Marcel van Oost

Hey Payments Fanatic! Last Friday, I shared news from Colombia with Félix Pago, making its way into the country. Today, I’m back with another update from there, this time about Bre-B. It’s been just a month and a half since the launch and already reached 11.6 million

Hey Payments Fanatic! Félix Pago is rolling out its WhatsApp remittance service in its 6th country, Colombia. Backed by a $75 million Series B, it enters one of Latin America’s biggest remittance markets with partners like Nubank and Mercado Libre. Through WhatsApp, users can send money by text or

Hey Payments Fanatic! Tazapay, a payments startup that processes over $10 billion a year, has closed its Series B round with Ripple and Circle joining to boost its presence in Japan and move forward with license applications in the US, UAE, Hong Kong, and Australia. CEO Rahul Shinghal summed it

Hey Payments Fanatic! By combining Solidgate’s orchestration-first model with J.P. Morgan’s global network, the partnership is paving the way for smoother, faster, and more dependable payment experiences, giving merchants easier cross-border access and stronger performance at scale. “Working with J.P. Morgan Payments provides Solidgate and our

Hey Payments Fanatic! Big move at Singapore’s cross-border payments player Thunes. Co-founder Peter De Caluwe is back in the CEO seat after 18 months as deputy chairman. He takes over from Floris de Kort, who previously led the firm. Scroll for more of today’s top news in the

Hey Payments Fanatic! Klarna just locked in its first-ever warehouse financing facility deal, securing up to €1.4B ($1.63B) from Banco Santander. The facility is backed by receivables from its German business and marks a big step in diversifying funding sources. The deal follows Klarna’s forward-flow agreement of