Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

The partnership represents a meaningful step in AstroPay’s growth, expanding its reach through BR-DGE’s modular infrastructure, broad distribution network, and strong presence in high-demand verticals. Founded in Edinburgh in 2018, BR-DGE now processes millions of transactions monthly on behalf of high-volume customers.

Alternative Payment Methods

Clearly Payments

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services also surged, with a 400% increase in usage since 2018. As younger, tech-savvy generations prioritize convenience and security, the demand for APMs will continue to reshape payment landscapes worldwide. Popular Examples : PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, WeChat Pay.

Alternative Payment Methods

Fi911

MAY 22, 2025

Why an Upgrade is Needed PSD2, implemented in January 2018, was designed to transform the EU payments ecosystem by enhancing competition, boosting innovation, and strengthening consumer protections. This is especially important as consumers demand more clarity and accountability from financial service providers.

Payment APIs and Integration

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Bolstered by secure payments through Face ID, Touch ID, or device passcode authentication, Paymob also hopes Apple Pay will help reduce cart abandonment , boost sales, and provide a payment solution that meets growing consumer demand for modern digital convenience.

Security

Finovate

JUNE 13, 2025

The Klarna Card marks a shift from BNPL-only into mainstream payments, which supports consumers’ demand for flexible, app-connected spending tools. This isn’t the first collaboration between Marqeta and Klarna, who first teamed up in 2018 when Marqeta agreed to power Klarna’s virtual cards in the US.

Debit Card

The Fintech Times

JUNE 11, 2025

The new partnership also represents a meaningful step in AstroPay’s growth, expanding its reach through BR-DGE’s modular infrastructure, broad distribution network, and strong presence in high-demand verticals. ” Founded in Edinburgh in 2018, BR-DGE now processes millions of transactions monthly on behalf of high-volume customers.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 17, 2025

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, Guavapay says it enjoyed a significant increase in its overall customer base with annual revenue growth of 71 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year, while nearly tripling the size of its London office team in response to the growing global demand for accessible financial options.

Innovation

Payments Dive

JUNE 11, 2025

Published June 11, 2025 Justin Bachman Senior Reporter post share post print email license The corporate logo of e-commerce company Shopify hangs at the building that contains Shopify Commerce Germany GmbH offices on December 14, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Nonetheless, Sezzle stock has jumped this year.

BNPL

The Payments Association

MARCH 18, 2025

For payments firms, integrating tailored insurance at checkout or as part of transaction flows presents a new value proposition and customer engagement lever, but also demands new risk management capabilities. Mexico has adopted a regulated approach under its Fintech Law, introduced in 2018, laying the groundwork for open banking.

Finance

Finovate

JULY 10, 2025

The two are aiming to help organizations meet regulatory requirements while scaling to meet growing demand for secure, digital financial services. ” Founded in 2018, Prometeo’s financial infrastructure allows businesses to integrate seamlessly with the financial system in Latin America and the US.

Verification

Finovate

MAY 22, 2025

” Circle was founded in 2013 and is best known for launching USDC, a fully reserved, dollar-backed stablecoin that has facilitated over $28 trillion in on-chain settlement volume since launching in 2018. CPN enables financial institutions to securely exchange payment instructions and settle transactions using USDC on public blockchains.

Payment Networks

Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

“We’ve seen huge demand recently from travel platform businesses who see the value of using our modular orchestration layers to strengthen their operational capabilities and deliver more value for their end merchants. .” BR-DGE is a trusted and industry-leading payment orchestration platform. .”

Payments

Finovate

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

” Napier said that the investment highlights the demand for AI-based AML solutions in today’s increasingly complex regulatory environment. Napier demoed its Customer Screening and Transaction Monitoring Enhancement softwareat FinovateEurope 2018 in London. Register today using this link and save 20% on your ticket.

AI

Finextra

JUNE 19, 2025

Founded by Birk Jernström - former director of product at Shopify and ex-founder at Tictail (acquired by Shopify in 2018) - Polar currently counts 16,000 developers as customers. Average online sales have grown more than 120% month-on-month for the past six months, with customers including Bolt AI, Midday, OpenPanel and Repo Prompt.

Payment APIs and Integration

Payments Dive

JUNE 9, 2025

We can meet the growing demand for 24/7 access without the need [for customers] to wait in line, or rely on traditional staffing,” he said. The first store to offer cashierless payments was an Amazon Go store in Seattle that used the company’s “Just Walk Out” system and opened to the public in 2018, Talbott said. consumers spent $5.93

Request for Comment

Finextra

JULY 13, 2025

By late 2018, Monzo had topped one million users , with 95% of its initial cardholders seamlessly migrating to its new current accounts once those launched. Launched in 2015 as a scrappy startup, Monzo set out to “build a current account that lives on your smartphone and gives you control of your money”.

Payment APIs and Integration

The Fintech Times

APRIL 25, 2025

Despite inflation easing in recent weeks, demand for affordable short-term credit options remain high, and 15 per cent of the UK population will likely need to borrow to get by over the next six months, according to new research by responsible lender Creditspring. With around 7.6 With around 7.6 In total, Creditspring has provided over 1.1

Caps

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Founded in Edinburgh in 2018, BR-DGE is a payment orchestration provider on a mission for hyper-growth. Equally, payment providers are struggling with the inefficiencies of legacy tech stacks that cant adapt to new digital demands. BR-DGE differs from other orchestrators because it is independent, modular and scaling at a rapid pace.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech Finance

JULY 9, 2025

Andersen has served as Chief Financial Officer for Snap since May 2019 and previously served as Vice President of Finance for Snap since July 2018. from 2011 to 2018, serving in a variety of roles, most recently as Vice President of Finance supporting Amazon’s digital video business. The post DailyPay Adds Snap Inc.

Finance

Fintech News

JUNE 12, 2025

Nghiem linked this transformation to a broader shift that began around 2017-2018, when conversations around the Fourth Industrial Revolution began gaining traction in Vietnam. He highlighted that adoption of fintech has accelerated significantly since 2020, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vietnam is transforming very fast.”

Governance

Payments Dive

JULY 15, 2025

banks have had years to prepare for the central bank’s shifting of Fedwire to the new standard, with the Fed issuing its first request for feedback on the new standard in 2018. The Federal Reserve payments system, which handles about $4.7 trillion in payments daily, began shifting late Sunday to the new ISO 20022 standard.

FedWire

Fintech Review

APRIL 3, 2025

This strategic shift creates sustained demand and exerts upward pressure on gold prices. The uncertainty surrounding the global trade situation will cause market volatility, which in turn will increase the demand for safe haven assets.

Volume

Finovate

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

There is increasing demand for faster, safer, and cheaper payment opportunities as cross-border trade activity escalates. While this revenue figure has grown 7% each year since 2018, McKinsey estimates the growth will slow to 5% per year for the next five years. trillion transactions worth $1.8 quadrillion that generated $2.4

Payments Trends

Fintech Review

MARCH 13, 2025

million Bybit Cards in just two years highlights the rapid adoption and growing demand for cryptocurrency financial solutions. Founded in 2018, Bybit is redefining openness in the decentralized world by creating a simpler, open and equal ecosystem for everyone. Since its launch in Sep. million cards issued globally. The issuance of 1.5

Cryptocurrency

Finextra

JUNE 23, 2025

This mirrors Musk’s whopping $56bn performance-based package for Tesla in 2018. Home News Retail Revolut's Storonsky in line for whopping bonus if firm triples valuation Editorial This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community.

ATM

The Fintech Times

JULY 4, 2025

The last time the Financial Ombudsman received more complaints was during the PPI issue in 2018/19 (388,392). High demand can impact the speed with which the Financial Ombudsman can handle complaints. Around half of these complaints were brought by professional representatives.

Scams

Fintech Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

His dual background as both an institutional client advisor and a top global market maker allows him to anticipate and address the nuanced demands of these clients, helping Bybit solidify its reputation as a trusted partner for sophisticated trading solutions.

Best Practices

Finovate

JUNE 27, 2025

” Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, Bank Zero is a modern “app-only” bank for both individuals and businesses. The two founders have moved on to focus on their new healthcare venture, Avelis Health. “I am delighted to welcome the Bank Zero team to Lesaka as partners.”

Acquirers

Finextra

JULY 16, 2025

Launched in 2018, Wagestream enables three million people - mainly shift and frontline workers - in the UK, Europe and the US to access an interactive payslip, choose when to get paid, save for a rainy day, save money on bills and get debt advice. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Privacy

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

From cash to digital, from plastic cards to mobile wallets, from cash registers at the front of restaurants to tablets brought to tables (redefining the concept of “dine and dash”) — the way we pay shifts along with the availability of technology, and tech shifts as commerce demands new features.

Money Laundering

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

From gaming to healthcare to pizza delivery, US-based startups which reached unicorn status in 2018 represent a diverse range of industries. Silicon Valley produced plenty of $1B+ companies in 2018, but other parts of the country also had a strong showing. Check out our real-time Unicorn Tracker for a full list of $1B+ companies).

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

This may occur for a variety of reasons, for example, if you didn’t file either a 2018 or 2019 tax return or you recently filed and the return has not been fully processed.”. By contrast, among the first to receive payouts on April 15 were taxpayers who e-filed their 2018 or 2019 returns and had given the agency direct deposit information.

IRS

PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2021

Ethereum, the second-biggest cryptocurrency, which usually rises at the same time as bitcoin, also hit its highest level on Monday since 2018, with a $1,170 value, Reuters reported. Trading volumes on cryptocurrency exchanges have been doing extraordinarily well this week, hitting a new record volume of $68.3 billion, Reuters reported.

Volume

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Uber Health was launched in 2018 to provide medical transportation services. This will be accomplished through a partnership with NimbleRx , an on-demand prescription delivery program. “With COVID-19 cases still on the rise across the U.S., million people.

On-Demand

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Despite being given a 15-day period to rectify these issues, Zipmex did not meet the SEC’s rectification demands by the deadline. 2561 (2018), has enforced a continued suspension of Zipmex’s operations. The SEC Board, invoking its authority under the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E.

Legal

PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

These can include not just work to get popular products to Amazon centers in time for sales-day demand, but also the need to focus on products that are in high demand due to COVID-19. Per published reports, analysts estimated that Amazon’s 2019 Prime Day sales were up 53 percent from 2018.

On-Demand