All articles by Robert Prendergast

Robert Prendergast

Tamara lands $1bn valuation with $340m Series C funding

Tamara plans to deploy funds on new products and services, targeting opportunities in shopping, payments and banking services in Saudi Arabia

Paysera opens bank branch in Georgia

After gaining its licence last year, Paysera has opened its inaugural bank branch in Tbilisi, and now operates in nine countries

EMTECH pilots digital cash solution in Ghana

EMTECH’s Web3-based Digital Cash Infrastructure is released with the Bank of Ghana and is designed to make cash accessible and trusted

CaixaBank and ONCE improve POS terminals’ accessibility for blind people

CaixaBank and ONCE collaborate to implement an “Accessible Mode” on POS terminals, allow blind people to make payments with more ease

Aria secures €15m in funding round

Aria shifts towards an embedded digital B2B payment structure, hoping to make B2B payments as easy as the B2C checkout experience

JustiFi announces partnership with Verifone

JustiFi and Verifone will introduce a new, Unified Card-Present solution which will provide JustiFi customers with Verifone terminals

UnionPay partners with Trip.com

The partnership between Trip.com and UnionPay will provide cardholders with an improved experience across all the regions Trip.com operates

Citizens rolls out sustainably manufactured Mastercard Debit and ATM Card

The cards will also include Mastercard’s Touch Card feature to make usage easier for blind and partially sighted customers

ShopBack and Runa partner to offer enhanced cashback rewards

Runa will help ShopBack to expand on its cashback offerings for its Australian customers

Fibocom propels digitalisation of smart industry terminals

Through the fulfillment of its PCBA capability, Fibocom will reduce the complexity for PoC manufacturers at the early stage of product design