Launch of the UTP Pro Android Terminal
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Payments
UTP Pro, which is approved by Barclaycard and accredited by both Mastercard International and VISA Europe, officially launches on 1 April and is expected to rollout to thousands of businesses by the end of 2021. This will include businesses across the in-store retail and hospitality sectors that have been particularly hard-hit by pandemic and the lockdowns that have followed.
Cloud-Based FX Provider, Cornerstone FS plc, Raises £2.7m in Public Listing
Cornerstone FS plc, the cloud-based provider of international payment, currency risk management and electronic account services to SMEs, announces that admission of its entire issued and to be issued share capital to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (“Admission”) will become effective and dealings will commence at 8.00 a.m. today under the ticker “CSFS”. The Company’s ISIN is GB00BNG7CD28 and its SEDOL is BNG7CD2.
The Women Blazing a New Trail in Crypto
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Cryptocurrencies
“The FinTech gender gap is most stark at the top – recent studies have demonstrated that woman represent just 14% of FinTech board seats. At Zumo women represent over 40% of our team and the same in our management team. Moreover, reports often place crypto owners as being less than 10% female… For Zumo, this isn’t a future we believe in.” - Dagmara Aldridge, COO – Zumo
Worldline Accelerates the Digital Transformation of Commerce with its New AXIUM Platform
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Platform Technology, Payments
Worldline, the European market leader in payment and transactional services, accelerates the digital transformation of commerce with its new AXIUM platform, comprising innovative Android POS and an unrivalled suite of payment and business services. Worldline, through its Ingenico brand, today announces the launch of its POS AXIUM platform, the latest development in Ingenico’s evolution as an ecosystem enabler and the most trusted technology... more
Mastercard Credit Cardholders Now Enjoy SBI Card Pay Feature
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
SBI Card Pay, a payment feature based on Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology, which allows customers to create virtual version of their physical SBI Credit Card on their mobile phones and then tap their phone at Near-Field-Communication (NFC) enabled Point of Sale terminals (POS) to make payments at merchants, is now available on Mastercard platform.
EQUOS Expands Stablecoin Offering with Launch of Tether
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Cryptocurrencies
EQUOS, Diginex’s [Nasdaq:EQOS] institutional-grade cryptocurrency exchange, has expanded its stablecoin offering by listing Tether (USDT), providing an onramp into the EQUOS ecosystem for traders who use USDT as a base currency. Tether is well-established as the largest and most widely used stablecoin, and is currently ranked fourth largest cryptocurrency, by market capitalization. However, it has also been subject to negative media coverage... more
IXOPAY Partners with Vyne
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
The industry leading payment orchestration platform, IXOPAY has partnered with Vyne, the go-to payment provider for Open Banking. The strategic partnership will see IXOPAY and Vyne provide clients with a payment solution that enables them to connect to the most relevant payment methods for the markets they sell in. Clients will have access to “direct from account” payments from across Europe with just one connection.
Fingerprints and Fime Minimize Time to Market for Biometric Payment Cards with Mastercard® approvalof T-Shape 2 sensor module
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™) and Fime have collaborated to achieve compliance with Mastercard’s Reference Specifications for Fingerprints’ latest T-Shape® sensor module and software platform for biometric payment cards. Proactively securing this approval brings widespread deployments even closer as it simplifies the approval process for card manufacturers. Card manufacturers of all sizes can now benefit from saving time and money when... more
Nets Group Brings Cryptocurrencies to Shop Tills in Austria
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Cryptocurrencies
Nets Group, a leading European payment services provider, together with Salamantex, Austrian specialist for the development of software solutions for cryptocurrency payments, is bringing acceptance of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ether and Ripple to in-store points-of-sale in Austria. The partnership will also help prepare for the introduction of future digital currencies such as the e-Euro.
Mobile Technology: The Gateway to Improving Credit Collections And Customer Engagement
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments, e-Payments
A new survey from digital payments expert, PayPoint, confirms that today’s consumers are ready and waiting for immediate, transparent and flexible payment tools to help them manage their financial commitments. Email and SMS as a means of communication far outweigh the traditional ‘letter in the post’ or a phone call – and importantly, a regular, timely digital nudge from finance providers would be welcomed by the majority to ensure they keep on... more
Goode Intelligence Research Reveals That Global Biometric Payments to The Value of $5.765 Trillion Will be Made Annually by 2026
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Goode Intelligence’s (www.goodeintelligence.com) latest research, Biometrics for Payments; Market and Technology Analysis, Adoption Strategies and Forecasts 2021-2026 – 3rd Edition, reveals that biometrics is now a must-have technology to secure payments across all payment channels – not just mobile – enabling convenient, secure and touchless payments in both physical and digital payment channels. The impact from the Covid-19 pandemic on the... more
UK Businesses Prepared to Spend a Third of Their Annual Budget on a Payments Solution But Confused by Options
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Tug, a leading digital performance marketing agency, today announced new research which reveals UK businesses are prepared to spend a third (35%) of their annual budget on a payments solution in 2021, but are unsure or confused by the different options available online.
Accelerex Offers Ghanaian Customers More Digital Payment Options
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Leading pan-African fintech company, Accelerex Ghana (www.GlobalAccelerex.com.gh), has hit a new milestone, after being granted an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), under the Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act 987). This makes Accelerex Ghana the only fintech organization currently within the enhanced PSP category that provides physical e-payment devices, merchant acquiring, and agency banking... more
BUNA Continues to Grow Its Diversified Set of Innovative Solutions and Announces Plans to Launch Instant Payments and Trade Finance
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Abu Dhabi and London, March 30, 2021 - Buna, the cross-border and multi-currency payment system owned by the Arab Monetary Fund, has announced that it has plans to launch instant payments, in addition to trade finance solutions, securities settlement and ATM/ POS processing service, at a later stage. This growing list of innovative solutions will complement Buna’s current offering of multi-currency cross-border interbank payments, commercial... more
Finch Capital, Through Nomu Pay, Acquires Wirecard Turkey
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Finch Capital, through Nomu Pay, a vehicle that invests in payment assets, has today reached an agreement to acquire Wirecard Ödeme Ve Elektronik Para Hizmetleri (
