FinTech Archives - Page 26 of 26

Yandex.Market To Transform Into Marketplace, Invests In Shipping Aggregator

February 2, 2014

Russian Ecommerce firm Yandex has invested in shipping startup MultiShip. MultiShip is a shipping aggregator capable of showing multiple shipping companies and their fees within Russia. Yandex saw the potent...

Stripe valued at $1.75 billion

January 23, 2014

Payment processing startup Stripe has hit the billion-plus mark after being valued at $1.75 billion. The startup just recently received a round of funding in the amount of $80 million and was valued by its n...

Yandex.Money now offers “money by email” service

December 8, 2013

Russia’s largest e-wallet service, Yandex.Money, has begun offering person-to-person money transfers via email. While it might not be the first in Russia, Yandex.Money, however, already has the largest custom...

Skrill stops E-wallet support for Lock Poker

November 17, 2013

One of the leading European poker services, Lock Poker, has stopped accepting deposits through Skrill. Skrill will currently only support withdrawals made to the Skrill E-wallet. A Skrill spokesperson did sta...

eGifter giftcard now enables Walmart shopping with Bitcoin

October 21, 2013

The online retail platform, eGifter has brought Walmart into the fold and in so doing gives access to bitcoin paying consumers through the Walmart giftcard. Recent news reports that Walmart, the American mul...

Yandex.Money introduces universal payment solution for Russia

October 14, 2013

Online stores, vendors and Charities in Russia – and some other countries – may add all possible Yandex.Money payment methods to their websites for increased customer choice in payment and, including bank car...

Green Dot files to purchase Walmart Moneycard portfolio

June 18, 2013

Based on filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Green Dot has announced that they are in seeking to purchase from GE Capital Retail the Walmart Moneycard portfolio. This move is seen by...

Skrill announces partnership with Russian online payments service Yandex.Money

June 4, 2013

Skrill, one of Europe’s largest online payment providers, has announced a new partnership with Russian payments service Yandex.Money. The collaboration will enable Skrill to expand coverage of the Russian pay...

Saxo Bank Prepares for Tough Times Ahead – Lets Go of 250 Employees

November 27, 2012

Continuing the measures taken by the large brokers worldwide Saxo today has let go of over 250 employees, most of them in the Copenhagen headquarters. This is similar to the measures taken by GFT. 2012 became o...