payments

Plaid, the fintech company that develops technology connecting banks with services like PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL)’s Venmo, has reportedly conducted a fundraising round that values the company at $2.65 billion. The San Francisco-based company is a Benzinga Fintech Summit alumnus...

Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) reported third-quarter earnings Nov. 7 that beat estimates for both sales and earnings. The company raised its fourth-quarter guidance and conducted investor relations meetings in New York City. The Analyst Nomura analyst Dan Dolev maintained a Buy rating on Square and...

Digital wallets and emerging payments technology were at the forefront of conversations at the 2018 Benzinga Fintech Summit in San Francisco. Karla Allen, head of digital wallets at Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), provided insight on the industry and its future in retail. Walmart Pay Walmart Pay is...

Executives working in blockchain payments technology talked distribution capabilities, transfer efficiency and the future of payments infrastructure at the Benzinga Fintech Summit in San Francisco. Cory Johnson, Ripple's chief market strategist; Paul Diegelman, Fiserv Inc. (...

Poynt, a startup that builds a point-of-sale operating system on which merchants can plug in third-party apps, has raised $100 million in venture capital funding from backers including Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google Ventures, National Australia Bank, NYCA Partners and...

The Benzinga Fintech Summit is a gathering of the top leaders in brokerage, payments and cryptocurrencies in San Francisco Nov. 14. Ahead of the Summit, Benzinga is profiling fintech thought leaders who are speaking at the event. For this installment, Benzinga interviewed Sanjay Saraf, CTO of...

A look at 2019 projections for Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) suggests the Street is underappreciating the payments company's outlook, according to Citi. The Analyst Citi's Peter Christiansen upgraded Square from Neutral to Buy with a price target lifted from $67 to $90. The Thesis Square is...

Benzinga is rolling out the Fintech Focus podcast, a series of interviews with leaders in the fintech space. Our third episode features Andrew Jamison, founder and CEO of Extend, a fintech startup that sells technology to credit card issuers that allows their corporate card clients to share their...

Benzinga is rolling out the Fintech Focus podcast, a series of interviews with leaders in the fintech space. Our first Fintech Focus episode features Kamran Ansari, a partner at VC firm Greycroft, and covers a swathe of hot topics in the fintech venture space. Ansari was an early investor in Venmo...

Founded in 2014, Wirex is a provider of cryptocurrency wallets that has developed on a global scale. This week, the company announced a launch in the U.S. Just a few weeks ahead of the Nov. 14 Benzinga Fintech Summit, Benzinga spoke with Wirex North American CEO Vroon Modgill on the company’s...