Tag: Worldline
Bafin untersagt Payone wegen „hoher Geldwäscherisiken“ Teile des Neugeschäft
Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht in Bonn Die Bafin schaut sich nach dem Wirecard-Skandal Zahlungsdienstleister genauer an und hat nun auch bei Payone Mängel entdeckt. (Foto: imago/JOKER) Frankfurt Die deutsche Finanzaufsicht Bafin knöpft…
KKR gibt Zahlungsplattform Unzer offenbar an Gläubiger
KKR-Logo KKR hatte zur Finanzierung der Übernahme von Unzer einen Kredit in Höhe von 300 Millionen Euro aufgenommen. (Foto: Reuters) Frankfurt Der Zahlungsdienstleister Unzer könnte von einer Gruppe von Gläubigern übernommen…
Italienische Nexi Group kauft 30 Prozent am Bamberger Unternehmen Computop
Hauptsitz von Nexi in Mailand Der italienische Zahlungsdienstleister hat bereits Sia sowie Nets und damit die deutsche Firma Concardis übernommen. Nun kauft er 30 Prozent an Computop. (Foto: Reuters) Frankfurt Der…
European banks will start their own payment service in 2024
Pay by smartphone The European Payments Initiative (EPI) plans to start mobile-to-mobile payments in 2024, with other mobile payments to follow. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Frankfurt A new alternative to Visa…
European banks want to start their own payment service in 2024
Frankfurt A total of 16 European financial service providers, including Deutsche Bank and the savings banks, want to start a new European payment system at the beginning of next year.…
DKB admits incorrect postings in current accounts
DKB banking app Deutsche Kreditbank has more than five million customers. (Photo: Thomas Trutschel/photothek.net) Berlin Incorrect postings have occurred in checking accounts at Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB). A company spokesman said…
Worldline is looking for further acquisitions
Gilles Grapenet The 59-year-old has been at the helm of the company for almost ten years. (Photo: imago images/IP3press) Frankfurt The largest European payment processor, Worldline from France, is targeting…
Deutsche Bank and Sparkassen drive new EU payment system EPI
Frankfurt, Madrid Despite setbacks, Deutsche Bank and the savings banks want to fight for the establishment of a new European payment system (EPI). “By setting up an independent system, we…
Bafin takes action against payment service providers
Frankfurt The financial supervisory authority Bafin has identified significant deficiencies in the payment service provider Unzer and is therefore taking tough action against the group. The subsidiary Unzer E-Com GmbH…
Card payments disruption: Financial regulator Bafin is investigating problems
Frankfurt The problems with card payments in Germany call the financial regulator Bafin on the scene. The authority is in close contact with the Bundesbank, the Federal Office for Information…
Klarna is cutting jobs, there is a risk of a valuation discount
“When we made our business plans for 2022 last fall, the world looked very different than it does today,” explained Klarna boss and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski at the beginning of…
13 banks & payment service providers are sticking with the EPI payment solution
Payments on the Internet EPI’s goal was to create its own payment system in order to become more independent of powerful US corporations such as Mastercard, Visa and Paypal. (Photo:…
Adyen increases profit – share increases significantly
Frankfurt The Dutch payment service provider Adyen, so far mainly active in Europe, is aiming for global business. Company boss Pieter van der Does told the Handelsblatt: “We are in…
After the Wirecard scandal: Bafin is examining German payment service providers
Frankfurt The financial supervisory authority Bafin is scrutinizing several large payment service providers after the Wirecard scandal. In addition to a special audit at Unzer, the authorities have also started…
Fintechs: Klara and Stripe cooperate
Klarna app The Swedish payment service Klarna, whose value is estimated at 46 billion dollars, is cooperating with the US payment service provider Stripe. Stripe’s valuation is nearly $ 100…