“Viber’s world-class security and privacy-protection joined with the high standards of premium payment service partners, like Rapyd, creates a simple and secure app-based alternative for conducting personal and business transactions.”Īs per a McKinsey report, the global payments market, involving domestic transfers, credit card payments and others, is estimated to reach $2.5tn by 2025. “User-friendly payment features will allow users to effortlessly connect, engage, and transact inside and across borders without ever leaving their preferred messaging platform.

Rakuten Viber CEO Ofir Eyal said: “Rakuten Viber is already one of the world’s top messengers, and with fintech capabilities Viber will extend its utility and value to make it an absolutely essential app for its hundreds of millions of users. The users will also be able to pay utility bills and others via banks as well as unique discounts and rewards from local associates. Post introduction of the digital wallet across the globe, Viber users will receive new financial services such as Viber-to-Viber wallet payments for local and international Euro transfers. Top funded startups and Mergers & AcquisitionsĪs part of the partnership, Rapyd intends to implant its licensed payment processing services directly into the Viber app to facilitate in-app payments.Read our report and gather insights on the following topics: The report highlights the current state of play and the future potential of the zero trust approach in cybersecurity to protect critical digital infrastructure of enterprises across sectors such as financial services, healthcare, telecom, and transportation, among others. Reasons to read: The cybersecurity landscape is swiftly changing, and businesses need more awareness to meet the evolving change. Against the backdrop, enterprises explore zero trust as it takes a micro-level approach to authenticate and approve access at every point within a network. Hackers target sensitive information such as organizational, client, and financial data, as well as intellectual property (IP) and proprietary functions.Īs digital transformation becomes a top priority for many organizations, traditional perimeter-based security models are no longer sufficient to address the growing cybersecurity concerns. Cyberattacks continue to rise every year and no sector seems to be immune.

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