FIS Named Best Point of Sale Innovation at the 2016 PYMNTS Innovator Awards
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Payments, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
FIS continues to earn honors that recognize the realization of those efforts. For decades, the company has been developing innovative payment solutions. Two of its newest offerings were recently honored by the 2016 PYMNTS Innovator Awards and 2016 Pay Awards. FIS Loyalty Fuel Redemption, the industry’s first solution that allows for single-swipe redemption at the point of sale, thus enabling consumers to pay with a participating loyalty card and... more
VocaLink Signs Five Year Deal with UnionPay International
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Payments
VocaLink, the international payment systems provider, today announces a five year deal with UnionPay International, which will enable UnionPay cardholders to access ATMs in the UK and continental Europe.
ACI Worldwide & Ovum Find Growing Competition in Payments
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Payments
In increasingly competitive markets, the payment experience has emerged as a critical factor to grow market share. Yet a new Global Payments Insight Study of consumer finance, higher education, insurance and other billing organization executives—conducted by ACI Worldwide and leading market research and advisory firm Ovum—found that most organizations lack the payments innovation necessary to win consumers. Principle findings of this study... more
SDK.finance Helps Moresise to Go Live
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
On May 16, 2016 FinTech back-end platform SDK.finance is pleased to announce an official launch of our client Moresise. Moresise is a multi-currency financial mobile application with personal assistant and loyalty program. Paying bills and services is a one-click action with the currency you choose. In the nearest future there will be possibility to add a card and order a Moresise multi currency payment card.
Valassis and Acxiom Deliver Post-campaign Analytics
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Valassis and Acxiom will deliver the post-campaign analytics marketers now demand to activate consumers and drive improved results. Consumers interact with multiple media channels along their path to purchase, challenging marketers to identify those influential touch points in order to develop successful plans. Today marketers are faced with building a plan using fragmented data from a variety of sources without the linkage that provides an... more
Americans Put High Value on Their Identity & Payment Information
Just how much do Americans want to shield their data? Sticks and stones may break their bones but they’d rather have that (18 percent) than get their identity and payment information stolen.
BPC Banking Technologies to Run First Unified Payment System for Ethiopia
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
BPC Banking Technologies, a world leading provider of payment solutions, announces the launch of the national payment system of Ethiopia, EthSwitch S.C. based on SmartVista. As of today for the first time, all 17 of the countries retail banks are connected together via the unified payment system. EthSwitch was formed by all the banks in Ethiopia, and with the backing of the Ethiopian Bankers’ Association and the country’s central bank known as... more
FIME Achieves Accreditation to Test Smartphones to Latest EMVCo Interoperability & Performance
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Following the inclusion of mobile payments performance and interoperability requirements in the latest EMVCo Specifications, FIME’s international network of laboratories is now accredited to confirm compliance of mobile devices. The specifications address three main areas for mobile devices designed to perform mobile contactless transactions: - Level 1 digital and analog testing to verify the RF signal and protocol exchanges between the... more
Barri and TransferTo Team Up to Boost Mobile Money Transfers in El Salvador
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments, Mobile Banking
Barri Financial Group, a US-based money transfer service provider, has signed a strategic partnership with TransferTo, a leading B2B mobile payment network, to enable real-time Mobile Money transfers to Tigo Money accounts in El Salvador. For the first time, Barri customers in the US will be able to send Mobile Money to friends and family living in El Salvador within seconds.
Computop and Credorax Team Up to Boost Cross-border E-commerce Payment Solutions
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Computop and Credorax have partnered to facilitate cross-border e-commerce payment solutions for global businesses. Credorax’s ePower™ acquiring platform will be integrated into Computop’s payment platform Paygate, enabling Computop’s merchants to process payments made in all major currencies across the globe, all on a single platform. The system will go live end of Q2 and it will support Visa and Mastercard transactions globally.
Avuba and Raphaels Bank Team Up On Alternative Payments Technologies
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments, e-Payments, Money Transfers, Banking, Mobile Banking, Alternative Finance
Demonstrating its growing reputation for delivering pan-European innovative payment solutions, Raphaels Bank Payment Services, has signed a partnership deal with European start-up Avuba. The new deal will see Raphaels Bank, a market player in the emerging payments market, support the launch of an alternative payment account from Avuba for consumers in Europe.
RCOM and Fortumo Expand Direct Carrier Billing in India
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Reliance Communications and Fortumo launch direct carrier billing in India. With this development, all customers of RCOM will be able to make purchases for digital content and games by charging the payments to their mobile bill or mobile prepaid account.
TIDAL Selects Ingenico ePayments to Boost Payment Experience for its Customers
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group, has announced that the innovative music and entertainment platform, TIDAL, selected Ingenico ePayments as its exclusive partner to help process increasing demand for its services and optimize the payment experience for its customers.
Ultra Payments Enhances its PayGate Payment Solutions
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Ultra Payments (formerly Barron McCann Payments), a business unit of Ultra Electronics, is pleased to announce that its PayGate Payment solutions now offer a fully BACS compliant integrated DDMS module. The DDMS module provides a number of features including: · Full compliance with DD (Direct Debit) guidelines – minimising indemnity claims · Automated DD processes and life-cycle management · Automated DD submission in a... more
MoneyGram and Millicom Unveil Mobile Wallet Service in El Salvador
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
As part of its continued commitment to making money transfers easier for customers, MoneyGram has signed an agreement with Millicom, the parent company of Tigo Money, to launch mobile cash receive services into more than 1 million Tigo Money mobile wallets in El Salvador.