Wirecard and EasyTransfer make payment easy for international Chinese students
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, and EasyTransfer are collaborating to enable seamless mobile payments for digital-native Chinese students. Together the two companies are launching a new mobile payment and loyalty app designed for Chinese students studying outside of China. Approximately $3.8 billion in tuition payments were transferred via EasyTransfer in the first year alone.
NICE Actimize Adds Cryptocurrency Innovator CipherTrace to X-Sight Marketplace to Enhance Due Diligence and Reduce Risk
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Cryptocurrencies
With cryptocurrency-related compliance issues on the rise, and an increase in enforcement actions anticipated, the need for financial institutions to adopt solid AML programs addressing this market segment is expected to escalate this year.
Brits in the dark over their personal finances as consumer debt hits £218bn
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- P-Cards
One in five Brits are failing to keep track of their personal finances, with 40% of millennials admitting they have no clue how much they spend compared to what they earn each month. The news comes as Bank of England data from December 2019 showed households have £45billion more debt on credit cards, personal loans and overdrafts compared to the start of 2010 – a 25 percent growth in 10 years.
Global finance leaders Citi, Bpifrance, Deutsche Börse, Fidelity to join first ever London-based conference focused on the institutionalization of digital assets Feb. 10
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Blockchain, Trading Systems, Cryptocurrencies
BlockWorks Group (BWG) today announced that on Feb.
TemTum Launches World’s Fastest Payment Mobile Wallet on iOS and Android
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Blockchain, Payments, E-Wallets, Cryptocurrencies, FinTech StartUps
TemTum (temtum.com), the quantum-secure, ultra-
Visa Is Buying Fintech Startup Plaid For $5.3 Billion
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Visa announced it will acquire Plaid—a startup that connects payment apps like Venmo and Square Cash to users' bank accounts to transfer funds—for $5.3 billion. That marks a doubling of Plaid’s value in a year. The eight-year-old San Francisco company last raised funding a year ago at a $2.65 billion valuation. In 2019, Plaid doubled its number of customers to reach 2,600, and it expanded beyond the U.S. to the U.K., Spain, France and Ireland.
Turkish Banks Switch on Digital Gold Transfer Network
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Turkish banks have begun the transfer of a cryptocurrency representing physical units of gold via a blockchain platform developed by Istanbul Clearing, Settlement and Custody Bank (Takasban). The private cryptocurrency, dubbed BiGA, represent the equivalent of one gram of gold stored in the vaults of the Istanbul Sotck Exchange. The BiGA blockchain platform and gold transfer system caters for the export, amortization and transfer of digital... more
Yooz Named Finalist in 2019-20 Cloud Awards
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments, Cloud, Accounting
Yooz, the international provider of intelligent P2P software, has been shortlisted in the category Best Cloud Automation Solution in The Cloud Awards, the international Cloud Computing Awards program. Since 2011, The Cloud Awards program has sought to champion excellence and innovation in cloud computing. Entries are accepted throughout the globe and across multiple industry sectors.
Marqeta certify with Mastercard to provide processing services that enable European FinTechs to get to market faster and easier
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
Marqeta, the leading global modern payments platform, is now a European certified processor with Mastercard. This new collaboration is designed to help digital banks and FinTechs go to market and scale faster. Twisto, an innovative daily payments app linked to a card, will be the first European customer to deploy Marqeta’s card processing capabilities with Mastercard.
Kickstart the decade with Asia’s biggest disruptors at Money20/20 in Singapore
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments, Banking, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Money20/20. No, not the year 2020 but perfect, 20/20 vision. As in, see-into-the-future-of-money type vision. Money20/20 brings that future into crystal clear focus, so those in the industry can plan, create, collaborate – and take their businesses forward. With that goal in mind, the region’s biggest change-makers are joining the line-up in Singapore, with keynotes including:
Orange Jordan Launches “Orange Money” E-Wallet Service
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- E-Wallets
Orange (www.Orange.jo) Jordan officially launched its mobile e-wallet service, Orange Money, during a press conference that was held on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020. The event, which was attended by governmental officials alongside the company’s management and strategic partners, celebrated the launch of the financial solution, which recently acquired the epayment license from the Central Bank.
Uphold Announces Bank Connectivity in the U.K. with the Support of the Pound Sterling
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Bitcoins
Leading digital money platform Uphold today announces bank connectivity for its users in the United Kingdom with the introduction of support for the Pound Sterling (GBP).
Uphold Announces Bank Connectivity in the U.K. with the Support of the Pound Sterling
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments, Cryptocurrencies
Leading digital money platform Uphold today announces bank connectivity for its users in the United Kingdom with the introduction of support for the Pound Sterling (GBP).
NatWest announces new partnership to boost SME lending
- 6 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
NatWest has today launched a new partnership with Soldo, a pre-paid company card provider for small businesses, which will allow two of the bank’s ventures, Esme Loans and Rapid Cash, to be offered directly to Soldo’s customers, as the bank aims to increase lending to UK SMEs throughout 2020.
Vend and Klarna put big business software in the hands of boutique retailers across the UK & US
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Vend, the preferred retail point-of-sale software of the British Independent Retail Association, has today announced a partnership with global payments provider Klarna. The collaboration gives customers of boutique retailers more flexible payment options, levelling the playing field for small business to compete with enterprise retail and offer Klarna’s smooth and easy payments in-store across the United Kingdom. The role out will later follow... more
