Polychain Capital and NGC Ventures Contribute to CoinFLEX’s $10 Million USD Fundraise
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
CoinFLEX, the world’s first physically delivered crypto futures exchange, has announced that it secured over $10 million USD in funding this year. Polychain Capital; a premier investor in cryptocurrency protocols and companies and NGC Ventures II, the multi-strategy crypto fund of one of the world’s leading blockchain investment firms, NGC Ventures, were contributors to the raise.
Worst-case scenario for financial products and software: The Johnson Brexit
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Payments
London is still considered as Europe’s largest financial centre; 90 percent of all derivatives traded in euros are transacted in the British capital. This can change with the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who ranks as Brexit hardliner. “With Brexit, the European financial industry is facing the biggest transformation since the construction of the EU.
HSBC Signs New Licence Agreement for Identitii’s Overlay+
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
Identitii Limited (Identitii, Company) (ASX:ID8), the FinTech reducing last mile payment hold ups for banks and corporates, announces it has signed a new licence agreement (Agreement) to provide its Overlay+ platform to HSBC Bank Australia Limited (HSBC Australia).
Fnality adds key personnel to management team
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Fnality International (Fnality), delivering the means of payments on-chain for tomorrow’s financial markets, is pleased to announce key additions to the senior management and advisory team. Gary Chu joins as General Counsel and Adam Clarke as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), with Daniel Heller joining as Head of Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining Fnality, Gary was Legal Counsel and an Executive Director at UBS and a key participant in the... more
JCB enables card acceptance for merchants in UK and Ireland
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
JCB International, Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., today announces a partnership with EVO Payments to enable JCB payment acceptance across the UK and Ireland. The enabling of the EVO merchant portfolio increases JCB acceptance at small-to-medium sized businesses, particularly merchants utilizing integrated payments, and grants JCB additional access to ISV providers who are especially active in the UK. The UK... more
Crypto.com Lists Tezos XTZ
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Cryptocurrencies
Crypto.com, the pioneering payments and cryptocurrency platform, announced today that it has listed Tezos XTZ to its App and is exploring st
All Work & Social becomes Fingopay Manchester launch partner
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
All Work & Social, the operating company behind XYZ Work and the recently launched XYZ Social in Spinningfields has partnered with biometric payments provider, Fingopay. From Autumn, members and visitors to All Work and Social’s XYZ building will be the first in the UK to pay for food and beverage with just a scan of their finger, using VeinID technology. The integration will make transactions easier, simpler and safer by removing the need... more
Agreement Express Welcomes New Customer F1 Payments
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Agreement Express, a leading client onboarding software platform for financial services, announces F1 Payments as its newest customer. F1 Payments is a fintech company focused on increasing business velocity for all constituents in the payments ecosystem. The company makes payments frictionless from start-to-finish, while providing a highly-personal and consultative approach and building trusted relationships with key industry players. F1... more
Wirecard drives the future of customer centricity with Grab & Go Store
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, continues to break new ground in the future of shopping with its prototype of an unmanned store.
EMVCo to Support Expanding Issuer Identification Number as Defined by ISO and IEC
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
EMVCo is working to evolve the EMV® Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment Systems to support both future eight-digit Issuer Identification Numbers (IIN), as well as the existing six-digit format. As the change may have implications for merchant and processor systems beyond payments, EMVCo has published a Draft Specification Bulletin (DSB) that summarises the changes to ensure all those impacted are informed. The new specification... more
Modulr awarded £10m from Capability & Innovation Fund to transform how Accountants manage payments for SMEs
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Modulr, the Payments as a Service API platform for digital businesses, has secured £10m from Pool C of the
Klarna reveals that online retail SMEs in the UK are open to innovation but barriers prevent widespread adoption
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
New research launched today by global payments provider Klarna reveals that online SME retailers in the UK might be small in size, but are increasingly open to new technologies and innovation to help drive growth over the next year.
MoneyGram Online Launches Redesigned Web Platform
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
MoneyGram today announced the launch of the redesigned MoneyGram.com online platform in the U.S. The new site has a faster and more seamless flow, added personalization options and other convenient features.
BlueSnap Enhances Customers’ Frictionless Chargeback Management Through Partnership With Chargebacks911
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
BlueSnap, an online payments technology company, today announced a partnership with Chargebacks911, a technology platform provider for loss prevention and dispute management, to offer comprehensive dispute management tools to users of BlueSnap’s payment processing solutions.
CoinCorner Pays Staff Salaries in Bitcoin
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
New Zealand has today ruled receiving income in Bitcoin as Legal, and CoinCorner one of the UK’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, reveals that it began paying its employees in Bitcoin earlier this year. Staff at the company were given the option to receive part or all of their salary in cryptocurrency. Each member of staff had the choice to receive the GBP equivalent of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin or XRP (cryptocurrencies currently supported by... more
