Compass Plus Gets Accreditation for Faster Payments
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software for processors and financial institutions, has announced that it has been certified as one of only five companies to achieve aggregator accreditation for Faster Payments in the UK. Faster Payments is a system that enables customers in the UK to make secure and fast automated payments via mobile, internet, telephone or standing order 24/7/365 at the touch... more
Boku Brings Direct Carrier Billing to Windows 10 Customers in the UK and Italy
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Boku, the world’s largest direct carrier billing mobile payments company, is pleased to announce an expansion to bring direct carrier billing to Windows Store customers in two premier European markets: the UK and Italy. As part of Microsoft’s integration with Boku, Windows 10 customers in the UK on O2 and in Italy on Wind will be able to use their mobile account as a payment option when making purchases in the Windows Store. Customers in these... more
How Can Retailers Adapt to a Wearable Payments Boom?
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
MBNA have produced research into what retailers should be doing to prepare for a wearable payments explosion. 72% of consumers believe wearables are the future of in-store shopping, according to a survey from Vista Retail Support.
TradeZero Reveals First 'Dark Pool' Exchange for Bitcoin
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems, Payments
TradeZero, an online broker dealer registered with the Securities Commission of the Bahamas, has announced today that it has teamed up with Bitcoin serial entrepreneur Jered Kenna to create the world’s first “dark pool” exchange for Bitcoin and eventually other digital currencies.
According to NRF/Forrester Survey, EMV Pushing Aside Other Payment Initiatives
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Reducing credit and debit card fraud by implementing EMV chip card acceptance has become retailers’ top payment issue in 2016, but retailers are also busy with new data security enhancements such as point-to-point encryption and tokenization to better protect payment card data. That’s according to a new study released today by the National Retail Federation and Forrester that surveys CIOs and technology executives at 59 large and mid-sized... more
FEXCO & ENCASH Team Up to Release EasyDebit Solution in the Philippines
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
FEXCO - one of the world's leading independent financial technology providers has today announced a partnership with Electronic Network Cash Tellers, to launch the first-ever mobile cash withdrawal solution in the Philippines.
Creditcall Gets Accredited with Mastercard Emerging Payment Support
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Creditcall, the omni-channel payment gateway and EMV Kernel provider, today announced that it has received Mastercard Emerging Payment Support Accreditation (MEPSA) in the program categories Guidance andTechnical Support to Acquirers.
allpago Drives its Growth with ACI Worldwide UP eCommerce Payments
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that allpago, the leading payment service provider (PSP) in Latin America, has achieved 150 percent annual growth, in terms of volume of transactions, with ACI. A long-standing ACI customer, allpago enables companies globally to do business and accept payments across Latin America, incorporating locally-preferred credit cards and... more
Technavio Investigates Top Three Trends Impacting the Global Mobile Payment Security Software Market
Technavio’s latest report on the global mobile payment security software market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020. Technavio defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline.
Technology Companies and Financial Institutions Opt Visa Direct for Real Time Payments
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Visa announced that more companies in the United States are choosing Visa Direct to expand their real-time payment services. Visa Direct is a payments platform designed to allow financial institutions, developers and partners to offer secure real-time1 person-to-person (P2P) payments and business disbursements such as insurance claims payments, contractor payments, tax refunds and many other forms of business payment services.
VUE Software Enters Asia-Pacific Market with Aviva
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
VUE Software announced that Aviva Financial Advisers, based in Singapore, has selected VUE Software for their industry-leading VUE Distribution Compensation module. This marks VUE Software's entry into the Asia-Pacific region.
Wirecard Cooperates with O2 to Provide Mobile Point-of-Sale Solutions in the Czech Republic
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Wirecard, one of the leading payment service providers, is now working together with O2 Czech Republic to offer a unified solution to all retailers in the Czech Republic. Thanks to the new cooperation, O2 as the largest telecommunication provider in the Czech Republic will offer their merchants a product named eKasa which is a fully online, tablet based fiscal till system together with credit card payment transaction services. With this, every... more
Cashing in on Cashless Payments: Rise of Global Consumer Brings Surging Demand, Disruptive Competition to Industry in Flux
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
From Shanghai to São Paulo, Dhaka to Dar es Salaam, tarnished coins and crumpled banknotes are rapidly giving way to a frictionless vision of swipes, clicks, taps, and apps. A report released today finds the boom of mass consumption in major developing markets—and mobile internet access everywhere—fueling a surge in demand for new methods of cashless payment. This is transforming the industry as new competitors and business models rush in to... more
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Implements PaymentExpress
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Grant Street Group announced that the State of Ohio has implemented PaymentExpress, Grant Street’s electronic payment processing platform, as the new point-of-sale solution for the Department of Public Safety/Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). The Ohio BMV now offers citizens the ability to make payments with credit or debit cards at 191 Deputy Registrar locations and 6 Reinstatement Centers throughout the State.
Sigue Global Services Continues its Global Presence in Russia and the CIS
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
Sigue Global Services Ltd. , the international affiliate of money transfer leader, Sigue Corporation, today announced the launch of its remittance services into Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Sigue will partner in the territory with Golden Crown, one of the largest payment system networks in Russia with approximately 49,000 agent locations throughout Russia, the CIS, and other countries, including Azerbaijan, Belarus,... more
