Stripe launches in eight more European countries
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Stripe officially launches its services in Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia today, helping internet businesses in these countries to start, grow, and scale their business globally and accept money from anywhere in the world.
Access to funding top priority for corporate treasurers today according to Finastra research
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Ahead of Sibos 2019, Finastra commissioned IDC to survey 400 corporate treasurers around the world to reveal key treasury priorities. The findings* show that access to funding, risk management and improving usability are top of mind for treasurers today. Looking three years ahead, these challenges are expected to diversify to include demand for real-time capabilities and liquidity optimization, meaning new business models, which will drive a... more
Industry Participation in EMVCo Expands
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
EMVCo has announced the continued expansion of its Associate Programme, with new organisations joining to engage in the strategic and technical direction of the global body. 2C2P, Adyen, BC Card, Checkout.com, Endeavour Internet Business Solutions, FrenchSys, ICC Solutions, Infinitium, Merchant Advisory Group, Shopify and Wakefern Food Corporation have all joined in the past year. As EMVCo Associates, these organisations will support the process... more
H&M x Klarna Pay later Now Available in the United Kingdom
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
H&M wants to offer customers a truly modern shopping experience that is both flexible and convenient no matter where and how they choose to shop.
SBI Remit and SBI Cosmoney Partner with InstaReM
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
InstaReM, a leading global financial payments infrastructure company,has announced that it will now power real-time cross-border payments for the clients of the SBI Remit and SBI Cosmoney, part of one of Asia’s leading payments companies, across select markets.
Wirecard and Malaysia’s Affin Bank Berhad expand partnership
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments, Online Banking, Mobile Banking
Wirecard, the global innovation leader in digital financial technology, and Affin Bank Berhad (“AFFINBANK”) today announced an extension of their collaboration focused on revolutionizing internet banking for consumers in Malaysia. Through this partnership, over 300,000 AFFINBANK customers are already benefitting from an array of services such as e-commerce and mobile payment powered by Wirecard technology. By leveraging more of Wirecard’s... more
Making 3D Secure 2.0 and PSD2 happen: Worldline processed the first live transactions with Strong Customer Authentication for European merchants
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Worldline, the European market leader in payment and transaction services, announces the readiness of its Acquiring and E-Commerce platforms with respect to the mandatory processing of transactions according to the new 3D Secure 2.0 standard. With live transactions performed for European retailers, e.g. in the retail sector, digital services and ticketing. Worldline proves its capabilities to support merchants in meeting the demanding new... more
Mastercard Names New Executive Vice President, Global Communications
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard today announced the appointment of Jennifer Erickson as executive vice president, Global Communications, effective September 23. She will lead corporate, internal, external and digital communications, reporting to Raja Rajamannar, the company’s chief marketing and communications officer and president, Healthcare.
Boohoo shoppers #doyourthing with new payment options from Klarna in US and UK
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Leading payments provider, Klarna, has announced a major expansion of its existing partnership with online fashion powerhouse boohoo group to include the US and UK. From today, US online shoppers at boohoo group’s four brands — boohoo, boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing and Nasty Gal — can benefit from Klarna’s flexible Pay in 4 payment option. Later this year, UK customers will have access to Klarna’s Pay in 3, ensuring they can buy their favourite... more
Agreement between SIA and AVM holding to activate digital payments on venice “vaporetto” boats
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
SIA and AVM Holding (Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità – the Venice public transport company) have signed an agreement to create an innovative digital platform that will allow residents and tourists to buy tickets using payment cards and smartphones, also in contactless mode, on board the “vaporetto” boats where the crew will be equipped with 650 Android SmartPOS terminals. (VIDEO)
CoinCorner responds to criticism of the Bitcoin Lightning Network
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Bitcoins
CoinCorner’s CEO, Danny Scott, commented: “The Bitcoin Lightning Network is such an amazing and innovative step forward for the development of Bitcoin, making it useful for every day payments at mass scale. Lightning is a new piece of Layer 2 technology sat on top of Bitcoin. It’s only been running on a live environment for the last 18 months and is still in beta stages, meaning that bugs and exploits are to... more
Fiserv Furthers Branch Transformation Strategies for Financial Institutions with Launch of Interactive Branch Kiosk
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, is enabling banks and credit unions to transform the branch experience with convenient self-service options for account holders.
Klarna demonstrates how its ‘Pay later’ products save consumers from future online shopping fails
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Klarna, the leading global innovator of Pay later services and banking, and provider of smoooth retail services, presents its international campaign – ‘I wish I’d bought it with Klarna’ – together with actress, comedian and internet sensation, Celeste Barber.
Wirecard expands cooperation with Mizuho Bank on global scale
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, is expanding its partnership with Mizuho Bank, Ltd., a leading global financial institution. The scope of the expansion includes a significant geographic extension, a collaboration on new payout products, and joint digital payment solutions.
Renovite welcomes Sanjay Mishra as new Chief Delivery Officer
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Payment specialist Renovite Technologies has appointed industry veteran Sanjay Mishra as its new chief delivery officer (CDO). Sanjay will lead Renovite’s technology and innovation strategy as the cloud specialist prepares to enter its next phase of growth. Previously, Mr Mishra served as the head of technology of foreign exchange service provider Currencies Direct. He held the position there for three years. During his tenure, Sanjay... more
