No seriously. What have I done?! I’ve fallen for payments, and now I can’t get up. I spend all day every day pondering how payments ought to be, and how a startup focused on payments ought to be. All the little and big things that are the state of our industry, and what a difference making a difference could make. Out of that passion for change, Modo was born.

NewNet’s Secure Transaction Cloud (STC) virtualized payment transaction solution is is now available on Spire Payments point of sale (POS) range. This innovative cloud-based transaction transport and routing platform utilises virtual crypto engines located in the cloud and offers an alternative to costly legacy HSM and switching hardware. The STC delivers all the benefits of cloud-based technology to acquirers, gateway providers and transaction processors alike: 

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, has expanded its fraud detection and management capabilities with a new, real time solution that enables merchants to increase revenue by optimising their acceptance rate and reduce customer churn.

American Express today announced SafeKey 2.0, the next generation of its online authentication tool built specifically to meet the needs of today’s increasingly mobile commerce environment. 

Etherparty, the easy-to-use smart contracts creation platform, is pleased to announce that it has completed the verification process from its crowdfund campaign.  It has also compensated fuel tokens to 61 contributors affected by the security breach that took place on Oct. 1st, 2017 prior to 10:00 am PDT.

"We are making every effort to ensure that we take care of those who were affected by the security breach," commented Founder, Lisa Cheng.

Horizon Software (Horizon), the award-winning provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, today announced that Saigon Securities Inc. (SSI) ha

Visa has announced the European launch of Visa Direct – a real-time payments platform that allows companies to leverage Visa’s global reach and scale to transform domestic and cross-border payments for businesses and consumers. Visa is working with payment service providers, financial institution clients and strategic partners to roll out services using Visa Direct.

Orange is launching its new banking offer in mainland France today. This 100% mobile-based offer is provided by Orange Bank and will be the only French bank to offer for free a service that provides real-time balances, mobile payment, innovative uses and a virtual adviser that is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (President & Group CEO: Yasuhiro Sato) and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (President & CEO: Koji Fujiwara) have begun proof-of-concept testing of pring*, a wallet app for smartphones. 

AltFi Data has today announced that Assetz Capital, the leading UK SME secured lending originator, has been added to the AltFi Data Analytics platform. The entire lending track record of Assetz Capital can now be analysed according to AltFi Data’s established standards. This enables investors to perform like for like comparison of both return, and risk adjusted return, with the other marketplace lending platforms that provide standardised disclosure using AltFi Data Analytics.