Press Releases

ISO 20022 Translation Guide ISO 20022 is the international messaging standard being used increasingly in the UK. Indeed, in December 2016, the Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) defined ISO 20022 as

Monzo, a startup bank based in London, that has been granted a UK banking license ‘with restrictions’ less than 18 months after formation, has chosen Global Processing Services (GPS) as

New collaboration with The Payments Association adds Coinify to its community and appoints Coinify Sales Manager as its ambassador Coinify is honored to become a member of the The Payments

Aschheim (Munich)/Newcastle. Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of Wirecard AG, is now dealing with GPS (Global Processing Services) and Bottomline Technologies to support ”U” – a digital agency banking

Prepaid Card Business Continues to Boom PPRO, specialists in international electronic payments and providers of e-money accounts and prepaid credit cards for companies and individuals have recently issued their millionth

Nottingham, UK – 31 October 2016 –Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced the successful completion of stress

Contis Group, the leading alternative banking and payments solutions group, offers all its UK current and future “white label” clients the ability to have a fully functional current account facility. 

Once again Contis Group and its clients Monese and Suits Me have pulled more awards out of the bag by winning two European prestigious prepaid awards. Hosted by Cards International,

New figures reveal that 16.5 million Direct Debits have been set up to pay for vehicle tax in the UK, two years since the option was first introduced by the

Sarah Colville joins Contis Group from Williams Lea Tag, the London-based global Marketing and Communications Supply Chain Services business. She previously worked in a number of senior roles in both

Nottingham, UK – 18 October 2016 – Compass Plus, an international provider of electronic payments and retail banking software to processors and financial institutions, has announced that Quipu, a third

allpay Limited to contribute to the development of PCI Security Standards as Council’s newest Participating Organisation. 14 October, 2016 — allpay Limited, the UK’s leading payment services specialist, announced today

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

London, UK – 29 September 2016 – Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, is leading the support for the

APS financial (“APS”), one of the UK’s leading banking services providers, has today launched a £5 million bond offering via its subsidiary company, APS Bonds PLC. Investors will have the

The UK’s flagship switching facility, the Current Account Switch Service is three years old today (16 September). Since launch, the switching engine has seen 3,240,640 successful switches – including 73,899

Pioneering lender becomes benefactor of The Payments Association’s Project Rome Project Rome targets fair and equal access to payments infrastructure   London, UK. 13 September 2016 – The Just Loans

OPENING UP ACCESS TO BACS SERVICES In February 2016 we issued a consultation on access titled ‘Payments Service Provider Access: Widening Access and Choice’. The consultation sought to offer more choice

Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software for processors and financial institutions, has announced that Mutual Trust Bank Ltd (MTB), one of the top five

ABA Bank launches Cash by Code service using TranzWare from Compass Plus   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 1 August 2016 – Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and

Reading, Monday 21st March 2016 – IP Integration, a leading provider of customer engagement solutions, has been awarded ‘UK Partner of the Year 2016’ by Avaya, in recognition of its

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) launched new IrisGuard technology today that allows Syrian refugees in Jordan to purchase food from local shops with a scan of their eye. Read

Following a successful period as an Advisory Board member of the Emerging Payment Association, Rich Wagner will serve as Chairman of the Payments Association 01 February 2016 – The Payments

LONDON, December 11, 2015 – International law firm Bryan Cave LLP has appointed Jane Jee as a key member of the firm’s global Fintech and Prepaid & Payments Association Teams.

Payments leaders from Bryan Cave, Currency Cloud, Paysafe Group and VocaLink elected to swell the ranks and expertise of the The Payments Association Advisory Board to advance payments innovation London,

LONDON, UK. – October 1st, 2015. Jumio, Inc., the fast growing online and mobile credentials management company has announced details of a partnership with Loot, a prepaid card and smart-money management app

‘-      The emerging payments industry trade body connects payments technology expertise with charitable activity to add real value  –      Enables consumers to make small digital donations at POS effortlessly  London,

Prepay Solutions has been named as the ‘Leading Prepaid Organisation’ at this year’s Payments Association Awards, an annual event that covers a variety of innovative payment technologies and markets.The Awards

This announcement comes ahead of the imminent crowd-funding campaign for the start-up’s launch product: Kerv – the world’s first contactless payment ring. Kerv founder, Philip Campbell, said, “We’ve fused fashion