Continued growth in China cements UnionPay as the world’s largest card scheme
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Consumers in developing countries are increasingly entering the banking system and expansion of the banked population in China is a major contributor to UnionPay’s gain in global market share Government-backed financial inclusion programmes driving growth
Bottomline Announces AI Enabled In-Product Support Powered by Drift
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of financial technology that helps make complex business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced that it has added AI-enabled chat inside its payment solutions to make signing up and accessing support even easier for its Paymode-X and PTX customers.
Amount Announces Amount Pay
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Amount, a leading fintech company helping financial institutions reinvent the retail experience, today announced Amount Pay, an installment point-of-sale (POS) financing solution launching in Q1 2020.
Credit Card Issuers Must Target Digital Payment Apps, Deloitte Reports
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Deloitte's Center for Financial Services today reports that consumers are looking toward the broader ‘ecosystem’ to simplify their payments experience as innovative payment instruments become more prevalent.
NatWest's Asset Finance Division Lombard Launches Instant Agreement Tool
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
NatWest’s asset finance arm, Lombard, has today announced the launch of a new digital service that allows businesses to receive instant agreement to fund assets such as cars, vans, machinery and technology, up to a maximum of £250,000. The new function, available through Lombard’s website, allows customers to create a personalised quote across any one of 40 asset classes, with an instant decision provided at the end of a quick and simple... more
Barclays Makes Post Office Cash Access U-Turn
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Barclays says it will no longer stop customers withdrawing cash from the UK's network of post offices, reversing its earlier position after accusations of "penny-pinching" by politicians.
InstaReM launches industry first global enterprise payments platform
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Leading digital cross-border payments provider, InstaReM, is rebranding to become part of Nium. Nium is the first global payments platform to enable businesses to send, spend and receive money from around the world, in addition to empowering them to develop their own products.
Berkeley Payment Solutions Expands Innovative Payment Technology with Pungle Acquisition
- 6 years 12 months ago
- Payments
Berkeley Payment Solutions (Berkeley), a leading global payments solution provider, today announced the acquisition of FinTech start-up, Pungle, an innovative payments platform that enables frictionless, real-time transfers. “This acquisition positions Berkeley to be one of the most innovative, fastest-growing FinTech companies globally,” said Jonathon Hamburg, CEO and Founder of Berkeley. “We are thrilled to join forces and welcome the Pungle... more
Brex and Mastercard Partner on U.S. Expansion
- 6 years 12 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard today announced that Brex, the financial technology company that helps ambitious companies scale, has partnered with Mastercard as its preferred network to bring cutting-edge technology and top-tier benefits to its corporate card portfolio in the United States.
Western Union Launches WU.com In India
- 6 years 12 months ago
- Payments
Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, today launched its digital platform -
Backbase and Payveris take digital payments to the next level
- 6 years 12 months ago
- Payments
Digital banking leaders, Backbase and Payveris, have partnered to provide financial institutions with integrated digital payments and money movement solution. The combined offering will enable financial institutions of all sizes to deliver next generation payment and money movement services that businesses and consumers demand: a fast, low-friction user experience that makes it easy to take care of all of their bill payment and money movement... more
Western Union Expands Its Global Platform Now to New Partners in Asia
- 6 years 12 months ago
- Payments
Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, today further expanded its white label offerings* to Asia enabling customers of third-party money transfer companies to pay out through Western Union.
Wayfair and Klarna bring flexible payments home for UK shoppers
- 6 years 12 months ago
- Payments
Klarna, the leading global disruptor of payments and banking and provider of smoooth retail experiences, announces the expansion of its partnership with Wayfair, one of the world’s largest online destinations for home. From today, Klarna’s range of flexible payments are available to shoppers online at Wayfair.co.uk, with additional new features on Wayfair.de.
NatWest increases flexibility around Capital Repayment Holidays and Pay As You Go Overdrafts for Business Owners
- 6 years 12 months ago
- Payments
According to a recent survey by NatWest, over half of female business owners (56%) with childcare or other family caring responsibilities saying it presents challenges to the smooth running of their business – compared with 36% of men.
European Card-based Payments Industry Forms New Association: PAYMENTS EUROPE
- 6 years 12 months ago
- Payments
European and global card-based payment solution providers are coming together to strengthen the voice of the industry and to form a new association: Payments Europe. The new body represents card issuers, card acquirers, card schemes and other stakeholders involved in card-based payment solutions.
