Adyen, Bitcoin, Stripe, VISA, eBay, and iZettle in Payments this week

by | Dec 19, 2017 | Payments

  • Accenture has reported that nearly a third of retailers are ready to start taking advantage of Open Banking reforms in order to provide services such as faster refunds, in-store access to balances and quicker payments by bank transfer
  • Go Homes is set to sell a four-bedroom house in Essex for Bitcoin, with the price fixed at however much £350,000 in sterling is trading for on the day. The unnamed buyer is understood to be a ‘Bitcoin miner’ who made an early killing on the crypto-currency and is now converting it into bricks and mortar. The developers are also preparing a second Bitcoin sale in the next few weeks
  • Stripe has announced that clients can now on-board businesses on their own platforms through its Express service
  • Visa survey has found that 86% of US consumers are interested in using biometrics to verify identity or make payments, with 70% believing that biometrics are easier and 46% thinking they are more secure than using passwords or PINs
  • eBay’s SVP of eBay Americas, Scott Cutler, has told Yahoo Finance that the online retailer is ‘seriously considering’ accepting bitcoin payments but noted the company is ‘not quite there yet.’
  • iZettle has raised another €40m in a funding round led by venture capital firm Dawn and The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, which it plans to use to expand into more markets beyond the 12 where it currently operates in Europe and Latin America.
  • Judopay has announced a partnership with Visa to utilise the CyberSource payment management solution to offer consumers a more seamless digital payment experience and greater choice in how they make mobile payments
  • Mastercard has launched Assemble, a prepaid innovation hub with money management capabilities. Mastercard Assemble for Millennials is available now in the US with other markets being targeted within the next year.
  • Adyen has reported that the number of e-commerce shopping transactions in the UK increased 20% on Friday 8 December, 28% on Saturday 9 December and 17% on Monday 10 December when compared to Cyber Monday (27 November). Global sales figures also show an increase across the same three days (12%, 13% and 3% respectively).