Industry News

Monitise, the financial services digital technology company, has announced the launch of the FINKit Partner Programme with founding partners Mastercard, BehavioSec, Currencycloud, Envestnet, Yodlee, Experian, fastacash, FICO, HID, iGeolise, LivePerson,

John Box, Head of Strategic Partnerships for Raphaels Bank Payment Services speaks to Finextra about Transaction Banking, Fintechs and Faster Payments. See the interview here.

Analytic software firm FICO has announced that UK short-term lender Lending Stream has built its credit system using the FICO® Decision Management Suite, a platform for developing decision management applications.

SaxoPay offers a summary of the highlights of the World Payments Report 2016, which has this year provided new insight into the Key Regulatory and Industry Initiatives (KRIIs) that are

FIS’ new global survey of nearly 500 senior-level commercial, investment banking and broker-dealer executives to gauge their opinions on the future of the industry, found that most believe regulation poses

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited Singapore Branch has adopted Thomson Reuters FX e-commerce solution Electronic Trading to strengthen its presence in the foreign exchange market. Read more here.

FSCom has published dates for its masterclasses over the next six months, covering topics such as sanctions, risk, transaction monitoring, compliance and verification. Read more here.

The TNS Secure Trading Hub is a fully managed, scalable and vendor agnostic FIX connectivity solution which supports order routing services for multi-asset classes. Read more here.

Nottingham, UK – 22 November 2016 – Compass Plus, an international provider of electronic payments and retail banking software to processors and financial institutions, today announced it has helped Quipu,

Last year the government asked Jayne-Anne Gadhia, CEO of Virgin Money, to lead a review into the representation of women in senior managerial roles in financial services. Financial services is

allpay Limited, the UK’s leading payment services specialist, has announced that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organisation. allpay Limited will work with the

TSYS has announced that Rabobank has renewed its payments agreement with TSYS to continue processing the bank’s consumer card portfolio. TSYS will also provide additional services such as fraud and

As e-commerce continues to expand, online payment security is a top concern for merchants and consumers, according to a new report from American Express. The 2016 American Express Digital Payments

A record 109.3 million payments were processed in just one day in October by Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs), the organisation behind Direct Debit and Bacs Direct Credit in the

The Department of Economic Development has announced new departmental team structures and initiatives to further improve their support for the Island’s businesses. These include a newly restructured Financial and Professional

Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of financial technology which helps businesses pay and get paid, is pleased to announce that ARIZON Sourcing AG has migrated its financial messaging traffic to

Just Cashflow has asked every new member since June 2016 to take part in our survey, including product explanation, costs, team knowledge, speed of our service and likelihood to recommend

Callcredit Information Group, backed by private equity firm, GTCR, has acquired Recipero, a company that has built one of the world’s largest proprietary databases containing detailed information of the history

Locke Lord is pleased to announce the launch of its iPhone Brexit App, providing the latest updates, commentary and analysis from the Firm’s lawyers on progress made since the recent

The Intelligent ID suite is now available through SYNNEX Corporation, a global leader in IT distribution and partner to some of the the world’s top IT solutions. We look forward

The Ecobank Group has signed a MoU with Mastercard to roll-out Masterpass QR, a mobile payment solution, across 33 African countries for a partnership which will shift Africa to instant

Chargebacks911™ has announced an investment in London-based technology company, Veridu. As a world-renowned leader in the fields of risk mitigation and revenue retention, Chargebacks911™ carefully considers any strategic acquisitions and

Mastercard has announced a partnership with Fit Pay, Inc. to bring Mastercard contactless payments to consumer wearables and Internet of Things devices. By integrating the Fit Pay platform with the

Less than a month after Samsung announced the commencement of the Samsung Pay payment service in Russia, VTB24 has become the first partner of this service, powered by MultiCarta processing

Metro Bank’s Ian Walters, Managing Director of Business Banking, has responded to the Federation of Small Businesses’ report, highlighting how important face-to-face relationships are for SMEs and the crucial role

Currencycloud will be supporting digital enterprises to set their sights beyond Europe, with the introduction of six new local payout countries in APAC to its platform. Clients building digital platforms

BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) is now the exclusive issuer of Diners Club cards in the Philippines, as well as acquiring partner for Diners Club International Ltd., a business unit of

payolution, a specialist in white-label e-commerce payment solutions, has announced the UK launch of its ‘buy now, pay later’ service. Vienna-based payolution’s entry into this latest market starts with the

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, announced it has been selected by Laser Light Communications (US) and its affiliate firm, Laser Light Global, LTD (UK),

Park Group plc, the UK’s leading multi-retailer gift voucher and prepaid gift card business focused on the corporate and consumer markets, has announced the acquisition of corporate employee and customer

ACI Worldwide has announced the opening of its new European data centre. Located in Limerick, this state-of-the-art facility delivers the utmost in reliability, security and data privacy, further expanding world-class

FIS hosted the final of its Hackathon 2016, a worldwide coding competition between FIS technologists, in Singapore with 13 finalist teams competing against each other for 48-hours, non-stop. Their goal

L’Occitane has partnered with CollectPlus, the UK’s largest independent store-based delivery and returns service, to allow its customers to collect their online purchases from their local newsagent or convenience store.

Ubiquity, an innovative and rapidly-expanding business services organization, has announced a significant expansion of its global delivery network with the opening of a new delivery center in Budapest, Hungary, scheduled

A Thomson Reuters report reveals that 88 percent of financial institutions will work strategically across regulatory agencies over the next two years. Financial institutions are recognizing the benefits of harmonized

Global Risk Technologies has announced a significant new investment in London-based Veridu, the innovative identity verification service provider for online merchants. Global Risk Technologies will be adding authentication intelligence to

Successful app strategy and growing mobile adoption see renewal of partnership between easyJet, one of Europe’s leading airlines and MTT, part of the Travelport Digital* organisation focused on the fast-growing

Blackhawk has completed the acquisition of Grass Roots Group Holdings Ltd. (Grass Roots), a leading provider of employee and customer engagement solutions. The acquisition broadens the global capabilities of Blackhawk’s

Last night, in association with Tony Craddock and our friends at the Payments Association, we held a dinner with some of the key leaders in the European Prepaid industry. The