Levelset, a construction-focused startup that assists in processing payments for contractors, is part of a hot corner of real estate tech.
It's not just about moving money from point A to point B, Lichtenstein said. There is opportunity in the analytics and data around payments.
Libra, a new cryptocurrency created in part by Facebook, isn't launching until 2020, and there are still a few unanswered questions.
"Visa and Mastercard run the show, but UnionPay have a big ambition in this region and we are the first to offer their platform here."
BI PRIME: PayPal announced that its small business lending division hit $10 billion in cumulative volume.
The firm is valued at $3.5 billion after a funding round from investors including BlackRock. "We're likely to go public at some point," the CFO says.
BI PRIME: Apple Pay is bolstering its international expansion and launching support for ticketing in the US.
JPMorgan's $500 million deal for the healthcare payments tech company expands the bank's already vast corporate payments operation.
BI PRIME: Alipay is partnering with Klarna and Adyen to offer Klarna's "Pay later" option at checkout on Alibaba-owned marketplace AliExpress.
Doxo is partnering with Plaid, a fintech that enables consumers to connect their bank accounts to other financial services providers through APIs.
BI PRIME: Mastercard announced that it will acquire bill pay platform Transactis for an undisclosed amount.
The social network reportedly plans to launch a digital coin that users can spend on and off its platform.
BI PRIME: Fiserv and First Data both announced their Q1 2019 earnings, providing insights into their performance ahead of their upcoming merger.
PayPal's strong Q1 2019 was highlighted by results from Venmo that indicate the service's dominance in the US peer-to-peer (P2P) payments space.
