Central Banks, Reinvent Yourselves
Some things are certain. ‘Death and taxes’, said Benjamin Franklin in 1789. And he might have added, ‘central banks’. Aloof, inaccessible, powerful but secure. Playing
February 1, 2016
Some things are certain. ‘Death and taxes’, said Benjamin Franklin in 1789. And he might have added, ‘central banks’. Aloof, inaccessible, powerful but secure. Playing
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
IP Integration has secured APS as its first customer for the BT Wholesale Avaya Cloud Solution service. The move will enable APS to transform its
Bottomline Technologies is singled out in Bob’s Guide for enabling breakthrough ‘banking-lite’ capabilities to the rapidly growing UK Prepaid card market through its innovative Agency
Callcredit Information Group has recently launched its enhanced ThreeSixty Hub, its nationally scalable counter-fraud hub and data sharing solution for local authorities, which is now available
Carta Worldwide has announced a partnership with NXP that is set to take NFC for mobile payments in bold new directions. Together, Carta and NXP will bring
First Data has announced plans to establish a research and development centre in Ireland that will house up to 300 highly skilled employees to centralize work
India’s Economic Times, one of the world’s most widely read English-language business newspapers, has named FIS the Best Tech Brand in Banking & Financial Services Solutions
FSS – Financial Software & Systems, has announced the signing of an exclusive System Integrator (SI) agreement with Montran Corporation for the Indian market. This
Just Cash Flow PLC has become Europe’s first alternative lender to provide card access to business finance for use at point of sale. The £25,000 pre-approved
MasterCard has announced a partnership with Coin to bring MasterCard payments to a wide array of fitness bands, smart watches and other wearable devices. This partnership bolsters
MasterCard has introduced Groceries by MasterCard, a new app which enables consumers to order groceries directly from Samsung’s new Family Hub refrigerator. The first shopping app
PCT is looking to fill a full time, central London based post on its customer service team. To find out about the role and how
PayPoint Romania is partnering with good.bee Credit, one of Romania’s most important non-banking financial institutions for micro-financing, for the collection of loan repayment instalments through
PayPoint Romania is expanding its agreement with RCS & RDS, one of the most important telecommunications providers in the region, to cover the prepaid mobile
Realex is hosting its first hackathon, Realex FinAppsParty, in London on 11th and 12th March 2016. The event will bring together talented developers, designers and
Thomson Reuters has partnered with Startupbootcamp FinTech to bring technology and market data access to startups undergoing the Singapore accelerator program. Under the partnership, Thomson
Britain has become a cash-second nation as consumers increasingly use cards, mobile phones and wearables to pay for goods and services. In a year when
VocaLink is partnering with Raphaels Bank to enable challenger banks to access Faster Payments. Read more here.
W2 Global Data have released a white paper ‘The Fourth Money Laundering Directive – Do you know the score?‘. The white paper takes an in-depth
VocaLink has announced a three year agreement with YourCash in the Netherlands and Belgium, which includes ATM processing of more than 1,000 ATMs, Dynamic Currency
Terrie Smith and Colin Tanner have achieved what many small companies only dream of – DigiSEq has been selected from 700+ applicants to receive one
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, has been named by EBA Clearing as one of the ‘frontrunner service
First Data has announced the availability of Clover Go, the latest addition to the Clover point-of-sale product line. This multi-merchant and multi-user functionality will allowing business owners
Metro Bank, the entrepreneur’s bank, has announced that all new and existing business customers are now able to use Post Office branches to carry out
“The big information void we’ve continually come up against in this space is, is anyone actually using this stuff?” — Imran Gulamhuseinwala, EY. Fintech, or financial
Raphaels Bank to join Faster Payments Scheme Bank is first to declare intention to join during 2016 New joiner is key milestone for Faster Payments
One of Payments Association’s goals is to help you overcome barriers to your success. We are proud to announce the launch of the Payments Association Training
My comments at this time of year are normally upbeat and optimistic. Not this time. There are clouds on the payments horizon. Not relating to
Research carried out by Callcredit Information Group and YouGov has revealed that 76% of consumers surveyed are using online banking either very or fairly often
FIS has completed its acquisition of SunGard, one of the world’s leading financial software and technology services companies. This uniquely positions FIS to offer a
Global Processing Services has recently licensed the T3 test platform from iliad Solutions Ltd. Iliad t3 is an integrated test platform for payments systems providing
i2c is expanding its global sales and marketing operations teams to manage continued growth and new market opportunities including the appointment of Fiona Gellatly as
Jumio has won the Most Effective Mobile Payment Solution at the Effective Mobile Marketing Awards for its technology implementation to improve Bravofly Lastminute.com Group’s booking
MasterCard has launched the global digital wallet MasterPass in Sweden – the first Nordic country to do so. Nordea, SEB and Swedbank are the first
Working with Paysafe (formerly Optimal Payments), a global payments specialist, Revolut has delivered a ground-breaking currency exchange solution and Prepaid MasterCard. Through this partnership, Revolut
Paysafe has been selected by TJC (formerly The Jewellery Channel), to manage its entire payments processing system including acquiring services, award-winning payment gateway and fraud
PAY.ON has partnered with Lime Light CRM to extend global payment services to a growing number of online marketers using Lime Light’s processing and campaign
PayPoint Romania has expanded its agreement with Scala Assistance! Consumers now have the possibility to pay for their Road Tax in over 9,000 partner stores
PayPoint Romania has announced a new agreement with Carrefour Romania, enabling Carrefour’s customers to pay bills for utilities, mobile phone plans, internet or cable TV,
Proxama have won three major industry awards for their cutting-edge mobile proximity services and BLE beacon network. Read more here.
Thomson Reuters has announced enhancements to its myPay Solutions payroll processing platform, including an improved, customizable user interface; greater access to employee information, with the
Our Director General, Tony Craddock, in an interview by the Finetics™ Studio, The Bancorp, sitting down with PaymentEye’s Sarah Gill @Money2020. Tony believes that European–specifically UK–regulators
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
‘Consent is King’ is a line which stuck with us from Stuart from Trunomi’s presentation on November 25 at our Pay360Innovation conference. Trunomi have recognised
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
Ubiquity Global Services and The Virtual Forge (a Dreamtek company) announced the creation of Ubiquity Software Solutions, an exciting partnership delivering software development solutions for
WEX Inc. has completed its acquisition of Benaissance, a leading provider of integrated software-as-a-service (SaaS) technologies and services for healthcare premium billing, payment and workflow management.
