Today In Payments

Flywire appointed Rob Orgel to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer.

Banco Santander is acquiring just over 50 percent of the U.K. payments platform Ebury for $453 million.

Japanese instant credit startup Paidy notched $143 million in a Series C extension funding round and WEX posted earnings results that met expectations.

In today’s top payment news, Lyft announced third-quarter earnings results that illustrated a rise in ridership and revenue.

In today’s payments news, Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash are backing an initiative to be exempt from a landmark law that re-classifies gig workers as employees.

In today’s payments news, Western Union has rolled out full application programming interface (API) access to domestic and global payment applications.

In today’s top payments news, cross-border payments firm Western Union is advancing real-time money transfers to customers in India.

In today’s payments news, Zelle’s third-quarter results show that transaction volume increased by 73 percent.

In today’s payments news, Mastercard is rolling out Mastercard Bill Pay Exchange with the help of several new partners, and Amex saw a revenue gain in Q3 2019.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon called the Apple Card “the most successful credit card launch ever” in a call with investors.