Digital banking fintech Penta has launched a new product called, Team Access. Founders can now order team MasterCards for their co-founders and coworkers as an instant cure for time-costly expense management. It comes with account access and customisable permissions for each team member. Read more »
Creditcall, an omni-channel payment gateway and EMV solutions provider, with support of Payter, the contactless payment terminal manufacturer, has given a major fundraising boost to Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity, by Read more »
The team behind the first cryptocurrency debit card today announced the launch of B21, the first personal wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets. B21 is a mobile-focused investment platform that allows anyone to create their own portfolio of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS and many others to be determined by users’ votes. Read more »
National Bank of Greece, the country’s leading banking institution, has successfully completed the migration of its debit card portfolio to the WAY4 card management system provided by OpenWay, a top-ranked digital payments software provider. Investment in the new platform supports the bank’s vision to enhance its leading position in Greece and further accelerate business growth. Read more »
Payments disruptor Paysend has tripled its customer base over the last 6 months, following its expansion into growing global markets. The company now has over 150,000 customers across Europe, and operates in more than 60 countries. Most recently a series of partnerships expanded the business to customers in the Middle East and Africa. Read more »
IBAS platform successfully completes rigorous processing for SEPA Instant payments and is set to deliver significant cost savings for banks adopting instant payments Read more »
At EBAday in Munich today, Finastra announced the commercial availability of its European instant payments solution on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft’s enterprise-ready, trusted cloud platform. The solution enables financial institutions and third-party providers to process SEPA SCT Inst payments in the cloud, viaEBA CLEARING’s pan-European instant payments service, RT1. Read more »
Pelican, a global provider of payments and financial crime compliance solutions to banks and corporates, has announced the live ‘beta’ launch of its pan-European API Hub for banks. This builds upon the recent formation of subsidiary company PelicanPay, an API interoperability platform specially tailored for fintechs and Third-Party Providers (TPPs). Read more »
Football fans face hidden costs and red tape shipping their flags and merchandise to the World Cup, warns international delivery expert ParcelHero. Football fans shipping ahead items such as sports kits and club flags will need to take care to avoid being caught offside by Russian regulations. There are hidden costs and strict rules surrounding shipping items into Russia and delivering them into stadiums, warns the international delivery... more Read more »
Blockchain technology is causing a paradigm in the fintech and payment processing arena. The desire for more efficient transactions and better audit trails is driving companies away from traditional payment processing methods towards innovation. One such example is FiiiPay. FiiiPay, the brainchild and proprietary payment system of FiiiGroup, which is set to be the blockchain counterpart of payment giants like America's PayPal and China's Alipay... more Read more »
Turkish consumers will now be able to send funds to a network of over 60 countries, thanks to payments disrupter Paysend’s expansion into the country. The Turkish expansion means consumers can send funds to any Visa, MasterCard or Unionpay card accounts across the Paysend global payout network. Read more »
Today, Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd. (“Ant Financial” or “the Company”) announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with investors for its Series C equity financing totaling approximately US$14 billion. This financing round includes an RMB tranche raised by Ant Financial from domestic investors and a USD tranche raised by Ant International Co., Limited (“Ant International”), a wholly owned offshore... more Read more »
Payment solutions platform, Intrapay, is celebrating impressive growth since its launch in February 2018, opening new offices around the globe and unveiling an expanding senior team of industry big-hitters. Focused on bringing a more personal approach to payments, Intrapay has opened new offices in St Julian’s, Malta; Manila in the Philippines and Manchester, UK with a new London HQ on the horizon. This gives clients around the world access to a... more Read more »
Sneeboer Manufacturing is internationally known for its highest quality, stainless-steel, hand-forged garden tools enjoyed by discerning gardeners. The family business was set up in 1913 and with the help of Ingenico, Sneeboer tools are now for sale in no less than 179 countries around the globe. Read more »
Currencycloud, the leading international payment platform, today announced the launch of South Korea’s first remittance service by a non-bank, following its strategic partnership with the country’s leading credit card company, Hyundai Card. The news builds on Currencycloud’s momentum in Asia-Pacific, with the UK-headquartered fintech signing 14 partnerships in the region in the past year and growing the volume of payments in the region by 66% in... more Read more »
