Industry News

06 June 2016 – The UK’s leading payments specialist, allpay Limited, has been authorised as an electric money institution (EMI) by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This will allow the

LONDON, UK. June 8, 2016 – myPINpad, a UK based technology company, which enables multi-channel and multi-factor authentication on unsecure devices such as mobile phones and tablets via the Cardholder

Enables payment service providers and challenger banks to access UK Faster Payments Scheme June 07, 2016 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of

Tuesday 7th June 2016 – PSI-Pay and Kerv Wearables have announced that they are partnering up to enable the world’s first contactless payment ring, to be released to the global

TSYS has announced the launch of a new commercial payment solution that will streamline business-to-business virtual payments and further enhance the ePayables process flow. TSYS Virtual Payment PreceptSM (VPP) is

Visa Europe has announced the launch of the new Visa Europe Digital Enablement Programme, leveraging the power of the Visa network to simplify the implementation of third party mobile wallets.

VocaLink has announced a five year deal with UnionPay International, which will enable UnionPay cardholders to access ATMs in the UK and continental Europe. UnionPay is one of the world’s

Fire Financial Services is now processing over 1 million euro worth of payments every month in the twelve months since Colm Lyon sold Realex to Global Payments. Read more here.

WEX Inc. has announced that WEX Australia has updated its existing agreement with Flight Centre Travel Group, one of the world’s largest travel agency groups, to provide virtual credit card

According to an in-depth, global research study – the PACE Index – released today by FIS™, British consumers identified fairness (lack of hidden fees), reliability (following through on promises) and

WEX Inc. has extended its existing fuel management program with QuikTrip, a prominent convenience store and gasoline marketer, enabling QuikTrip to continue marketing their co-branded and proprietary commercial card programs

Wirecard and Visa Europe offered contactless wristbands at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The Visa contactless wristband is an exclusive limited edition product, developed for Eurovision 2016 and issued by

Just Cash Flow PLC has become the first European alternative lender to launch a mobile App and MasterCard. Card access to business finance at the point of sale with its

MasterCard has announced that it plans to expand its aid distribution services with the launch of MasterCard Humanitarian Aid Solutions, which leverages MasterCard Aid Network, MasterCard SendTM and prepaid capabilities,

As part of its commitment to fight fraud, MasterCard has launched Simplify Controls, allowing small- and medium-sized businesses to control, prevent and monitor e-commerce transactions in real time. The solution,

MasterCard has unveiled the first commerce application for SoftBank Robotics’ humanoid robot, Pepper. The application will be powered by MasterPass, the global digital payment service from MasterCard. Pizza Hut Restaurants

Paysafe has announced the launch of its multi-currency cross-border acquiring capabilities in Europe. The new capabilities allow Paysafe to offer full-service processing solutions to more businesses across the European Economic

PAY.ON, an ACI Worldwide company, has published a white paper that explores the implications surrounding – and the opportunities arising from – the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and the

Payment Card Technologies have announced a collaboration with Sandstone Technology and Unisys Corporation to launch the Unisys, Sandstone and PCT (USP) digital banking platform. The new solution is designed to

Demonstrating its growing reputation for delivering pan-European innovative payment solutions, Raphaels Bank Payment Services, has signed a partnership deal with European start-up Avuba. The new deal will see Raphaels Bank,

Recently introduced international tax regulations require financial organizations worldwide to implement new procedures to maintain compliance. A tier one global bank has chosen Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE FATCA/CRS Reporting solution to

NFC World, Nets and Carta Worldwide ran a webinar on 12 May 2016 to find out why the Danish payments services provider chose an in-house solution to deliver tokenization that

Credorax has released the results of its first year as a merchant acquiring bank for online game developer and publisher Wargaming. Credorax increased its Wargaming processing volume by 200% over

Wherever money is involved, there must be trust. In financial services, trust must be built on a bedrock of security. This is constantly top of mind for us, so we

F5 Networks has joined the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ to provide direct, scalable and reliable access to its F5 Silverline® cloud-based DDoS protection solution inside Equinix International Business Exchange™ data centers

Advanced Payment Solutions Ltd (trading as APS financial) has successfully secured a Credit Licence from the Financial Conduct Authority, allowing APS to carry out consumer credit lending (including high cost

Robin Hood Energy, the UK’s first local authority-owned energy supplier, has attracted a significant number of clients since its launch in 2014, partly down to flexibility with payments.  Working with

The solution will allow organisations to send payments in minutes to recipients using only a phone number, without surrendering bank account details or sensitive payment information. This makes it a

Bryan Cave and Polymath Consulting invite you to a complimentary breakfast briefing aimed at understanding the implications of PSD2, with particular focus on the Access to Accounts provisions (XS2A) for

Atom, the UK’s first fully licenced bank designed for digital, has chosen Callcredit Information Group to help with its verification risk and affordability insight to enable Atom to sign-up customers

Paysafe Group has partnered with Emerchants Ltd to deliver white-labelled pay-out card solutions to gaming operators across Europe.   Using Paysafe’s issuing capabilities, Emerchants Europe will be able to offer

PayPoint Romania has announced a partnership with Restart Energy, a new partner from the energy supplying industry. Restart Energy clients will be able to pay their electricity bills quickly and

Raphaels Bank Payment Services, which has established an enviable reputation for payments innovation, has published a new white paper looking at the challenges and opportunities for fintechs in the payments

Realex Payments has announced a new contract with allpay. The agreement, which will be in place for a minimum of two years, will see allpay’s online payments processed through Realex

Subway’s milestone highlights the more than £500m investment that SUBWAY® franchisees contribute to their local economies, alongside providing over 50,000 jobs in stores across Europe. Its first store in the

Amazon has announced the launch of the Amazon Payments Partner Program, a new global program designed to help ecommerce platform providers and developers extend the trust and familiarity of Amazon Payments

Thomson Reuters’ additional data centers in New York, London and Tokyo provide improved pricing, market access and workflow for FX market participants across the globe. Read more here.

American Express and Newegg, the largest tech-focused e-commerce platform in the US, have announced the launch of a new technology integration that enables US American Express Card Members enrolled in

TSYS gas announced it will provide the payment providers it services across Europe with TSYS AlertsSM, a solution that helps cardholders monitor their accounts and prevent fraudulent activity with real-time,

Bryan Cave London Partner Judith Rinearson and Of Counsel Jane Jee were interviewed by Fintech Finance at Money 20/20 Europe, discussing the legal side of fintech and differences between US and

ProPay®, a TSYS® company, announced today that it has added yet another payment acceptance option to its solution suite — Samsung Pay, an easy and secure mobile payment service. ProPay merchants who have

W2 Global Data are delighted to announce a collaboration with Global Processing Services to embed KYC/AML functionality across the GPS platform to deliver a true end-to-end solution. Read more here.

On the upcoming occasion of Bitcoin block reward halving, Cubits is running a competition, inviting you to guess the time when the halving occurs. Prizes are, of course, in bitcoin.

Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to payment processors and financial institutions, has announced the fifth birthday of TranzAxis, the Open Development Payment Platform.

Currency Cloud is selected as one of the ten hottest fintech startups to watch in a CNBC special report by Tech Transformers. Read more here.

W2 Global Data (W2) announced today that it has again been oversubscribed in its latest funding round and reached a significant milestone, by exceeding 10 million client screenings per month.