Visa has announced some updates for merchants. Transactions on e-commerce sites will have higher rates, while retailers in certain services categories, such as real estate and education, will see fees decline.It got about the plan of financial corporation Visa to change the point-of-sale system for the U.S. merchants. According to the company, the move is the major system’s update through which Visa aims to persuade more people to give up using checks. Besides, the company is planning to...
Read More »Visa, BNP Paribas Invest $80M into Fintech Startup Currencycloud
Recently, the UK fintech startup Currencycloud ran a series E funding round. Among the participants were Sapphire Ventures, Notion Capital, Anthemis, Accomplice, and Google’s venture wing GV. All of them supported Currencycloud earlier. Besides, the startup boasted it had attracted new investors. Visa, World Bank arm International Finance Corporation, BNP Paribas, Siam Commercial Bank and former Softbank spinoff SBI Group joined the round and invested as much as $80 million.The round has...
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