
Projects Update – April
Project Women in PayTech The Payments Association’s Women in PayTech has developed a collaborative partnership with the European Payments Women Network. The two groups will work together to spread awareness of

Project Women in PayTech The Payments Association’s Women in PayTech has developed a collaborative partnership with the European Payments Women Network. The two groups will work together to spread awareness of

Leading technology and sourcing specialist law firm Kemp Little announces expansion of its sourcing and procurement services, with 9 new consultants to incorporate cutting edge specialist skills in areas that

Mastercard has unveiled the next generation biometric card, combining chip technology with fingerprints to conveniently and safely cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. South Africa is the first market to test
The Payments Association’s Chairman and I are sitting in a leafy atrium in Westminster the morning after the UK election was announced. Our host had been rather taken aback by

Metro Bank, the high street lender challenging the big five retail banks in the UK, reported a 33 per cent growth in underlying profits in the most recent quarter, thanks

ACI Worldwide has announced that it will offer its UP Immediate Payments solution via a hosted cloud, enabling financial institutions and credit unions of all sizes to access real-time payments

SalaryFinance helps middle-to-low income workers pay off their debt faster and start saving toward their financial goals. Find out how Modulr helped them to overcome the challenge of identifying, tracking

AEVI has partnered with UK start-up Loyalzoo to bring their “merchant first” digital loyalty card service to AEVI’s award-winning Global Marketplace of value-added apps and services. Read more about it

Global B2B payment solutions provider and virtual card specialist Optal is delighted to announce it has been placed seventh on the inaugural FT1000 list of Europe’s 1,000 fastest growing companies.

Amazon.com has announced a self-service subscriptions marketplace that allows digital subscription providers to reach millions of Amazon customers. Read more about it here.

E opts for PayPoint’s multi-channel payments platform PayPoint has announced a partnership with E, a British owned supplier of gas and electricity to prepayment energy customers. E has implemented PayPoint’s

American Express’ consumer Platinum Card’s new benefits and services are now available for both new and existing Card Members. This includes the sleek metal Card design, and all the recently

Spain’s state-owned postal company Correos has chosen Paysafe as a recommended payment provider for businesses using Comandia, its e-commerce platform with Paysafe’s NETELLER, Skrill and Rapid Transfer added as payment

With nearly half of UK mums saying they admire entrepreneurial businesswomen like Michelle Mone, Karren Brady and Liz Earle, APS financial, the most proven digital UK challenger to banks, unveils

In response to increasing customer demand for its payments, gift, loyalty and membership card services, Thames Card Technology has invested £2m+ in state of the art personalisation equipment. The equipment

Bottomline Technologies’ latest report will focus on an environment of greater payment choice for financial decision-makers, says Ed Adshead-Grant, general manager of payments. The central theme of Bottomline Technologies’ UK

New suite of services aims to simplify regulatory compliance for financial markets participants in 2018 as Thomson Reuters releases new MiFID II test data to clients. Read more about it.

W2, a provider of SaaS, B2B software solutions and data services, has secured a series A investment. The investment is for growth capital to fund the expansion of its sales,

Bacs is proud to be the lead sponsor of Payments Association pay 360 digital payment conference. With wide experience in delivering payments solutions, Bacs is central to the UK economy.

Wirecard collaborates with Payment Card Solutions, AFEX and Global Processing Services to deliver a combined Payroll, Expenditure and Incentives solution for Corporates Aschheim (Munich)/Newcastle. Wirecard Card Solutions, a subsidiary of

Written by Philip Salter is founder of The Entrepreneurs Network. While the UK’s popular press obsesses over the color of post-Brexit Britain’s personal passports, our fintech entrepreneurs are worrying about the
Andrew Quartermaine, VP Sales at ACI Worldwide The last two decades have seen a transformation of the traditional shopping experience. What used to be a simple trip to a store,

The 2017 Global Business and Spending Outlook, sponsored by American Express, has been published, and despite the current uncertain global economic and political climate there appears to be nothing for

In a move that will no doubt come as relief to Mastercard and VocaLink, the Competition and Markets Authority has today approved the soon-to-be newly merged company’s pledge to dispel

Retailers can now have their ‘store in their pocket’ with sales and stock management available from anywhere with new mobile app PayPoint has today announced the latest evolution of its

W2 has been selected by a panel of analysts and industry experts as one of the most innovative in the RegTech space and has been included in the RegTech 100
Kompli-Global has been named as one of the world’s most innovative 100 RegTech companies in the new “RegTech 100″ from data and research firm, FinTech Global. Kompli-Global was recognised by

Kompli-Global demonstrated its powerful search platform – kompli-IQ at the RegTech Rising event in London on 2 November to an influential audience of CEOs, CROs, CTOs, Heads of Change &

The report, released by Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs), the organisation which owns and manages the Current Account Switch Service (CASS), meets one of the commitments set out in response
This article was produced in association with Credorax Ecommerce is changing. In an increasingly cross-border marketplace, PSPs (and their merchants) expect more from their merchant acquirer than ever. In this

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of its flagship mobile payments service, Samsung Pay, in India. Simple and Secure, Samsung Pay can be used to make purchases almost everywhere you
Yesterday, David Craig was interviewed by Indian TV network BTVi in their ‘In Conversation’ segment, which features corporate leaders, political stalwarts and market experts sharing their views in a candid

Written by Norah Prida Bay “Change brings opportunity”, or so the saying goes. If we believe this to be true, and I personally do, then Brexit is the most exciting

Businesses must plan ahead to avoid missing or delaying essential payments to staff and suppliers over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Read more here.
Metro Bank, the revolution in British retail and business banking, was last week presented with the ‘New Company of the Year Award’ at the Plc Awards, beating a shortlist of

Cambrist have been named the winners of the PwC Docklands Innovation Enterprise Awards 2017 after securing the ‘2017 best investment proposal’ and a prize of €10,000 enterprise funding. Read more

Nitecrest’s latest innovation, Video Cards has been launched to provide retailers with a unique value proposition. Video cards allow the purchaser to record a personal greeting which is viewed via

Lexmark International, a global imaging solutions leader, has announced it has partnered with Intelligent ID, experts in insider risk management and user behavioral analysis, to codevelop a full spectrum of

Global business-to-business payment solutions provider and virtual card specialist Optal, has announced the acquisition of innovative payments company Invapay, in a deal which will significantly expand Optal’s capabilities in the

Samsung, token service provider Carta Worldwide, POS manufacturer Ingenico and Swiss app developer Smartlink will roll out the Contactless Companion Platform (CCP) – a digital cash service allowing consumers to

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, has announced that Ecentric Payments Systems, South Africa’s leading payment processor, has expanded its relationship with the

Blockchain promises to enhance transparency and reduce financial inefficiencies and costs within various sectors of African economies. Blockchain can drive a new digital era of more inclusive growth from enabling

Payment Cloud Technologies (PCT), the London-based FinTech business, has announced the launch of PCT Africa. The move, which will initially see PCT open offices in Cape Town ahead of further

Kapital Bank has implemented a cash-in function in its ATM network. From now on, owners of all payment cards of all banks in Azerbaijan can reload their accounts via ATMs
PayPoint Romania, the main retail-based cash and mobile payment operator in Romania announces the launch of the PayPoint Colet Expres service, offered along with the leader of the local delivery

Payment21® and ACI Worldwide today announced a strategic collaboration enabling payment service providers (PSPs) to offer merchants anti-money laundering (AML)-compliant Bitcoin acceptance via ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments solution. ACI’s network
At a time of reported uncertainty at home and abroad over a third of Brits say they might make less frequent charity donations, according to new research commissioned by digital

Contis Group are pleased to announce that we have entered into an agreement with BABB Ltd for them to utilise our white-label licence and banking services infrastructure to provide UK


