Nintendo eShop Payments Suspended In Russia Gaming Tech and Gaming Blog by HendrikWiese - March 5, 20220 Russian eShop has been "temporarily placed into maintenance mode".Various Nintendo eShop users have recently reported that payments via the Russian Nintendo eShop are not being processed, and Nintendo has now confirmed that the Russian eShop has been put into "maintenance mode" due to the payment service being non-functional at present.A
President Joe Biden asks student-loan borrowers to 'do their part' in preparing for payments to resume on May 1 as pressure for broad cancellation ramps up again Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) - January 3, 20220 Image Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesBiden extended a student-loan-payment pause an additional three months through May 1.He said borrowers should use this extra time to prepare for the resumption of payments.But some lawmakers and advocates said this extra time should be used to cancel student debt.Last month, President Joe Biden gave
Salesforce backs Indian payments startup Razorpay Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 20, 20210 Six-year-old Bangalore-based fintech Razorpay, which was valued at $3 billion in a financing round in April this year, has courted one more high-profile investor: Salesforce Ventures. Razorpay said on Monday it has received a “strategic investment” from the venture arm of the American enterprise giant. The investment will help the startup
India and Singapore to link their payments systems to enable ‘instant and low-cost’ cross-border transactions Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 14, 20210 India and Singapore are working to link their digital payments systems to enable “instant, low-cost fund transfers,” in a major push to disrupt cross-border transactions, the central banks of the two nations said on Tuesday. The project to link India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s PayNow is targeted for operationalization
Billogram, provider of a payments platform specifically for recurring billing, raises $45M Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ingrid Lunden - September 13, 20210 Payments made a huge shift to digital platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic — purchasing moved online for many consumers and businesses; and a large proportion of those continuing to buy and sell in-person went cash-free. Today a startup that has been focusing on one specific aspect of payments — recurring
BP Ventures invests $11.9M in in-car payments provider Ryd to support expansion Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Rebecca Bellan - September 7, 20210 BP Ventures, the investing arm of oil and gas giant BP, has announced a €10 million (~$11.9 million) investment in Ryd, a German in-car digital payments provider. The fresh funds will help Ryd expand its service into international markets and build out its offering, according to a statement. Ryd’s service allows
Top Indian payments app PhonePe opens its data firehose to everyone Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 2, 20210 PhonePe, one of the largest digital payments services in India, on Thursday launched Pulse, a free product to offer insights into how people in the world’s second largest internet market are paying digitally. And PhonePe would know: the Flipkart-backed five-year-old startup said its insights are based on over 22 billion transactions
Prosus acquires Indian payments giant BillDesk for $4.7B, will merge with its PayU fintech group Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ingrid Lunden - August 31, 20210 More major consolidation underway in the world of payments: Prosus — the Dutch tech giant that bundles together Naspers’ fintech, e-commerce and other international investments and businesses outside of South Africa (including a big stake in Tencent) — today announced that it would pay $4.7 billion to acquire BillDesk, a
Linktree partners with PayPal to allow users globally to accept direct payments Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Aisha Malik - August 25, 20210 Linktree, the popular “link in bio” service with more than 16 million users, is partnering with PayPal to expand its recently launched “Commerce Links” tools for direct payment on Linktree globally. The Melbourne-based startup says creators in over 200 countries where PayPal operates can now accept payments through the transaction
Bulk payments startup Comma raises $6M Seed round led by Octopus and Connect Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Mike Butcher - August 6, 20210 UK-based open banking bulk payment startup Comma has raised £4.34 million ($6m) in a Seed round of funding led by Octopus Ventures and Connect Ventures. They were joined by investors Village Global, and the founders of Wagestream, Peter Briffet and Portman Wills. The company says it enables small and micro businesses