Mobility fintech Moove secures $100m Series B funding
The round has raised the Nigerian fintech’s valuation to $750 million.
Uber
Uber expands Stripe partnership to give users more ways to pay
The collaboration makes Stripe the global payments partner for Uber across many of its top markets.
Uber partners Mastercard, Marqeta to launch new card offering for drivers
The Uber Pro Card will help its drivers save on fuel, fees and other associated expenses.
Netflix bags Uber’s product head Ebi Atawodi as payments director
Atawodi spent more than six years at Uber.
Uber plans return to financial services with hires “across the board”
The firm is “not ready to announce anything yet”.
Uber presses pause on financial services play
Uber Money head Peter Hazlehurst is leaving the ride-hailing giant.
Uber relaunches credit card with Barclays, drivers get real-time cash flow
Uber has rolled out its financial product line Uber Money.
Carlsberg Bank – probably the best digital bank in the world
Banks need to identify new segments and go beyond banking
SoftBank supports start-ups under the radar
The Japanese technology giant invested $5 billion into Latin American “unicorns”.
Uber-izing banks
The secret is not just about being frictionless and digital.
The Amazon-ification of banking
So, what can banks learn from Amazon? In a nutshell it should have these key features.
Leveraging insurance to do social good – the Uber way
Insurance has a bad reputation – but can insurtech turn this around and lead the way for social good?
Toronto receives $1.4bn tech investment in September
The tech ecosystem in Toronto is growing – and fintech is sure to follow.
Holvi takes Uber drivers to financial heights
Two have joined forces to help Uber’s drivers manage their finances.
Uber and Venmo link up for payments
Simplifying the way Uber users can pay with Venmo.
Coinbase unveils crypto e-gift card for Uber and Google Play
All enabled via its partnership with WeGift.
Uber gives drivers a lift with Visa Debit Card
But it also faces tax problems in Denmark.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 March 2018
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Uber looking for Dutch payments licence
It’s a drive to diversification.
Industry alignment or industry confusion – what is a financial institution?
How industry labels and market segment boxes are no longer so revealing.
Uber takes SoftBank investment and drives changes
Uber is to accept an investment of up to $1.25 billion from Japan’s SoftBank and usher in new governance rules aimed at reining in former CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick.
App it. The future of banking
This morning I was having breakfast with a colleague. I paid the bill, and he sent me his share of the bill using our Monzo app. Before we’d walked out of the café, the money was in my account. Simple!
App economy dodges bullet as Uber wins in court
It’s a rare ray of sunshine for the under-fire Uber, as it won a key battle as the US Second Court of Appeals ruled its Terms and Conditions (T&C) were legally binding, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Uber has proved to be a difficult ally to have in recent months with the firm facing […]
Green Dot reports net income jump in Q2, touts fintech deals, acquires secured credit portfolio
Green Dot Corp. reported strong numbers for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, including a 140 percent increase in GAAP net income to $19.3 million, up from $8.0 million over Q2 2016.
Softbank eyeing major stake in Uber
Japan’s Softbank is said to have begun talks with Uber about taking a multi-billion-dollar stake in the ride-hailing business.
Barclaycard gets Uber momentum
Barclaycard and Uber have agreed a new commercial agreement that will see Barclaycard customers get “exclusive offers” when they use their personal card to pay for their Uber rides. The deal means Barclaycard’s personal credit card customers can get a free Uber ride, up to the value of £15, for every ten that they take […]
Trend Watch 2017: Payments Year in Review
Paybefore’s first-ever payments year-in-review report, sponsored by The Bancorp, is available now. Offering an in-depth look at key trends and the Top 10 payments stories from 2016 that will continue to shape the industry in 2017 and beyond, this must-have resource examines everything influencing the industry from the CFPB and Uber to Brexit and Trump and much more.
Why the Uberisation of the banking industry can’t come soon enough
Building emotional bonds with customers is a strategic imperative, and why the change programmes currently being undertaken at banks need to recognise the hidden lessons of Uber.
Uber rides into Mexico debit card arena
Uber has teamed up with MasterCard and Mexico’s first online bank, Bankaool, to launch its own debit card. The latest deal is Uber’s ride deeper into the fintech space. It recently partnered with Standard Chartered to offer the bank’s credit cardholders cashbacks on Uber rides. The UberCard in Mexico is linked to a Bankaool bank […]
Standard Chartered customers taken for an Uber ride
This time we have a genuine Uber moment in fintech. Standard Chartered and Uber are partnering to offer the bank’s credit cardholders cashbacks on Uber rides. This is the “first ever multi-market partnership” for both of them. The deal is for six markets – Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, India and the United Arab Emirates – […]
Payments round-up: 1 September 2016
Brevity is the goal of this. Here’s a round-up of events in the payments space to save you time. Let’s start off small… as in Small World FS. The London-based payment service provider reached a milestone with 50 million transactions processed on behalf of its customers. The firm’s been around for ten tears and says […]
