PaySimple sets up POS software for services
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Platform Technology, Payments, Infrastructure
PaySimple, the major service commerce platform for businesses, has reinforced point-of-sale software for service businesses with their new release of Service Point of Sale (sPOS) platform.
Samsung makes wearable payments play
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Samsung is bidding to expand NFC payments beyond phones to a host of wearable devices by teaming up with POS manufacturer Ingenico and app developer Smartlink to launch the Contactless Companion Platform (CCP). The platform aim to boost financial inclusion by helping to bring digital cash to everyone, including those without payment cards and bank accounts. The system lets users make digital cash payments via any enabled contactless device of... more
Figo unveils XS2A enabler for PSD2
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
The Payment Services Directive 2 will be made national law SEPA-wide. After months of controversy and polarising debate, banks and FinTech companies can see positive but challenging conditions to come.
Accenture to acquire First Annapolis
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Consultancy
Accenture (ACN) has agreed to acquire First Annapolis Consulting, Inc., a privately held payments consulting and advisory firm, further expanding its capabilities in the payments market. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
WorldRemit Joins Forces With KCB to Power Money Transfers to Kenya
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Money Transfers
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit and KCB, the largest bank in East and Central Africa, have partnered to create a new instant option to send remittances to Kenya. Announced at an investment event for Kenyan and African diaspora at the Royal Overseas League in London, the partnership aims to support the growing demand for instant, digital remittances among more than 3 million Kenyans currently living abroad. Kenyans living around the... more
MTFX launches Paymytuition to refresh alternative international tuition payments
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Investment, Payments
MTFX Group of Companies is a leader in corporate foreign exchange and global payments unveiled the launch of its educational institution payment platform Paymytuition. The Paymytuition payment platform has been running in test phase over the last several months and is now available to educational institutions across North America.
Accenture to Power Industry-Wide Modernization Program of Payments Canada
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Payments Canada has selected global consulting firm Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to help it lead Modernization — the multi-year initiative to transform the systems and rules essential to Canada’s payments ecosystem. Due to the scope of the program and the number of participants involved, Payments Canada sought to team with a company that could provide in-depth payments expertise, along with change-management and program-management services to help... more
DocuSign Payments Welcomed in the UK
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Payments, e-Payments
From today, DocuSign customers across the UK will be able to benefit from the launch of DocuSign Payments, the company’s latest platform innovation that provides a fast and easy way to collect payments and signatures in just one step.
ACI Worldwide Collaborates With Payment21 to Enable PSPs AML Compliance For Bitcoin Transactions
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Bitcoins, Compliance, AML and KYC
Payment21® and ACI Worldwide today announced a strategic collaboration enabling payment service providers (PSPs) to offer merchants anti-money laundering (AML)-compliant Bitcoin acceptance via ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments solution.
AEVI Inks Contract With Homebase
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Payments
AEVI has announced their latest partnership with San-Francisco based employee management platform Homebase.
Net Element Joins Planet Payment for Multi-currency Pricing
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Net Element, Inc. ( NASDAQ : NETE ) ("Net Element" or the "Company"), a provider of global mobile payment technology solutions and value-added transactional services, today announces that its Unified Payments subsidiary entered into a partnership with Planet Payment, Inc. ( NASDAQ : PLPM ), a leading provider of international and multi-currency payment processing services, in which Unified Payments will offer Planet Payment's Multi-Currency... more
Air China and Ingenico Accept Discover Card Transactions in North America
- 8 years 9 months ago
- e-Payments
Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group, today announced it has signed an agreement with Air China, China’s flag carrier and one of the largest airlines in the Asia-Pacific region, to provide the ability to accept Discover Card transactions in North America.
WorldRemit Launches Online Money Transfer Service in Hawaii
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Money Transfers
WorldRemit, the leading online money transfer service, has launched in Hawaii, targeting 120,000 Filipino migran
Westpac wants to take over your messaging keyboard
Westpac is working with Israeli-based startup PayKey on technology to add banking options to the bottom of a screen on a messaging app.
Egyptian Bank Partners ACI Worldwide for Nextgen Retail Payments
- 8 years 9 months ago
- Payments, e-Payments
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, expended its relationship with the Egyptian Banks Company for Technological Advancement (EBC), the central domestic infrastructure provider for payments in Egypt. ACI will help drive the bank’s ambitious growth plans and initiative to move from the use of cash to electronic payments/funds in one of Africa’s most innovative and fastest... more
