On Tuesday, Paris-based Web3 payments startup Request Finance launched "Salaries" to help Web3 enterprises automate payroll in crypto.
SoFi is the first bank to begin 'Pay in 4' within the Mastercard Instalments program that began in Mid-December.
While BNPL has been criticized as an easy way for shoppers to run up high debts, it's also being touted as an easy-to-understand payment method that's attractive to all.
More consumers prefer digital payments, a trend accelerated by the pandemic, results of a new survey from payments gateway Onbe reveal. The rates of online shopping, mobile wallet usage, apps and P2P payments have also risen.
Embedded finance and buy now, pay later (BNPL) are hotbeds of innovation, and Marqeta is in the middle of the action, CEO Simon Khalaf said.
Brazil and India are leading instant payment growth, with Pix and UPI accounting for over a third of total instant payments worldwide.
In Latin America's fast-growing digital space, Quick Response codes have quickly risen as a serious contender to cash and are now ubiquitous.
Brightwell, an international payments firm survived the shutdown of its biggest client and a brute force attack that drained $3 million.
Nubank steps up its game in Latin America by offering remittances in Mexico and securing a new license in Colombia.
Instead of joining a major payments provider, Plaid aims to disrupt the Visa, Mastercard, and Amex payment empire. Partners like Square, Dwolla, and new arrivals to the Plaid ecosystem Checkout.com and Marqeta are members of the new program, building payment capabilities for the new age of fintech.