Global payment gateway BlueSnap announced that MyLife, the leading service for protecting reputations and privacy, has increased payment conversion rates significantly since implementing BlueSnap in January 2015. The switch to
Ray Brash, CEO at PrePay Solutions has commented on the Financial Inclusion Commission’s Report and the Commission’s views on prepaid cards. Read his comments here.
Thomson Reuters has launched new controls in its instant messaging service to improve the ease with which financial markets professionals can communicate with their counterparties whilst helping ensure the highest
New research from Ukash reveals that 15% of traveller’s book getaways to cash in on good exchange rates, despite the fact that there’s no guarantee the rate will stay strong for
Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services will be unveiling a new employee rewards portfolio at Motivate Europe Live in late April. This will include new positioning for its current reward portfolio, along
Optimal Payments Plc has entered into an agreement to acquire Skrill Group from CVC Funds and other shareholders, for an enterprise value of approximately €1.1 billion (US$[1.2] billion). Read more
Leading foreign exchange provider Travelex has partnered with Tuxedo Money Solutions on its planned Visa branded Supercard, a new way for UK travellers to avoid debit and credit card roaming fees
Jumio has announced that P2P lending specialist Landbay has implemented Jumio’s Netverify® to authenticate lenders’ identities, to comply with anti-money-laundering regulations and improve their clients’ user experience. The multi-year deal will
The Government of Egypt, represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and MasterCard are collaborating with the aim of extending financial services to 54 million Egyptians. MasterCard will work with the
Limonetik’s most recent newsletter includes Gartner research, “Hype Cycle for Payment Innovations, 2014”. Read more here.
First Data Corporation and Capgemini have formed a global alliance to develop next generation payment technology software using First Data’s VisionPLUS® and AccessPLUS solutions. Read more here.
Furthering its efforts to enable financial institutions to be client champions, FIS is launching a full-service, end-to-end social media solution for financial institutions. FIS Social Media helps financial institutions follow FFIEC risk
Anti-money laundering (AML) expert Callcredit has been selected by Smart Pension, a new auto enrolment firm, to perform AML checks on small companies automatically enrolling their employees for a workplace pension. Callcredit’s CallValidate tool
Cubits are now partnering with BetVIP, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin-supported Sportsbook and Casino, using its merchant platform Cubits Pay to provide BetVIP with the high-volume application and flexible API
Carta Worldwide has announced Cloud Suite 1.0 for mobile payments, the world’s only full-service cloud-based payments and tokenization solution for Banks and Wallet Service Providers. Its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) now offers
Citi is to launch a banking app designed for Apple Watch™ when Apple brings the device to market in the US on April 24, 2015. Among the first banking apps
Visa Europe, together with a number of its member banks, will be demonstrating a range of live mobile payment apps from across Europe at Mobile World Congress, with services from
