Fiserv agrees $22bn First Data acquisition
Fiserv has struck a $22 billion, all-stock deal to buy First Data, creating a payments and fintech behemoth. Read more here
February 7, 2019
Fiserv has struck a $22 billion, all-stock deal to buy First Data, creating a payments and fintech behemoth. Read more here
Mastercard today announced that it is dropping its name from its iconic brand mark in select contexts. The interlocking red and yellow circles, referred to as the Mastercard Symbol, will
Payment innovation will take center stage in Cyprus this coming April with the central theme: Innovation in a Disruptive Digital Economy. QUBE EVENTS is host to the International 6th
Nitecrest are pleased to launch our new-to-market degradable ECO PVC adding to our long established ECO Collection including paper board substrates offering clients environmentally friendlier options for gift, loyalty and
Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of financial technology that helps make complex business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced it has added The Access Bank UK Limited to the
The results of a survey released by Valassis this week revealed that almost a third of US consumers don’t feel any loyalty to their bank, with 10% of respondents planning
PYMNTS’ Karen Webster talks with Dewald Nolte, CCO at Entersekt. Listen to the interview here
As fraud continues to increase year-on-year, a new survey launched 30th January from Bottomline Technologies and Strategic Treasurer reveals that after years of corporate security spend, the level of losses sustained from fraud has stopped
The rise of social media and digital marketing has created the opportunity for businesses to promote themselves to huge audiences. The flip-side of this is that it has become increasingly
I remember a conference almost a year ago. Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) had started its major run; everyone was excited. In the panel discussions, the bitcoin proponents were talking about
Improving the customer experience in banking is simpler than banks think. Brian McLaughlin, Chief Experience Officer at Bottomline Technologies, on improving the customer experience.
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In the last three or four years, social media (SM) giants such as Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have harnessed high levels of user trust and engagement to tap into the growing SM
According to Peter Hazou, Director of Development for Microsoft’s World Wide Financial Services Industry Group, the industry is at a pivotal moment and the success of financial services organizations “depends on how
David Parker from Polymath Consultancy joins Robert and Suresh for the 2nd episode of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Find out what David’s views are on cryptocurrencies and if we should
A new generation of bank customers is bypassing physical branches and banking via the web almost entirely in favor of completing transactions and accessing services from their mobile devices. Read
Keith Briscoe discusses the chargeback problem, outlines some truly astounding chargeback stories (hackers aren’t the only fraudsters), and explains Ethoca’s role in this space, in episode 85 of the Payments on
Kriya Patel from Transact Payments joins Robert and Suresh in this next episode of Fintech Unplugged. Find out what Kriya believes Brexit will mean to payments, what are his views
Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Visa, confirming its status as a Principal Member of the card scheme. Through the new partnership Paysafe is
“Fintechs and platform providers such as accounting software are our obvious market and they can integrate quickly. We also see interest from smaller banks and building societies who want flexibility,
Is this the end of vouchers for your business? Does your company give gift vouchers as part of its employee recognition or incentive schemes? If so, you need to be
As part of its ongoing commitment to support female entrepreneurs, Visa (NYSE: V) is launching a global initiative – She’s Next, Empowered by Visa – to encourage women small business
On January 29th and 30th at Le Palais Brongniart for the Paris Fintech Forum 2019, the booth Arkea Banking Services was present among more than 120 exhibitors, 2600 attendees and
B4B Payments is proud to announce that its CEO, Paul Swinton, has been appointed as the next Chairman of the Prepaid International Forum (PIF), the not-for-profit industry body representing the prepaid
Visa (NYSE:V) today announced a new offer from Yelp (NYSE: Yelp) to bring exclusive advertising benefits to U.S. small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that use a Visa Business credit or debit card
FICO’s Krzysztof Nalborski has written about fraud analytics for open banking. Read the blog here
Newport, Wales 01/02/2019– W2, a provider of SaaS, B2B software solutions and services is very pleased to announce the appointment of Sara West to the Executive Board of Directors. Sara
Fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter. Read the entire story here
TJ Horan from FICO gives his predictions for 2019.
Vitesse Company Overview: Vitesse is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 for the issuance of e-money and is registered as a Money Transmitter with
Mobile ordering and hospitality guest engagement technology specialists wi-Q Technologies are pleased to announce that Judopay is the latest payment provider to join its growing global Partner Programme. Read the
New fraud rules under PSD2 demand extra fraud checks, but customers not ready to hand over phone numbers. Read more
Paybase dived straight into 2019 by hosting their 2nd Collaborative Workshop. Their supportive community for platform businesses is definitely growing, stay tuned for information on their third workshop in March!
UKGCVA Conference 2019 – The Future is Now UKGCVA Conference 2019 is just six weeks away – the flagship Gift Card Industry event of the year takes place over
Payment Service Providers are pushing to implement their PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) solutions ready for the September deadline. But of course it’s not just them that will be affected
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UK-based fintech Arro Money has launched a crowdfunding campaign with plans to tackle the issue of financial exclusion in the UK and beyond. There are currently 1.5 million people in
“It’s been a busy start to 2019 as we have undergone a big transformation through rebranding and also moving office location. Previously we were known as Fortytwo Data. Now we
Paybase CEO Anna will be speaking about how Paybase is raising the bar of what payments can and should do at the MPE in February in Berlin.
Contis, the award-winning banking, payments and processing services provider is on a turbocharged growth mission for 2019, launching a new brand design, new website and initiating a hiring push for
Starling Bank has taken the wraps off a new Euro Account offering as it begins preperations for life after Brexit. Read more
Anna Tsyupko, CEO, Paybase spoke to Katia Lang, CEO TFT about her drive for enabling platform and crypto businesses to succeed through Paybase’s API-driven solution. Read the entire interview
Over 5.3 million switches since launch of Current Account Switch Service Switching levels between 1 October 2018 and 31 December 2018 up 22 per cent compared to Q3 2018 Participant
K Wearables has launched its contactless payment K Ring with ABN AMRO in the Netherlands, linking the ring direct to ABN AMRO issued bank cards. The contactless payment wearables are
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Konsentus today announced that they have been selected by Mastercard to deliver Third Party Provider (TPP) identity and regulatory checking solutions, as part of Mastercard’s new suite of Open Banking
Along with many wonderful individuals at the top of their fields, Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden was recently honoured with an MBE and presented her medal by His Royal Highness
