Flywire helps education agents and institutions streamline international tuition payments
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Flywire, a high-growth vertical payments company, today announced new enhancements to its digital payment platform to better serve education recruitment agents and institutions worldwide. As part of its comprehensive receivables solution, the platform enhancements will help agents better manage student information and streamline payment tracking while also enabling education institutions to optimize agent relationships and minimize potential... more
Mastercard accelerates crypto card partner program, making it easier for consumers to hold and activate cryptocurrencies
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Consumer interest and investment in digital currencies are growing, with research showing that up to 20 percent of the population of some countries are holding cryptocurrencies1, and an increasing number of merchants, digital players and financial institutions are exploring crypto payments.
MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin Index licensed to VSFG/Arrano Capital Index to underlie Hong Kong´s first regulated Bitcoin Fund
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Bitcoins
MV Index Solutions GmbH (MVIS®) in partnership with CryptoCompare, the global leader in digital asset data, announced the licensing of the MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin Index (MVBTC) to Arrano Capital, the blockchain arm of Venture Smart Asia Limited, for its recently launched Bitcoin fund. The fund, which tracks the price of Bitcoin, uniquely features daily subscription and redemptions, offering investors greater ease of access, security and... more
ACI Worldwide accelerates real-time payments modernization with new digital overlay services
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced it is accelerating real-time payments modernization for its customers globally through new digital overlay services.
Diginex strengthens partnership with Itiviti and leverages Tbricks Automation Platform for institutional cryptocurrency clients
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Platform Technology, Cryptocurrencies, Risk Management
Itiviti, a leading technology, and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, today announced Diginex, a digital asset financial services and advisory company, will implement Tbricks automated solution to provide risk, P&L and portfolio management to its institutional client base. This partnership follows on from the existing
Global Processing Services teams up with sync. ahead of latter’s European launch
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Global Processing Services (GPS) has today announced that it has partnered with London-based fintech, sync., to power the payments processing function of sync.’s debit cards.
Banking Circle adds same day local payouts in Polish Zloty to its payout capabilities
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Banking Circle, the ground-breaking financial infrastructure provider, has added Polish Zloty (PLN) to its local currency payout capabilities. Payments businesses working with Banking Circle can now provide their merchant customers with same day settlement for payments to Poland in Polish Zloty via the local payment network, eliminating the need to use the SWIFT network and, therefore, ensuring the end party receives the full amount.
Barclaycard partners with FreedomPay to enhance customer offer
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Barclaycard, a leading global payment business, is partnering with FreedomPay in the UK and Europe – a leader in commerce solutions. The collaboration will provide a seamless end-to-end payment experience to Barclaycard customers across a broad array of sectors.
EPA launches Project Recovery to keep FinTech on the world stage
The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), which celebrates collaboration and innovation across the emerging payments industry, has today launched Project Recovery to help the UK FinTech make informed decisions and equip them to survive in the post pandemic world.
PayPoint Survey: 1 in 4 renters are behind in payments
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
As the UK eases out of lockdown and approaches the end of the furlough scheme, a survey of social and private renters* by the payment provider, PayPoint, has revealed significant concerns regarding future ability to pay on time. 25% of respondents are already at least a month behind on their rent, and a third are concerned about the impact COVID-19 has had on their long-term financial situation.
Onyx CenterSource announces global partnership with WEX to expand digitized payments options
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Onyx CenterSource, a leading global provider of B2B payments and business intelligence to the hospitality industry, today announced a new partnership with WEX Inc., a leading financial technology service provider, to streamline payments to travel agency partners.
Ziglu Launches Insurance Programme
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Insurance
Ziglu, the new cryptocurrency challenger, has launched an insurance programme for customers holding cryptocurrencies, providing greater security and peace of mind. Each Ziglu customer’s cryptocurrency holdings are insured against cyber-crime up to a value of £50,000 at all times and held in a segregated account. The vast majority of customer assets are stored in offline ("cold") wallets, meaning they are not accessible via the internet and... more
Scotland’s business recovery to be powered by contactless payments post pandemic
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
As more businesses across Scotland take the first steps on the road to recovery and prepare to open their doors on July 15th as part of Scottish Government’s route map, research from newly launched ‘Tyl’ has demonstrated the scale of the acceleration towards contactless payments.
MYPINPAD secures Android certification for its specific hardware-free payments solution
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
MYPINPAD, the global leader in secure personal authentication solutions is the first company in the world to achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC) certification for its Android software-based Contactless Payments on Commercial off-the-shelf (CPoC) solution, enabling contactless payments on smart devices.
Open banking: a strategic partnership for CRIF and SIA in Italy and Europe
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Open Banking, Payments
CRIF, a global company providing credit bureau, business information and credit solutions, and SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in payment services and infrastructures controlled by CDP Equity, have signed a strategic partnership agreement to offer advanced Open Banking services and applications in Italy and Europe.
