Payments News
TreeCard, the provider of a wooden Mastercard debit card that channels profits from merchant surcharges into reforestation programmes, has raised $23 million in a funding round involving Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, World Fund and EQT, Seedcamp, Episode 1 and various angels.
Saudi British Bank (SABB) has announced a strategic partnership with Visa's Cybersource payment gateway and risk platform, to enhance the bank's payment gateway capabilities
Singapore-based payments platform 2C2P has teamed with Pine Labs to increase Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) acceptance in six Asian markets
Tencent Financial Technology has introduced Tenpay Global, a new international brand for its cross-border payment business with new remittance capabilities to Weixin
The European Payments Council (EPC) has published the first SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme rulebook
Asia United Bank (AUB) has partnered with Alipay+ to enable HelloMoney for cross-border payments when customers travel abroad
