2024 Look Ahead: The Year of Collaboration, PX & Growth

Mpe conference interviewed industry experts to learn what’s next in the merchant payments ecosystem (mpe) in 2024.  Experts predict that “Collaboration” is the new name of the game, and winners will be those who focus on payment experience (PX) and VAS-related payments. Let’s dive deep into what the experts said: Ugne Buraciene, CEO, payable: “It’s […]

Budget Insight becomes Powens and accelerates its European roadmap.

Powens by Budget Insight

To support its Open Finance positioning and European ambitions, Budget Insight has unveiled a new name and new logo as part of an extensive rebranding initiative. Paris, France, 25 October 2022 – Budget Insight, a leading European player in Open Banking and Open Finance, has completed an extensive rebranding effort in response to the company’s […]

SumUp raises €295m, Revolut launches BNPL, Volt releases Verify, and MPE2022 goes to Berlin

PCN Pulse

British Unicorn, SumUp, raises €295m in venture round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Financial super app, Revolut, launches BNPL service in Europe. Open banking provider, Volt, launches Verify, an ultrafast account ownership authentication service. Shopify and Twitter partner up to expand merchants’ reach on social media. Europe’s #1 Merchant Payments Conference returns back to Berlin […]

PCN’s Guide to Job Success – Salary Negotiation

PCN's Guide to Job Success

We all know that salary negation can be a challenging process for candidates, especially, for popular industries like Fintech, Saas, Cybersecurity, or E-commerce where there is a high demand for senior or executive positions but a shortage of experienced candidates. However, if you’re going through an interview process you should be able to know your […]

Budget Insight raises $35 million

Bertrand Jeannet, CEO at Budget Insight and Romain Bignon, Founder at Budget Insight

Budget Insight raises $35 million in funding from PSG Equity to become one of Europe’s Open Finance leaders The management team and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa will remain shareholders alongside PSG Equity. A clear ambition: to emerge as Europe’s leader in Open Finance, a sector currently consolidating around a handful of big players. An ambitious business […]

Launching Episode 1 from our Risk video series with Netcetera

Today, we launch our new three-part Risk video series with our client Netcetera.  Diving into the ins and outs of Risk Management, the first episode from the series features an insightful discussion with specialists in the fields of 3DS and Risk. Together, they share their knowledge on risk and fraud prevention and how it can […]