RCI Bank and Services will renew its partnership with Arkéa Banking Services for five years. RCI Bank and Services, the subsidiary of the Renault group specialized in financing and automotive

Businesses must plan ahead to avoid missing or delaying essential payments to staff and suppliers over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Read more here.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Currencycloud, the world’s leading cross border payments platform has announced £20 million (US $25M) in Series D funding with a new investment from GV (formerly Google Ventures) and additional funding

Payments AssociationM Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of product development and software engineering solutions, today announced that it has been named an Implementation Partner in APAC by Sitecore, the

Benevity announces that Spark, its market-leading cloud solution for workplace giving and volunteering, was used to help Microsoft achieve record participation and donation volume in their employee giving program. Read

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the operation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), which will run until 16 May 2017. These are the European Banking Authority

Silicon Valley analytics software firm FICO (NYSE: FICO) was named as a leader in the March 2017 report, The Forrester Wave™: Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning Solutions, Q1 2017. Read

Efficiency, improved integration and the opportunity for growth led Silvergate Bank to select FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial technology, for a technology transformation – from a new

i2c, a global provider of smarter payments and integrated commerce solutions, today announced that it has appointed Peg Johnson as executive vice president of Global Client Success to oversee global

Boston – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP again has been ranked among the 10 leading law firm brands in the United States, according to Acritas’ U.S. Law Firm Brand

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

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

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

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

  New research conducted by ground-breaking payments innovator, Saxo Payments, has revealed the potential impact of the UK’s exit from the European Union amongst payments professionals. Read more here.

After being the first Chinese bank to stream spot CNH price during Asian time zone, ICBC (Asia) is now the first Chinese bank to initiate a 24 hour price streaming

Travelport has announced a new, multi-year agreement with Bin Ham Travel Group. The Bin Ham Travel Group will leverage Travelport’s innovative technology through the Travel Commerce Platform to gain access

While the Indian government works toward a digital economy, the Reserve Bank of India is soliciting feedback through March 31 on guidelines for prepaid payment instruments (PPI) that could adversely

Over 15 product demos, 13 new product and partnership announcements, 9 new start-ups and 5 exclusive reports and research to be presented this year London, 22nd March 2017 – The

23 March 2017 – The Payments Association today appoints Andrea Dunlop, CEO of Acquiring & Card Solutions at Paysafe Group, as Deputy Chair of its Advisory Board, having already completed a successful

Written by Malcolm Wright, Head of AML and Transaction Monitoring, Customer Risk I recently had the opportunity to speak to an audience at the The Payments Association in London on

Fewer than one in three people (31%) always check the terms and conditions when sharing their personal information online in return for a service, according to a new poll for

First Data and FLEETCOR Join Forces In New Prepaid Gift Joint Venture  Partnership will provide clients with comprehensive set of gift-related offerings NEW YORK, MARCH 6, 2017 – First Data

By Suresh Vaghjiani, Global Processing Services It was a very interesting experience to visit Mexico City on behalf of the Department for International Trade in partnership with the The Payments

The speed and ease of online payments, as well as direct debits, has led to high expectations from those making a purchase or paying their bills. People in all financial

Scandinavian bank Nordea has announced that consumers in Sweden can now use Samsung Pay, the rival technology to Apple Pay and Android Pay, to make instore payments via their smartphones.

FIS launched Global Banking Perspectives, our international client conference, in Dubai in 2011. Over the last six years, event attendance has grown exponentially, reaching more than 400 clients at this

Wirecard, an international group of companies with a focus on payment processing and card issuing, has officially acquired Citi Prepaid Card Services, expanding its global presence in payment processing into

Polymath Consulting launches new free database of organisation that can support companies become regulated across the EEA. With the increasing uncertainty around passporting of licences many regulated UK based companies

Lululemon, Facebook, Google, Harrods and Alibaba join the UK’s biggest multichannel and fulfilment events this year This year’s InternetRetailing Expo (IRX) returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 5 & 6 April.

Kerv Wearables, London, has today launched its contactless payment ring, enabling the wearer to make a contactless payment anywhere that allows Mastercard contactless transactions. The launch comes shortly after Mastercard

Engage has just been added to the list of Card and Payments Award winners, scooping a prestigious accolade for Smartcash – the innovative Visa debit card and account programme developed

Barclaycard, which has an overview of nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, is partnering with VocaLink to enable its merchants to accept mobile payments through Pay

Railsbank, provider of an open banking and compliance platform that will give companies access to global wholesale banking services with 5 lines of code, have announced the availability of their