
New bank Monzo chooses GPS as processor
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

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

With the help of our trusted Payments Association Ambassador, Svetlana (Lana) Hoffmann and conversations with many Payments Association members, we’ve produced 20 predictions for 2017. Take a mouthful, swill them
Advisory Board member and Project International Trade leader for the The Payments Association, Suresh Vaghjiani was invited to a private meeting with the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at his private

Ubiquity Global Services, a leading business services organization with deep expertise in the FinTech and payments space, today announced the expansion of its existing business relationship with BankMobile, a division

TSYS has announced that it has reached a long-term agreement to provide debit processing services for Virgin Money customers within the United Kingdom. Virgin Money previously selected TSYS’ market leading

Travelport has announced a multi-year renewal agreement with long-standing customer, Global Travel Management (GTM), one of the UK’s leading privately owned travel management companies. Read more here.

Travelport, a leading Travel Commerce Platform has today announced an extended agreement with leading travel agency and corporate travel services specialist Vipservice. Based in Moscow, Russia, Vipservice began operating in

TNS is celebrating a significant milestone this month as it marks 20 years serving the financial markets. As one of the world’s largest dedicated electronic trading connectivity networks, TNS now

Thomson Reuters is working with FX analytics specialist BestX to enable buy-side participants using Thomson Reuters FXall and FX Trading to streamline analysis of transaction costs, helping them define, achieve

The Bancorp, Inc. has announced the creation of a new, fully dedicated fintech innovation studio: Cube8 – where powerful ideas incubate. Set apart from the daily business operations of The

Saxo Payments’ ground-breaking cross border payments proposition, Banking Circle, has been named Best Innovation in Payments by FinTech Finance, following online voting. This is the seventh win in less than

A number of countries are actively grabbing investment opportunities in the FinTech industry, especially in peer-to-peer lending, as the opportunity of foreign ownership up to 85% has opened up in

Consumers in Great Britain will purchase the majority of their Christmas presents online this year, according to a new survey commissioned by Paysafe’s online prepaid payment provider paysafecard. The survey

PayPoint has announced a business account offer available to its network of over 29,000 retailers. The ‘better than high street banking’ Cashplus account from APS financial has very competitive rates

PayPoint plc has reached agreement with Yodel Delivery Network Limited (Yodel) for a new arrangement with respect for Collect+, which will put the framework in place for long-term growth in

The Web Fraud Prevention and Online Authentication Market Guide 2016/2017 has just been released by The Paypers. Download your free, printable PDF copy by visiting The Paypers Reports section here.

Park Group plc, the UK’s leading multi-retailer gift voucher and prepaid gift card business focused on the corporate and consumer markets, today announces that its flexecash® cards can now be

FinTech Africa has recently announced its 2016 winners. Novatti has taken this opportunity to highlight a few companies they think are working on very exciting things. Some are familiar names,

Mastercard has announced an important partnership with Verifone to roll out a new instalment pay application at retailers across the UK. Read more here.

With Android Pay now live in Ireland, Mastercard cardholders have even more ways to make safe and convenient payments with their Android phone. Android Pay enables seamless and secure contactless

LINK, the UK’s ATM network reports that the first four days of December saw an increase in LINK cash withdrawals of £121million (7%) Read more here.

The recently published 2016 LINK Consumer Council Annual Report highlights the vital role LINK continues to play in meeting the cash needs of everyone in the UK. LINK remains committed

Online shopping is reaching its peak for the year. Online retailers must maximise the biggest opportunities of the year and avoid the New Year chargeback hangover, but Global Risk Technologies

FIS, a global leader in financial services technology, and PayPal have partnered to increase customer engagement and drive incremental digital spend with FIS’ banking partners. Together, the companies will make
Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO has announced impressive results for its FICO® Enterprise Security Score, which assesses the forward-looking cybersecurity risk of trusted third parties and business partners. The company’s
Equinix has announced its 2017 industry predictions, noting that global IT transformation will trigger significant changes for several industries in the coming year. Read more here.

2C2P, the leading Southeast Asian (SEA) payments services company, and Diners Club International, a subsidiary of Discover Financial Services and part of the Discover Global Network, announced that 2C2P is

Discover Global Network (DGN), which includes Discover Network, PULSE and Diners Club International, announced today that it is extending the US EMV fraud liability shift date for automated fuel dispensers

Digital River World Payments is now an acquirer for cards that run on the Discover Global Network, the third largest payments network in the world and part of Discover Financial

Duco, the global fintech provider of data control services, today announced a new agreement with Currencycloud, the international Payments Engine behind a number of leading payment firms. Currencycloud will use

Cambrist was recently featured in the Irish Times “New Innovators: Cambrist platform offers dynamic approach to Fx payments. New service to disrupt how international consumer payments are made”. Read more

Bottomline Technologies has announced its 5th consecutive win at this year’s Document Manager Awards, organised by DM Magazine. The company’s PT-X Connect document automation platform was voted the ‘Email Product

Almost half of the UK’s small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are being paid late, according to Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs), the company behind Direct Debit and Bacs Direct

American Express has announced a new Add a Card feature for the Amex bot for Messenger. This feature helps enable eligible US consumer and OPEN card members to add their

Rich Wagner, Wealth and Finance International’s CEO of the Year, shares his thoughts on leading the FinTech challenge. Read more here.

AEVI and Welcome Real Time, a Collinson Group Company, today announced their partnership to offer a new loyalty app solution on AEVI’s Global Marketplace. At Store mPOS, the real-time reward
Magnitogorsk, Russia – 13 December 2016 – Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced that its remote banking
The Payments Association Board strengthened by global industry leaders Payments leaders from Saxo Payments, Modulr, Global Risk Technologies, Bacs, and The Just Loans Group elected to join the ranks and

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
Payment Cloud Technologies (PCT) has announced the official launch of its new digital banking platform bank.VISION. The platform enables organisations to deliver banking-grade financial services to their customers. An Post,

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.

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

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.

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.

Nomadis, a global leader in travel and workforce logistics software, and Travelport, have entered into a strategic partnership on a new cloud-based software solution that integrates commercial flights, chartered/private aviation,

Travelport has announced Australia-based Fly365.com as the first online travel agent (OTA) in the Asia-Pacific region to implement its innovative merchandising technology, Travelport Rich Content & Branding. Read more here.

Travelport and Kiwi.com, formerly known as Skypicker, have announced a new agreement. Kiwi.com will connect to Travelport’s travel commerce platform, giving it access to unrivalled travel content and fares from

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