EMVCo Releases 6.1 Billion EMV Chip Payment Cards in Global Circulation
- 8 years 1 week ago
- Payments
Official figures of aggregated data published by technical body EMVCo show that by the end of 2016, the number of EMV payment cards in global circulation had increased by 1.3 billion in the previous 12 months to a total of 6.1 billion.
IPayment Rolls Out Expinet Gateway
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
IPayment Inc., a trusted provider of payment and processing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced the launch of Expinet™, the Company’s new payment gateway. Expinet is engineered to provide developers with the flexibility they need regardless of their core industry or vertical. From traditional and specialty retail to healthcare to hospitality and nearly everything in between, Expinet is a payment gateway of choice... more
Android Pay Launches in Taiwan
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Whether you’re heading out for dinner or doing your weekly shopping, your Android phone is all you need to bring with you when you walk out the door. Starting now, Android Pay is available in Taiwan.
Paysafe rolls out Android Pay in Canada
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, announces it has teamed with Google to be one of the first Payment Service Providers (PSP) to launch in-app Android Pay capabilities to its merchants in Canada. Android Pay offers a fast, simple and secure way for shoppers to use their Android phones with the use of a digital card for purchases in-app and in-store without pulling out a physical wallet.
Mexico’s Capital Taps Mastercard to Make City More Digital
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
As people all over the world are leaving rural areas and moving to cities in search for jobs, education and a better life, city governments are challenged to meet the expectations of a growing urban population.
Yolt Launches its Open Beta into the UK
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Yolt, a new money platform backed by ING, one of the leading banks in Europe, has launched its open beta today for iOS and Android, offering users across the UK access to a new way of managing their money smartly and intuitively. The app has been tested and improved in closed beta since October last year, and is now ready to invite more people to the platform. Yolt brings the UK market one step closer to Open Banking.
Flywire Acquires UK-based PACE Invoice
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Flywire, a leading provider of international payment solutions, today announced that it has acquired PACE Invoice, a multi-currency invoicing platform provider based in London. With the acquisition, Flywire adds international invoicing to its cross-border payments and receivables services, enabling its business, education and healthcare clients to more easily link invoices to cross-border receivables, saving time and costs in invoice preparation... more
Dubai's Fintech Hive Fields 100 Applications
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Blockchain, Payments, Data
FinTech Hive at DIFC, the region’s first FinTech accelerator launched by Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) earlier this year, has received over 100 applications from more than 32 countries for its inaugural programme.
Zain Joins Mastercard to Enhance Mobile Payments in Jordan
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Zain has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, to boost digital payment services in Jordan through ‘Zain Cash’ mobile wallet service powered by Mastercard. Aimed at extending the benefits of the Zain Cash service to Zain’s growing subscriber base and enriching their experiences, the announcement was made on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on the Middle... more
POSH from Fiserv Meets Highest PCI-Certification Standards to Deliver Secure Payment Transaction Processing
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Security and Compliance, Payments
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today the latest version of POSH™ from Fiserv, a robust and flexible switch solution for payment transactions, has achieved the highest level of PCI Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) certification (ve
Tsys Reveals Tokenization for Commercial Card Issuers
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
TSYS announced today that it has enabled tokenization across all of its North American commercial card platforms.
Ebury Joins Swift GPI Community
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Ebury, one of the fastest growing fintechs for corporate cross-border payments and growth lending, today announced its collaboration with SWIFT gpi, which allows corporations to monitor and view payments globally in real-time.
Bahrain's Eazy to Create Biometric Payment Network with NCR
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Eazy Financial Services B.S.C., a Bahraini financial technology company focusing on providing innovative technology solutions to financial institutions, will introduce the region’s first Biometric Payment Network powered by NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, that will allow consumers to register their fingerprint through their participating bank and then use that at any device (ATM or POS) to initiate a... more
The UK’s Newest Clearing Bank Joins Bacs Payment Schemes Limited
The first new UK clearing bank in more than 250 years, ClearBank, has become a member of Bacs Payment Schemes Ltd (Bacs), the company behind Direct Debit and Bacs Direct Credit, taking membership up to 17 leading financial institutions.
OCBC Unveils Multi-feature Mobile Payments App
- 8 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
OCBC Bank has launched its first standalone mobile payments app which makes QR code cashless payments available at close to 2,500 NETS terminals.
