CurrencyFair merger to create hundreds of jobs in next few years
CurrencyFair’s headcount will immediately go from 90 to 160 and is expected to further grow to 450 over the next four years.
Nium and Travelex partnership boosts digital remittance offering for Asia Pacific
Travelex, the world’s leading FX brand, has partnered with advanced global payments platform Nium to extend digital remittance services to their users.
Novatti’s Ripple partnership live to The Philippines
Leading Australian digital banking and payments company Novatti, is now live with revenue-generating transactions taking place via Ripple.
While the world dithers, China prepares to unleash a digital currency
China is rushing towards the development and distribution of a central bank digital currency while the rest of the developed world dithers along.
Coinbase $1.8 billion first-quarter earnings bigger than in all of last year
Coinbase posted total first-quarter revenue of $1.8 billion from $191 million in the same quarter a year earlier and an EBITDA of $1.1 billion.
Standard Chartered turbocharges digital payments proposition with investment and the merger of CurrencyFair with Assembly Payments
CurrencyFair, a global cross-border payments platform and Assembly Payments, whose platform automates complex payment workflows, today announce their merger as a result of a strategic investment by Standard Chartered, subject to regulatory approval. SC Ventures, the innovation, ventures and fintech investments unit of Standard Chartered is doubling down on its commitment to the rapidly growing payments industry, following its earlier investment in Assembly Payments in 2020. Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered said, “Digital payments is a core strategic area for Standard Chartered and our 2020 investment in Assembly Payments greatly enhanced our presence in the domestic payments business. By bringing together the complementary strengths of CurrencyFair and […]
Uruguayan payments startup dLocal quadruples valuation to $5B with $150M raise
This means that the five-year-old Uruguayan company dLocal has effectively quadrupled its valuation in a matter of months.
Global payments platform Nium boosts payment capabilities in South Korea through partnership with SENTBE
Nium partner with SENTBE, a fintech company that offers cross-border payment capabilities, to enable Nium customers to make payments into South Korea.
