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.
Tom Blomfield is CEO and co-founder of Mondo, a new smartphone bank for the UK. He previously founded GoCardless, the UK’s largest Direct Debit Processor, which has gone on to
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
Polymath Consulting, a leading consultancy on prepaid cards and emerging payments, today formally launched their new Consumer Card Fee Simulator for Issuers, Processors, Programme Managers and brands looking to launch
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
The digital Islamic economy is growing at a faster rate than the global digital economy, according to the Thomson Reuters Digital Islamic Economy Report for 2015. This growth is underpinned
Visa Europe Collab presented its collaboration with House of Holland to bring fashion, form and frictionless payments together to create a unique experience at Henry’s spring/summer show at London Fashion Week.
Wirecard is now also handling all processing of online credit card and PayPal payments for Sky subscriptions. Read more here
Research commissioned by Advanced Payment Solutions (APS) reveals the complexities that UK SMEs face when attempting to open a business bank account, to the extent that 60% of small businesses
Amazon has announced a new partnership with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) designed to help small and media sized enterprises (SMEs) increase their exports and grow their e-commerce sales by
Annecto partnered with the Tickhill cycling Grand Prix in Yorkshire to offer wireless payment terminals to spectators purchasing merchandise. Read more here
BNY Mellon is adding Bottomline Technologies’ Paymode-X payment network to its portfolio of payment solutions, which will help clients convert from paper to electronic payments. Read more here
Bottomline Technologies has been named a top 100 global provider of financial technology on the 2015 IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings. The annual IDC FI FinTech Rankings is based on
Less than a third of the socio-economic group ‘Business Elite’ use a banking app on their smartphone, according to research by Callcredit Information Group. Read more here.
PARTNER NEWS: Transaction technology provider Carta Worldiwde has been selected by HP to support the delivery of “tap-and-go” mobile payment services to HP customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Canada. Read
We are thrilled to announce yet another partnership within the iGaming industry. As of today,GameTwist, one of the largest online gaming communities in the world, enables millions of online gamers
FIS has won a multi-year wealth technology and operations outsourcing commitment from Westwood Trust, a Texas-chartered trust company headquartered in Dallas. Read more here
i2c’s global payments platform and UnionBank’s card issuance expertise deliver quick access to funds and basic financial services. Read more here.
IDT Finance is looking for an Implementation Manager, a Finance Assistant – Reconciliations and a Compliance Analyst Find out more here.
KPMG’s annual customer experience research reveals that retailers now offer the best customer experience Read more here
Locke Lord’s latest edition of its Privacy White Paper, Everyone’s Nightmare: Privacy and Data Breach Risks — developed in response to the need for a comprehensive overview of the growing body of
Silicon Valley Bank and MasterCard are inviting start-ups from across the United States to apply for Commerce.Innovated., a program designed to help companies that are working in payments, fintech and
MasterCard cardholders in the US will soon have even more ways to make safe and convenient mobile payments. Google is beginning to roll out Android Pay in the US, enabling
MasterCard have partnered with ASK Italian, Zizzi (both part of the Azzurri Group) and Carluccio’s to bring their customers a more convenient, speedier and fuss-free way to pay for their
Optimal Payments has partnered with Emergent Payments, a global payments company that enables digital businesses to accept secure payments around the world, to integrate the NETELLER® service and Net+® Card
More recent connector growth has added further alternative payment methods to PAY.ON’s global network, making it easier for payment service providers to offer the ideal payment setup in local markets. New partners
Following the news that the contactless payment limit has been raised from £20 to £30, Ray Brash, MD & Chairman at PrePay Solutions, predicts that contactless transactions will go up
Proxama is partnering with Stanchion Payment Services to enable Stanchion to resell Proxama solutions for NFC Mobile Payments, Tokenisation, Advanced PIN Management, and EMV Enablement. Read more here.
Realex Payments is creating 50 new jobs in Dublin The company will be hiring across a variety of roles in sales, marketing, IT operations and software development as well as
Retailers have an opportunity to improve sales of gift cards, both in-store and online, through better merchandising and other strategies, according to an executive from Stored Value Solutions, which advises
For the third consecutive year, The Bancorp has been ranked as Top Issuer of Prepaid Cards in the US, according to The Nilson Report, one of the leading publications covering
Are we getting VFM from the PSR? The Payments Strategy Regulator (PSR) costs the payments industry tens of millions of pounds each year. So what are we getting for our
With the emergence of Banking Lite solutions, our latest poll asks “Banking Lite prepaid products will capture significant market share from settlement banks in the next 5 years (more than
“My biggest concern in payments? That consumers will get increasingly nervous about the security of their data. I call this the ‘Ashley Madison Effect’. They will worry about the security
