Competition in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space has intensified over the last few years as established players compete with new entrants vying for a piece of the growing pie. And in Europe, where customers are quite conservative when it comes to credit, focusing...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Scalapay has secured $27 million in a Series B extension from Italy’s postal service Poste Italiane. The fresh capital is an extension of Scalapay’s $497 million Series B in February and will go towards scaling and developing the startup’s...
Gaming company International Game Technology (IGT) will sell its Italian proximity payment business to PostePay — the payments arm of Italian postal service Poste Italiane — in a deal worth $785 million (700 million euros). IGT announced the agreement in a news release Monday (Feb....
In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Zilch faces heat for encouraging U.K. consumers to use buy now, pay later (BNPL) to buy pizzas, and the European Union’s competition commissioner wants the metaverse to face more scrutiny. Plus, Ibercaja Banco is on...
May 26, 2022
Competition in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space has intensified over the last few years as established players compete with new entrants vying for a piece of the growing pie. And in Europe, where customers are quite conservative when it comes to credit, focusing on smaller basket sizes can be the differentiating factor behind […]
May 03, 2022
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Scalapay has secured $27 million in a Series B extension from Italy’s postal service Poste Italiane. The fresh capital is an extension of Scalapay’s $497 million Series B in February and will go towards scaling and developing the startup’s workforce, executive team and company board, according to a press […]
February 28, 2022
Gaming company International Game Technology (IGT) will sell its Italian proximity payment business to PostePay — the payments arm of Italian postal service Poste Italiane — in a deal worth...
January 20, 2022
Poste Italiane, the Italian postal service, is considering expanding its payments operations with the purchase of a card processing and electronic payments group, according to an unnamed source in the...
