Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced that it will sponsor European snow and music festival, Snowboxx, in France, as the event’s ‘Official Payment Partner.’ Together with its partner, iZettle, Visa will transform the payments landscape at Snowboxx – aiming to help 100 percent of the festival’s merchants accept card, mobile and contactless payments. 

Following the release of PCI SSC’s new standard for software-based PIN entry on mobile devices for card payment acceptance, MYPINPAD, a global leader in payments software authentication solutions, has launched its revolutionary ‘PIN on Mobile’ product; MPES. 

Today Wells Fargo & Company announced that mobile banking deposit customers nationwide now have access to a predictive banking feature that analyzes account information, providing mobile app users with tailored account insights and personalized financial guidance. 

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Operatorul Pietei de Energie Electrica si Gaze Naturale (OPCOM) have signed a new market technology agreement for Nasdaq to deliver new matching engine and clearing technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture to Romania's market operator for gas and electricity.

IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that KY3P, its vendor risk management service, added financial crimes screening to its comprehensive due diligence tools.

Mitratech, the leading provider of legal, compliance and risk management software announced exciting updates to PolicyHub, its comprehensive policy management solution. With the latest PolicyHub release, clients will save significant time creating and approving policies and procedures.

With mobile banking apps becoming a staple, cybercriminals have started to take a serious interest in compromising these devices. New, sophisticated methods of attack have rendered the classic username-password scheme outright obsolete. Even the more secure but still basic two-factor authentication seems insufficient as hackers have found ways to dupe users into entering pass codes into fake user interfaces.

Alipay, the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”, “Ant”), is now available for mainland Chinese travelers at over 1,150 Starbucks branches across South Korea. Alipay is the first third-party mobile based payment method enabled nationwide at Starbucks in Korea. Adding to the e

Norwich City Council has signed a five year deal with Advanced to kick-start the digital transformation of its financial and HR operations. The Crown Commercial Service agreement will see the district council implement an on-premise solution to automate and integrate its core digital processes, which will improve working practices for its staff and deliver more efficient services for its 137,000 residents.