Yoyo Wallet - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

Yoyo to create global loyalty brand following merger with South Africa's wiGroup

Yoyo, the leading UK-based marketing, payments and loyalty company, and wiGroup, the South African-based mobile rewards software company announced today that they are joining forces to create a global loyalty company under the Yoyo brand.

14 October 2020

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Yoyo appoints former Mastercard exec as new chairman

Yoyo’s board of directors has today announced that David Yates, former president of New Payment Platforms at Mastercard and now a senior advisor to Mastercard, has taken on the role of chairman of the award-winning technology platform that combines payment, loyalty and marketing to increase customer lifetime value for physical and online retailers.

03 June 2019

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Former Google and GoCardless sales head Marcus Oulds joins Yoyo

GoCardless’ director of UK sales and Google’s former head of SMB acquisition and operations, Marcus Oulds, has joined Europe’s fastest growing combined payments and loyalty marketing platform, Yoyo, as its new VP commercial.

15 May 2019

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Yoyo goes omnichannel with instore and online presence

Yoyo has combined its award-winning in-store digital payments and loyalty experience with a unique and revolutionary e-commerce solution, enabling retailers to deliver the world’s first truly integrated and most rewarding buying experience for customers, whether they shop in-store or online.

07 February 2019

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Yoyo Wallet signs Soho Coffee chain

SOHO Coffee Co., the independent artisan coffee chain, has partnered with Yoyo, Europe’s fastest growing mobile payment and loyalty marketing platform, to build and power a new payments and loyalty app experience for its customers.

28 January 2019

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Yoyo Wallet signs up easyCoffee

easyCoffee, the coffee chain launched by CEO and entertainment entrepreneur Nathan Lowry and easyJet tycoon Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has forged an alliance with London based Yoyo, Europe’s fastest growing mobile payments and loyalty marketing platform, to provide a new app-based payments and loyalty solution for its customers, as both companies rapidly expand across the UK.

22 November 2018

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Yoyo loyalty app reaches one million users

Yoyo, the UK’s biggest mobile payments and loyalty marketing platform, has smashed through a milestone by crossing the 1 million user mark - making it one of the fastest growing fintech startups in Europe.

18 July 2018

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Yoyo launches order ahead feature for UK retailers and caterers

July 4th, 2018, London UK: Yoyo, Europe’s fastest growing mobile payment, loyalty and marketing platform, has forged a partnership with digital ordering platform Preoday to create a new, integrated way for retailers and caterers to affordably provide pre-ordering services to their customers across the UK.

04 July 2018

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Mastercard finance director James Taylor joins Yoyo

Yoyo, Europe’s fastest growing combined payments and loyalty marketing platform, has hired Mastercard finance director and the Pay by Bank app’s former head of finance, James Taylor, as its new VP finance.

09 May 2018

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Yoyo appoints co-founder Michael Rolph as new CEO, as Alain Falys steps up to chairman

Yoyo, Europe’s fastest-growing mobile payment and loyalty marketing platform, today announced that co-founder Michael Rolph, previously Chief Product Officer, has been appointed CEO with immediate effect.

05 December 2017

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Yoyo Wallet secures £12 million Series B funding

Yoyo Wallet, Europe’s fastest growing mobile payment and customer engagement platform, today announced a £12 million Series B round, led by the digitalisation and investment arm of the METRO GROUP Wholesale & Food Specialist Company, an internationally leading specialist in wholesale and food retail with ca. €37 billion in annual turnover, with additional investment from Woodford Investment Management and Touchstone Innovations.

26 June 2017

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Yoyo hires PayPal GM Simon Moran

Yoyo, the mobile payment and customer engagement company, have hired PayPal General Manager Simon Moran as the fast-growing start-ups first VP of Commercial.

03 March 2017

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