One of the finest qualities of the emerging payments community is its entrepreneurial spirit. Nowhere is this more evident than among programme managers (PMs). With low barriers to entry, programme

First Data has launched a tablet-based system dubbed Clover Mini. Aimed at small businesses, the Clover Mini is a small point-of-sale, which will accept NFC-based payments from mobile wallets like Apple Pay,

Based on the recent Gartner report, Limonetik has been included in their list of “Cool Vendors” in Digital Commerce 2015”. Companies selected for the “Cool Vendor” report are all innovative, impactful

MasterCard and leading pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational Inc. (Ecobank) have signed a landark multi-country agreement to bring MasterCard’s payment solutions to more than 32 sub-Saharan African markets. It is a move that

MasterCard is to offer tokenization services to merchants with app, eCommerce, and recurring billing card-on-file programs, further protecting consumers and increasing convenience when storing MasterCard cards in merchant databases. By expanding

Optimal Payments has partnered with RentMoola, a Vancouver-based service that transforms conventional rent and condo fee payments of cash and cheques to virtual currency for tenants, property managers and owners. Through

PrePay Solutions’ prepaid travel money card was among five of the best travel gadgets for making business abroad easier, as recently reviewed by the Telegraph. Read more here.

Cubits have announced their partnership with non-profit fundraising serviceWikando to bring Bitcoin to some of the world’s biggest charities. Wikando pioneered the concept of fundraising-as-a-service in 2008 and has attracted big

Currency Cloud has raised an $18m Series C investment round, led by Sapphire Ventures and joined for the first time by Rakuten’s Fintech Fund. Currency Cloud currently works with more than 125 payments platforms,

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced a number of key enhancements to its bank-to-customer e-commerce platform, Electronic Trading, to enrich liquidity, reduce

Thames Card Technology Ltd has, in collaboration with long-term partner SIS Software and Services Serbia, won a three year deal to produce over one million EMV® Dynamic Data Authentication chip payment cards

With Apple’s announcement that Britain would be the first country outside the US to offer ApplePay as a payment method, Valitor has became one of six companies from among 150 acquirers

W2 Global Data Solutions are collaborating with Veridu on instantaneous identity verification, using a customer’s global online footprint. Read more here.

Ramparts looks at the key requirements, exemptions and impacts of the new regulation. Read more here.

Jumio has sponsored a Retail Banker research report, based on interviews with eight leading high street banks which analyse and benchmark online account opening processes and technologies as banks and financial

Tuxedo Money Solutions is delighted to announce that we can now issue prepaid cards on our own e-money license.  Achieving principal membership of MasterCard demonstrates that we have been successful

Limonetik, the digital payments solutions provider, has opened a new entity Limonetik UK Ltd, to develop business operations, extending its international coverage in English geographies and in Asian markets. For the

The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its State of Innovation website: http://stateofinnovation.com. This is a global destination for authoritative innovation trend data and industry-specific

The trend towards a cashless society is set to continue and accelerate over the next five years in line with the rapid growth in contactless payment transactions at point of

In a Law360 article, Locke Lord partner Ted Augustinos notes how companies and businesses are facing increased pressure from DOJ and other regulatory agencies to report data breaches. Read more here.

The 28,000 retail outlets in PayPoint’s UK-wide network are set to benefit from a significant new source of additional footfall and sales opportunities as Capita’s payment collection business becomes the

Following the  European Commission’s  proposals on the Digital Single Market, a new report from MasterCard demonstrates how research and innovation in technology can make the Digital Age work for consumers,

paysafecard is now a proud sponsor of the ESL (Electronic Sports League). In 2015, we’re sponsoring the massive ESL One stadium events in Frankfurt and Cologne and making sure that

Following news from the Payments Council that cashless payments have overtaken the use of notes and coins for the first time, read comments from Ray Brash, MD and Chairman atPrePay Solutions here.

Ramparts Law Firm opened its Manchester office in April 2015, provide additional support for our existing clients and partners who do business involving the UK. Read more here.

Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services, the part of Sodexo responsible for innovative reward solutions, provides the company’s own tailored reward programme for an 81 employee-strong workforce, with staff based in

Realex Payments has appointed Gary Conroy as Managing Director, following the recent acquisition of Realex Payments by Global Payments. Read more here.

Synnöve Trygg and Roger K. Alexander were recently elected to the board of Valitor at the company’s Annual General Meeting in 2015. Both have extensive international experience in the payments

The Grass Roots Group has released results of its survey of more than 2,300 UK consumers, highlighting what frustrates them most about their bank. The survey reveals that 80 per

allpay has selected Carta to launch three new Prepaid programs – an emergency relief program (instant issuance), a travel expense/corporate card, and a government benefits program with ‘SmartConnect’. Read more here.

Callcredit has partnered with one of the UK’s leading mortgage and protection networks, Stonebridge Group. Stonebridge Group’s network of mortgage and protection advisers can now choose to utilise the identity intelligence

Cubits has just released its new, mobile-optimised version of its website. The new mobile-optimised Cubits website puts a full range of account features at your fingertips, making it possible for you

Diners Club International, Ltd., a business unit of Discover Financial Services and part of the Discover Global Network, and Alternatifbank (ABank), a subsidiary bank of The Commercial Bank of Qatar

Karnataka Bank Limited, a major, privately owned bank based in southwestern India, will expand 24×7 transaction banking access to its customers with its new “e-lobby” services, supported through a multi-year

Leading global payments processor Global Processing Services (GPS) today announced that Suresh Vaghjiani will be joining their Senior Management team as Executive Vice President of Card Services.  Suresh commented, “We

Ahead of the full roll out, attendees of the Prepaid Summit in Dubai were given an early preview and demonstration of the new ‘DubaiCard’ which is due to launch in

Thames Card Technology, one of the UK’s largest plastic card manufacturers, announced it had achieved its 2014 business goals – investing in new state of the art card manufacturing and

In June this year, VocaLink will celebrate 30 years of LINK processing, which currently supports over 69,000 ATMs, connected to domestic, European and international card issuers. Read more here.

Mobile payments through smartphones and other devices are expected to multiply 10 times over this year, and Carta Worldwide is poised to tap into the trend. The Business News interviewed

Global Processing Services (GPS) has appointed former Head of Issuing at Optimal Payments PLC to join its Senior Executive team.  The Payments Association advisory board member Suresh Vaghjiani is appointed Executive Vice

Realex Payments, one of Europe’s largest and fastest growing payment gateways, has been acquired by Global Payments, a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services. Read more here.

CAIXA, MasterCard and TIM have launched a prepaid mobile money account in Brazil that will enable the over one million TIM subscribers to pay bills, transfer money and top up phones using their

Optimal Payments has integrated Jumio’s Netverify® online and mobile ID document authentication service into its NETELLER® stored value service. Jumio’s real-time ID document authentication has reduced NETELLER’s account verification process from

The opportunity to expand payment and mobile services to customers and gain access to leading-edge payments technology led Alaska USA Federal Credit Union to select FIS as its partner for several

Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services has launched a new multi-choice gift card, Simply Gift, providing employers with an option for no-hassle rewarding that can be easily deployed and communicated to staff. Read

PCT are delighted to announce our partnership with our client ACE-FX on the ACE-FX Prepaid Currency MasterCard®, issued via our partner Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd; now available within ACE-FX currency

Optal Financial Limited, formerly known as PSP International,  has announced it is now the primary issuer of eNett Virtual Account Numbers (VANs) globally. Read more here.