themoneyshop.com customers will benefit from APS’ credit-check free sign up process Leading high street bank challenger Advanced Payment Solutions (APS), has collaborated withthemoneyshop.com, to offer their consumers the opportunity to open an instant

Bottomline Technologies have announced a strategic alliance with Visa Inc. that will create the optimum way for businesses to pay and get paid. Visa’s commercial card solution, Visa Payables, and

Carta Worldwide is partnering with Vodafone to provide the payment card enabling technology behind Vodafone Wallet that will soon enable MasterCard users to pay contactlessly in European markets. Read more here

Cubit has announced two new features for Polish customers: an instant Bitcoin cash-out solution on local ATMs and the implementation of DotPay, a new payment method to purchase Bitcoin. Read

Currency Cloud has announced a new Direct Debit functionality in partnership with Fidor Bank, a Munich-based digital bank that provides a unique banking API to seamlessly integrate Direct Debits into

Los Alamos National Bank leaders have selected FIS as its new core banking provider, based on the increased efficiency its outsourced solutions presented the bank and the expanded digital capabilities

Global Processing Services FZ LLC (GPS), has implemented D8 StrongHold a risk- management system – and so extended the services offered within its prepaid processing platform. Read more here.

A disconnect between the value that businesses place on innovation and the amount that they are investing in it threatens to inhibit the growth of the UK’s vital middle market

Jumio is partnering with Tutorfair, an innovative online sharing economy platform that matches tutors with parents looking for educational support for their children to fast-track new tutor registration from weeks

Stonegate Bank is now offering a Debit MasterCard that can be used at any of Cuba’s 10,000 hotels, restaurants and other card-accepting merchants, expecting to expand the use of the

MasterCard has announced an industry first in its move to create one global Zero Liability promise for consumers as part of its multi-layered approach to safety and security. Under the

ACI Worldwide and PAY.ON have entered into a definitive transaction agreement. PAY.ON’s advanced SaaS-based eCommerce gateway solution complements and strengthens ACI’s UP Retailer Payments offering, positioning ACI as a highly

PayPoint Romania has signed an agreement with Neosurf, an international provider of prepaid services for online payments. From now on, Romanian consumers will be able to exchange cash for Neosurf

Demonstrating its growing reputation for delivering innovative payment solutions, Raphaels Bank can now offer European transfers through the Bank’s indirect membership of The Single Euro Payments Area (SPayments Association). Working

Realex Payments has announced the launch of its low-cost Merchant Account and Payment Gateway solution for merchants in the UK providing small to medium sized businesses across the country with

Thames Card Technology has reported significant growth in demand for its prepaid services, driven by the payment technology’s growing popularity in the UK. In excess of 20 new prepaid providers

We are only a few years away from the next major shift in human behaviour related to how we transact payments. Consequently there are lots of questions that we need to

All crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other alternative finance providers, operating in the Asia-Pacific area (excluding the America’s) are invited to contribute to the 2015 Asia-Pacific Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey. The

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 the FinTech, Payments and Banking

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. Read more here.

Wirecard is revolutionising the mobile payment experience at the point of sale. “boon.” is a new payment solution for Android smartphones operating in four European countries. The app is now

New brand identity, logo and website to reflect Paysafe’s visionary position in payment processing market LONDON, MONTREAL, NEW YORK (November 10, 2015) – Optimal Payments, one of the world’s leading

The Chambers Guides have been ranking the best law firms and lawyers worldwide since 1990. So it is good to see the payments law expertise of both Locke Lord and

Earlier this week, we published a list of some of the individuals influencing fintech in Ireland. Today, we provide you with a sampling of the innovative organisations driving change in

Carta Worldwide is pleased to introduce a new product that dramatically expedites speed to market for large banks, processors and domestic networks looking to implement secure mobile payments. Read more

Monica Eaton-Cardone, the COO of Chargebacks911™, was recently featured in Multichannel Merchant, discussing new mobile payment technology, how safe new payment technologies are and how easy it is to use

Cubits has now added credit cards to its payments interface for Bitcoin purchases, starting with Visa and MasterCard, with the potential to add other credit cards in the future. Read

Currency Cloud explores the consumer requirements of the on-demand economy and the impact on payments. Read their blog here

Online payments provider Checkout.com, and Diners Club have announced that all Checkout.com merchants can now accept sales from cards running on the Discover Global Network. Read more here

Grass Roots, the world’s leading provider of employee and customer engagement solutions, is delighted to announce that its Customer Engagement centre of excellence has been recognised by client Center Parcs

Jumio has announced details of a partnership with Loot, offering a prepaid card and smart-money management app for students. A perfect fit for millennials, Jumio provides a new customer verification

Warren Mead, UK Head of Challenger Banking at KPMG comments on the recent Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) publication of its report into retail banking, noting that much less weight

MasterCard has announced it will integrate a fully tokenized checkout experience within MasterPass, leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES). This will give consumers the freedom to shop more securely

PayPoint’s annual customer satisfaction survey reveals that 97% of people using PayPoint are satisfied or very satisfied with the service. Meanwhile, PayPoint Romania, the main retail-based cash and mobile payment

Andy Ramsden from Proxama muses on evolution and the latest innovation around mobile payments, following the annual MobeyDay event in Barcelona earlier this month. Read his thoughts here.

Raphaels Bank is to rebrand its Lending division to Raphaels Finance from Southern Finance. This move is designed to convey its strength, security and agility as one of the UK’s

As the Official Bank of Money20/20, The Bancorp is pleased to announce the debut of Finetics™ Studio, our new executive interview series taking place live within the company’s high-profile exhibitor

Visa Europe has announced its global sponsorship for the next three years of the FIA Formula E Championship – the world’s first fully-electric racing series. Read more here.

VocaLink is working with The Clearing House (TCH) to help build and deliver core elements of TCH’s new real-time payment system for the United States. Read more here.