Payment Methods

What is a payment method? Well there are many, debit, credit, ACH, blockchain, and cross border. There are also many other way to transact through the wires. Credit card, debit card, cheque, money transfers, and recurring cash or ACH (Automated Clearing House) disbursements are all electronic payments methods.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

SoftBank, Paytm To Launch Digital Payment Service In Japan
SoftBank, Paytm To Launch Digital Payment Service In Japan
July 23, 2018  |  Digital Payments

SoftBank of Japan is gearing up to announce the launch of a mobile digital payment service in the country by the end of this year....

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PayU Buys ZOOZ, Boosting Its Investments To More Than $350M
PayU Buys ZOOZ, Boosting Its Investments To More Than $350M
July 23, 2018  |  Investments

PayU, the online payment company owned by Naspers, announced Monday (July 23) the acquisition of payments technology platform ZOOZ. In a press release, PayU said...

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Crypto Millionaires In China Are Buying International Real Estate
Crypto Millionaires In China Are Buying International Real Estate
July 23, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

With Chinese regulators clamping down on the cryptocurrency market, crypto millionaires in the country are selling the digital tokens in the U.S. and buying real...

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Visa Offers payWave In India; PayPoint Teams Up With Anywhere Sim
Visa Offers payWave In India; PayPoint Teams Up With Anywhere Sim
July 18, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Visa’s offering of payWave in India as the country...

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Citi Payment Insights Gives Corporates New B2B Payments Tools
Citi Payment Insights Gives Corporates New B2B Payments Tools
July 16, 2018  |  Global Payments

Citi announced Monday (July 16) the launch of Citi Payment Insights, a new service that gives institutional clients access to real-time payment information and the...

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World Cup Highlights Growth Of Contactless Payments In Russia
World Cup Highlights Growth Of Contactless Payments In Russia
July 16, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Contactless payments scored big at the FIFA World Cup in Russia, with 50 percent of Visa purchases in tournament venues utilizing contactless transactions through cards, mobile devices...

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New Payments Rule Could Cost Alipay, Tencent More Than $1B
New Payments Rule Could Cost Alipay, Tencent More Than $1B
July 16, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Alipay and Tencent, operators of the two leading digital payment services in China, could lose as much as $1 billion combined in annual revenue thanks...

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Klarna Eyes Expansion, Banking Products As Next Areas Of Growth
Klarna Eyes Expansion, Banking Products As Next Areas Of Growth
July 16, 2018  |  Fintech Investments

Klarna — the Swedish FinTech that gives consumers 30 days to pay for their purchases, letting them return them before actually shelling out the money —...

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The 83-Year-Old Startup Quietly Powering Travel Payments
The 83-Year-Old Startup Quietly Powering Travel Payments
July 16, 2018  |  Startups

Say hello to the payments industry’s 83-year-old startup. That would be UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan), the oldest payment scheme in the world, founded by American...

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