WorldPay Expands To Alternative Finance Sector – What About Bitcoin?
Even established payment processors are looking beyond the world of traditional finance as part of their future business model. WorldPay, one of the leading European payment processors in existence today, has entered the alternative finance market by partnering with cash advance provider Liberis. As part of the agreement with Liberis, WorldPay can offer Britain’s small[er] businesses a new payment option. This initiative will be called Worldpay Business Finance, and offers unsecured cash advance based on future credit and debit card sales of the small[er] businesses in question.
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