Kenya leads in Cryptocurrency predictions for 2019 in the East Africa Region
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
As we start 2019, it is an opportune time to reflect on the year that was and forge the way forward. The cryptoeconomy celebrated its 10th birthday in 2018, reaching a total market capitalization of approximately $138.6 billion (KSh 14.2 trillion).
MYPINPAD Appoints Nigel Dean to Head Marketing Team
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Authentication Technology
MYPINPAD, the global leader in payment acceptance and customer authentication solutions, has welcomed experienced payment industry professional, Nigel Dean, as its new Head of Marketing.
UnPAY Founder Named as 2018 Golden Shell’s Inaugural “Payment Industry Pioneer”
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
UnPAY founder and CEO, Zhang Zhenghua, has received another feather in his cap with the latest win at the 2018 Golden Shell Award. Zhenghua was named as the Payment Industry Pioneer, for his innovative creation of a global one-stop payment technology service model. The Payment Industry Pioneer award is a new category created by the Golden Shell Award. It was established to recognise corporate leaders who have made great strides and innovations... more
Flying start for the new Payconiq by Bancontact payment app: already supported by 290,000 payment points and 20 banks
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Nathalie Vandepeute, CEO of Bancontact Payconiq Company: “Our mission? To provide simple and reliable payment solutions to all Belgians on the road to a payment world with less cash. In other words, constantly changing the way in which people pay and are paid – and contributing to the growth of merchants’ businesses, while constantly improving the overall shopping experience.”
Double digit growth in SWIFT message volumes as gpi uptake soars
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
SWIFT’s figures show an average of 31.31 million messages a day in 2018 as its annual traffic rose to an all-time high of over 7.8 billion. This marks an 11.3% increase on 2017 – and a 56% increase over the last five years. Traffic growth was driven by the mass adoption of SWIFT gpi – which now accounts for over half (55%) of cross-border payment instructions carried on the network, only two years since its launch.
International Payment Transfer Provider FlashFX Upgrades Additional Customer On-Boarding Security Through 4Stop's KYC and Anti-Fraud Solution
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Money Transfers
4Stop ("FourStop GmbH"), a leader in providing premium global KYC, compliance and anti-fraud technology, announces today they are live and operational within FlashFX's global payment t
Target and Taco Bell partner Apple for easy and secured payments
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Target, Taco Bell, Hy-Vee supermarkets in the Midwest, Speedway convenience stores and Jack in the Box are the latest merchants to support Apple Pay, the most popular mobile contactless payment system in the world that lets customers easily and securely pay in stores using their iPhone and Apple Watch. With the addition of these national retailers, 74 of the top 100 merchants in the US and 65 percent of all retail locations across the country... more
Mastercard Shoppers Can Soon Tap & Go at Target
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Today, Mastercard announced its contactless cards soon will be accepted at Target stores, giving shoppers the ability to simply tap to pay. Cardholders using a contactless Mastercard—ones with a contactless symbol on them—will tap their card on the reader screen to pay and head on their way.
Bankart and Nets ready to deliver on European vision of making instant payments the new normal
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Nets, a market leader in the European payments industry, and Bankart, a leading Slovenian company in the field of processing of modern payment instruments, are ready to go live with an instant payment solution in Slovenia after final approval from the Slovenian Central Bank. In February, Bankart will go live with Nets´ RealTime24/7, enabling transactions between Slovenian banks to be cleared in less than a second.
Online broker DEGIRO working with Accuity to reduce risk exposure
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Compliance
Accuity, the leading global provider of financial crime compliance, payments and Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, announced that it is working with DEGIRO, the fast growing FinTech and largest online broker in the Netherlands, to automate customer account screening using a comprehensive range of sanctions and watchlist data sets.
Natixis Payments and Wynd forge strategic partnership to design retail omni-channel solution
Natixis Payments and Wynd are set to join forces to develop an innovative and disruptive solution to streamline the omni-channel point-of-sale and payment experience, thereby supporting retailers in their digital transition. As part of this strategic partnership, Natixis is taking a stake in Wynd during the company’s fund- raising exercise with a group of investors.
SafeCharge expands into Asia with a new office in Shenzhen
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), the partner of choice for businesses who demand more from payments technology, today announced the opening of its new office in China less than four years after launching in the country. The new office is based in Shenzhen’s PingAn International Finance Center, a 115-storey supertall skyscraper in the Futian business district. This latest expansion marks SafeCharge’s growing footprint across the APAC region, where it... more
EML Introduces Payments Card with PointsBet in New Jersey
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
EML Payments USA, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of EML Payments Limited (ASX: EML) ("EML"), and PointsBet USA Inc. today announced they have launched a reloadable payments card that allows their customers in New Jersey to load funds to their gaming account and quickly access their winnings. PointsBet has experienced rapid growth since entering the U.S. market with its unique points betting product. The addition of the PointsBet card experience... more
Wirecard issues multi-currency Visa card to United Money
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, has partnered with United Money, one of China’s largest currency exchange companies, to digitize payment processes and offer multi-currency Visa travel cards.
Australia Post to pilot bill-paying app
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Australia Post is pleased to be offering its customers a new choice for paying bills by piloting state-of-the-art mobile payments app, Sniip. General Manager Payments and Financial Services at Australia Post, Deanne Keetelaar, said Sniip’s mobile payment technology means customers can pay their bills from their smartphones within seconds.
