Norway-based smartphone digital payments app Vipps. The new group — which is named “Vipps MobilePay” and will be headquartered in Oslo, Norway — will be effective beginning Nov. 1,...
June 26, 2017
iZettle is announcing today that it has added two more arrows into its SMB quiver: local mobile payment solutions and invoicing. We talked to iZettle Co-Founder and CEO Jacob de Geer about these new services — and why global, mobile payments players must be laser-focused on how to go local.
May 10, 2023
The European Commission (EC) is reportedly seeking information about Apple Pay from retailers and Apple’s rivals. The requests by the antitrust regulators of the EU were sent out three months after Apple testified at a hearing on Feb. 14, Reuters reported Wednesday (May 10). Because the EC usually issues decisions after these sorts of hearings, […]
February 15, 2023
Norwegian FinTech Vipps is seeking the European Union’s help in an antitrust battle against Apple. CEO Rune Garborg told Reuters in an interview published Wednesday (Feb. 15) that the payments...
October 21, 2022
Denmark-based digital payments app MobilePay has announced that the EU Commission has approved its merger with Norway-based smartphone digital payments app Vipps. The new group — which is named “Vipps...
June 30, 2021
Denmark-based Danske Bank, which operates MobilePay, has reached an agreement with OP Financial Group in Finland, which owns Pivo, and the Norwegian banks behind Vipps to merge their mobile payment...
