Russia-based payment services provider QIWI announced yesterday (Aug. 18) the launch of contactless smartphone payments through its strategic partnership with Visa. Visa’s payWave-based contactless payment option will be integrated with QIWI payment services to create a co-branded Visa QIWI Wallet. The joint solution will allow...
Global payments vendor Adyen on Tuesday (Dec. 16) said that it has closed $250 million in new funding, led by global growth equity investor General Atlantic, with additional participation from Temasek, Index Ventures and Felicis Ventures. “Adyen is at the forefront of a rapidly globalizing...
eBay and PayPal are on their way to independent futures, but in the case of eBay in Russia the two have teamed up launch a new payment service, eBay announced Thursday (Oct. 30). This move was made in association with QIWI — a service that...
Money transfers sent through kiosks in Russia have nearly doubled in the past year, according to Self Service World. Payment services provider Qiwi, which dominates the Russian money kiosk business, said that transfers through its own systems and those of its partner, Unistream International, grew...
August 19, 2015
Russia-based payment services provider QIWI announced yesterday (Aug. 18) the launch of contactless smartphone payments through its strategic partnership with Visa. Visa’s payWave-based contactless payment option will be integrated with QIWI payment services to create a co-branded Visa QIWI Wallet. The joint solution will allow the millions of the e-wallet users to pay with their […]
December 16, 2014
Global payments vendor Adyen on Tuesday (Dec. 16) said that it has closed $250 million in new funding, led by global growth equity investor General Atlantic, with additional participation from...
November 03, 2014
eBay and PayPal are on their way to independent futures, but in the case of eBay in Russia the two have teamed up launch a new payment service, eBay announced...
September 18, 2014
Money transfers sent through kiosks in Russia have nearly doubled in the past year, according to Self Service World. Payment services provider Qiwi, which dominates the Russian money kiosk business,...
