ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced the latest version of its UP Immediate Payments solution. Available via a SaaS delivery model or on-premise, UP Immediate Payments is highly flexible and adaptable, providing access to all Immediate Payments (IP) schemes globally.

Mobile payment methods continue to soar in popularity in the UK following the introduction of new players such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Barclay’s Pingit. Together, with the anticipated launch of Samsung Pay coming soon to the UK, this is further lessening the country’s dependency on cash. The latest digital money index from Citigroup and the Imperial College London showed the UK to have the biggest uptake in the past year.

Mobile payments initially took longer to take off than predicted. Sceptics were unsure if we would ever reach this level of popularity.

Ethoca, the industry standard for collaboration-based technology solutions that enable card issuers and online merchants to increase card acceptance and stop e-commerce fraud and disputes, today announced a partnership with Silicon Valley analytic software firm FICO.

INDATA, a leading industry provider of software, technology and services for buy-side firms, today announced that MCT - MacGuire, Cheswick & Tuttle Investment Counsel, based in Darien, CT has implemented INDATA’s iPM Cloud – Intelligent Portfolio Management® platform.

RBR study shows that cards account for the majority of cashless payments because of their frequent use for retail purchases, and their share continues to increase

Rise in cashless payments outpaces cash withdrawals

According to RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021, 471 billion cashless payments were made worldwide in 2015, up 52% since 2011. At the same time, ATM cash withdrawals increased at a slower rate of 33% as consumers are increasingly moving away from using cash and taking advantage of alternative payment methods.

Blockchain technology is becoming more and more demanded worldwide, and today we all have a unique opportunity to witness “the biggest innovation after the Internet itself” gaining a growing number of implementations - both within and outside the financial sector.

Backbase, two time winner of Finovate ‘best of show’, returns to unveil its latest innovation for digital banking at Finovate Europe.

Oldest credit union in Oklahoma partners with Fiserv to nurture member relationships, increase efficiency and deliver new services in step with the speed of life today

Competitive forces are at play in the OMS and EMS markets where vendors are expanding their capabilities at both ends to build the coveted OEMS.

Due to tighter IT budgets, compliance mandates and expansion of electronic trading across asset classes, firms may be looking to bring these two platforms together.