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Open Banking to improve payment experience – Press Release

New data from Open Banking pioneer Nuapay, powered by Sentenial, has revealed that consumers are frustrated with the user experience when making card payments online. This follows recent findings that highlighted a raft of payment card security failings. The news comes as retailers ready themselves for the busy festive shopping season – an event that is even more important this year as businesses seek to plug pandemic losses.

January 21, 2021

QR codes could become a mainstream payment method in 2021

2020 saw significant growth in digital payments with the pandemic as one of the key factors. Covid 19 and shifting consumer behaviours steered the move toward contactless options and Open Banking for a safe, efficient, and contactless alternative to traditional payment methods.

Discover how Account to Account payment providers like Nuapay have worked to enable seamless recurring payments for businesses to deliver a faster and more frictionless experience for their customers.

Explore key trends including subscription models powered by recurring payments and QR codes which are fast becoming a mainstream payment method.

January 21, 2021

Banking As a Service: Disruptive But Great

Disruption is a buzzword that is often bandied about in the media for one reason or another but rarely do we take time to consider what it actually means in the marketplace.

To watch that in action, we need only look as far as banking and how banking as a service, or BaaS, is changing the landscape of the once-staid financial industry forever.

January 21, 2021

B2B Payments in 2021: What’s Next?

With so much change coming to commerce and B2B payments, it is often hard to spot the trends of the future when you’re dealing with so much change here and now. That’s probably easier said than done, especially considering the dual track of digital banking and the traditional banking system that has underpinned much of global commerce over the past several decades.

January 21, 2021

Banking 2021: Learn how to build professional banking services!

Do you want to know how are profitable banking services being built? Join us for the virtual event Banking 2021 on February 11 at 5 PM GMT, meet the industry experts and learn more!

January 20, 2021

Luc Gueriane joins Payments Association Project Banking Access team

Moorwand is pleased to announce that Luc Gueriane, CCO, has joined a group of other industry figures to support the The Payments Association Project Banking Access group.

January 20, 2021

Susan Brown, founder Zortrex Nominated for The AccelerateHER Awards 2021 for female business founders,

It is a great honour that Susan Brown the founder of Zortrex is nominated in the category Fintech, Cybersecurity, Susan Brown: To stand next to all the other professional semi finalists, is just amazing. You have all supported me 1 way or another by either liking my articles, or posting news about the major breach news, I just cannot thank you all enough. AccelerateHer has always had the initiative that Scotland Can Do approach.

January 20, 2021

Mobile wallets aren’t going anywhere, and here’s why…

Pre-pandemic, mobile wallets struggled to compete with the penetration rates of alternative – more embedded – payment methods. But then COVID happened and it caused the payments landscape to shift. But mobile wallets aren’t just for COVID, and here’s why…

January 19, 2021

Keyfuels announces full acceptance across all Moto Hospitality Ltd forecourts and pumps with a further 28 sites added to the network

Renewed partnership means Keyfuels now has over 70% motorway network coverage in the UK

January 18, 2021

allpay and Blocser confirm card contract for fast-growing UK gig economy

We are delighted to share the attached press release confirming the allpay.cards partnership with ambitious Danish fintech Blocser with designs on the fast-growing gig economy. Blocser has pinned their Butterfly Card to one of its biggest market moves yet – the UK offer to the near 5million now estimated as working in the nation’s gig economy.

January 18, 2021

Cards on the table for a stake in the future

Please find attached a release from allpay.cards and their work with Prosper2. Prosper is a business club and rewards programme who are currently investing in staff, training and marketing in anticipation of growth in 2021. The cards are unique to the market as they use a design that replicates carbon fibre, achieving a 3-dimensional effect.

January 18, 2021

Visa Commercial Pay Brings Virtual Card Capabilities to Clients and Partners Worldwide

Visa  and Conferma Pay announced a strategic partnership to launch Visa Commercial Pay, a suite of B2B payment solutions, to help improve cashflow for businesses and eliminate outdated manual processes.

January 15, 2021

A joint initiative that transformed the tackling of food poverty in Scotland takes top national award

We are delighted to share the news that allpay Ltd based in Herefordshire, alongside the Scottish Government, has replaced the old UK Government voucher scheme in Scotland with prepaid cards to tackle food poverty with the project being saluted as Social Inclusion Project of the Year at the 2020 Payments Awards announced.

January 15, 2021

Payment Security Predictions for 2021

Changes in digital payments due to the global pandemic are likely to carry over into next year and will have security implications. Visa’s Chief Risk Officer Diego Paul Fabara identifies five key developments that will impact the global payments ecosystem in 2021

January 15, 2021

Curve closes $95M in equity as it plans US launch

The banking platform will launch in the US and further its European reach in 2021 London, UK, 12.01.2021: Curve, the London-based fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one

January 14, 2021

Global Processing Services (GPS) Bolsters Asia Pacific Team with Head of Region Appointment

January 14, 2021

Cross-border payments platform, xpate, announces multiple senior hires after a year of impressive growth

The new talent mark the business’ ongoing commitment to simplifying international payments by already offering nearly 80 international payment methods.

January 14, 2021

Checkout.com Triples Valuation to $15bn with $450m Series C Fundraise, Accelerating Global Expansion

Checkout.com, the leading Connected Payments solutions provider, announced on 12 January the closure of a $450 million Series C fundraising round, tripling its valuation to $15bn and making it the fourth largest fintech globally and EMEA’s most valuable venture-backed business. Since its creation in 2012, Checkout.com has been driven by a firm belief that the way money flows into and out of businesses is changing. Its latest fundraise reflects its commitment to developing even more products to support progressive businesses as they reinvent industries and redefine the customer experience.

January 13, 2021

Currencycloud appoints Co-founder Richard Arundel as Chief Evangelist

Currencycloud appoints Co-founder and former GM for North America, Richard Arundel, to the position of Chief Evangelist.

January 13, 2021

What’s in store for Financial Services in 2021?

Miroslava Betinova, Head of Strategic Sales at PPS, discusses the trends we’ll see in the fintech industry this 2021.

January 13, 2021

Unlocking the Power of Partnerships

A discussion between COO of Railsbank and CEO of Kani Payments, focused on the importance of partnerships within the FinTech Industry.

January 12, 2021

How Automation and Real-time Payments saved 2020’s Regulatory Requirements

An interview with Kani CEO Aaron Holmes

January 12, 2021

Fraudster Hunter: Delivering a strategic advantage to financial organisations to stop fraud at the source

– Minimize the impact of fraud on legitimate customers
– Set honeytraps that can be used to detect and counteract fraudsters’ reconnaissance efforts and attacks against other banking customers
– Share account registration details, identities and locations with international police to show there are real world consequences to online fraud
– Make fraud less profitable and riskier for the perpetrators

January 12, 2021

Behavioral biometrics’ role in ensuring trust and safety

– Trust
– Safety
– Building trust and safety using behavioral biometrics
– Preventing fraud and maintaining mutual trust

January 12, 2021

Online fraud lessons learnt in 2020

– There has been an increase in fraud seeking to circumvent payments security
– Behavioral biometrics took steps towards becoming a foundational cybersecurity technology
– Fraud prevention in 2021 will become as much about response as detection

January 12, 2021

Payments innovator, Contis, hires specialist changemaker as Chief Strategy Officer

Leading European payments provider, Contis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrea Ramoino as Chief Strategy Officer. Andrea joins the executive team with responsibility for corporate strategy and global expansion.

January 11, 2021

FinTech CEO Tom Cregan of EML Relishes Marching To The Beat Of A Different Drum in 2021

EML CEO Relishes Marching To The Beat Of A Different Drum in 2021.

January 11, 2021

FSS Technologies and Okay Announces Strategic Partnership

Unique authentication solution to provide safe and secure commerce experience to European customers Chennai (India) and Oslo (Norway), 6th January 2021: FSS Technologies (Financial Software and Systems), a global payments

January 7, 2021

How being an ‘accidental importer’ of SaaS can mean hidden foreign exchange costs for your business

The rise in cloud-based technology has paved the way for a whole new industry, fondly known as Software as a Service (SaaS). This global industry has resulted in a number of small businesses ‘accidentally’ importing goods from abroad, which can result in hidden foreign exchange costs.

January 7, 2021

Is there a need to standardise the technical specification for open banking certificates in the UK?

To read the full article, visit:

https://www.konsentus.com/insights/is_there_a_need_to_standardise_technical_specification_for_open_banking_certificates/

January 5, 2021

Survey: Tech 2021 – How will new technologies disrupt the world of fintech?

To understand the impact of new technology innovations on fintech, Tribe Payments would like to find out the opinion of leaders within the sector through this this short survey for upcoming industry report

January 4, 2021

Global Processing Services (GPS) selected to join Mastercard’s Fintech Express Programme

Leading issuer processor, Global Processing Services (GPS), today announces it has been selected by Mastercard, the leader in global payments and technology, as its chosen processing partner in its Fintech Express Programme.

December 18, 2020

A gift card isn’t just for Christmas, it’s handy for a crisis too: reflecting on the small things making a huge difference

December 18, 2020

TagNitecrest celebrates 3-year partnership with VivaWallet

For the past three years, TagNitecrest has had the pleasure to be the service card bureau of VIVA WALLET, one of the fastest-growing European fintechs and who have recently acquired a full banking license in Greece.

December 18, 2020

Mogo Expands Into Global B2B Fintech Market with Acquisition of Digital Payments Technology Company Carta Worldwide

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Mogo Inc. (TSX:MOGO) (NASDAQ:MOGO) (“Mogo” or the “Company”), a financial technology company focused on empowering consumers with innovative digital financial solutions that help them get in

December 14, 2020

Open Banking has struggled to take off in the UK, but could this change?

Despite growing numbers, research has shown that Open Banking has so far struggled to take off fully in the UK. This week on the Moorwand website we are asking the

December 14, 2020

Stocard selects Moorwand’s issuing services for European expansion of Stocard Pay

Moorwand has announced that it has been selected by German fintech Stocard for issuing and BIN sponsorship services in the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands and Italy. Stocard allows consumers to

December 14, 2020

Webinar recording: Open Banking Brexit Webinar for UK ASPSPs

Join Kathy Heath, VP Business Development, Konsentus and Paul Meadowcroft, Chief Product Officer, Konsentus to understand what needs to be done to comply with the new open banking rules on digital certificates.

December 14, 2020

How can SCA still work with IoT payments

How people make payments have evolved greatly over the years. From cash, we have moved to paper cheques, to credit cards, to the current world of purely digital payment methods

December 11, 2020

Chargebacks911 and Fi911 drives APAC expansion with the appointment of regional Director of Business Development

Merchant dispute technology specialist, Chargebacks911, is driving its ambitious growth plans in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with the appointment of its new Director of Business Development, APAC – Jia Min Tan.

Being based in Singapore, Jia Min will help facilitate the growth of Chargebacks911 and Fi911 (its new brand for financial institutions) in APAC, while bridging any language barriers that may be encountered in the region.

December 11, 2020

How to Stay Competitive in 2021: Key Strategies for Digitally Based Businesses

The fast-changing world of digital business is one in which staying ahead of the competition is often as much about thinking outside of the box as it is anything else.
But that’s much harder than it might seem at first glance, especially for firms in highly-competitive environments.

December 11, 2020

How does buguroo’s behavioural biometrics help banks to comply with regulations?

– Introduction
– GDPR and behavioral biometrics – what can’t be seen, can’t be stolen
– PSD2: A smarter way of customer authentication
– SCA
– Malware
– Maintaining customer trust and safety

December 11, 2020

Why Covid-19 is Good for the Digital Transformation of Businesses?

The COVID-19 pandemic is nothing less than an inflection point for the global economy. From this point on, people will discuss business in terms of pre-COVID-19 and post-pandemic, and for good reason.

The global pandemic has initiated changes in the global supply chain that were slowly developing before but that are now becoming more prominent features of the landscape. Not only are companies pulling resources in towards the home base, but also they are recentering their businesses for the digital landscape.

December 11, 2020

How to guarantee online banking fraud won’t happen again

– Introduction
– What happens if a fraudster has already infiltrated a bank’s system and is operating undetected from within?
– Fraudster Hunter’s Policy Manager
– Rule-based fraud prevention campaigns
– Key benefits of Policy Manager

December 11, 2020

buguroo launches policy manager for customizable automated fraud detection and prevention

– Fraudster Hunter with Policy Manager

December 11, 2020

A carefully calculated approach to climate change

Sometimes it’s the smallest pebbles that make the biggest splash.

December 11, 2020

Four Predictions for Fintech and Payments in 2021

Richard Hodgson, Chief Financial Officer, Global Processing Services (GPS), gives his predictions for the Fintech and Payments space in 2021, from the effects of COVID-19 on consumer behaviour, to fintech investment, to the future of financial inclusion in the industry.

December 11, 2020