Four of the UK’s biggest high street banks to launch “Pay by Bank app” Mobile payment service
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Banking, Mobile Banking
Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Halifax and Lloyds Bank are working with Zapp, VocaLink’s payments innovation team, to deliver “Pay by Bank app” that makes paying with your mobile safe, secure and convenient VocaLink today announces its new “Pay by Bank app” service is soon to be available to customers of four of the UK’s biggest banks.
Earthport and MoneyGram Collaborate to Launch New Service in Romania
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
MoneyGram and Earthport announce the launch of a new service that allows MoneyGram customers around the globe to send money directly to any RON bank account in Romania.
EZ-Link Becomes One of the Payment Options on New Unified POS System in Premier Taxis
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
EZ-Link Pte Ltd, Singapore’s largest issuer of CEPAS-compliant cards, welcomes the full launch of the new unified Point of Sale (POS) system in Premier Taxis that accepts ez-link and other contact and contactless modes of payment including MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, JCB, Union Pay and NETS, and soon Visa cards.
FairFX Expands its International Payments Services into South Africa
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
FairFX, the FinTech low-cost multi-currency payments service, has extended its international payments service into the domestic South African market through a tripartite agreement with Morgan West Ltd and Mercantile Bank. Services providing foreign exchange into South African Rand (ZAR) to send into South Africa are widely available. Converting ZAR into other currencies for movement out of South Africa is more challenging and demands a local... more
Western Union Brings Digital Money Transfer to Cuba
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments, Infrastructure
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, today pioneered mobile and online money transfers to Cuba via the Western Union app and wu.com in the U.S., paving the way for a new generation of tech-savvy customers to move money into Cuba in minutes.* The move solidifies Western Union’s more than 15 years of serving Cuba and reflects its commitment to bring access to its global omni-channel strategy to the Cuban diaspora in ... more
BPC Banking Technologies Recognised Best Payments Solution Provider in East Africa
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
BPC Banking Technologies, a world leading provider of payment solutions, today announces being voted as the best payments solution provider in East Africa by the Banker Africa publication. The award comes shortly after being voted as the best provider in South Africa a month earlier.
Token Releases a New Programmable Tokenization Payment Platform
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Token, Inc., a new kind of payment network and API ecosystem enabling banks to quickly transform the PSD2 compliance threat into a revenue generating opportunity, launches today.
FIS Reveals its 3rd Annual Report on Global Immediate Payment Initiatives
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
FIS™, a global leader in financial services technology, today launched its third annual report on global immediate payment initiatives, Flavors of Fast, at the Euro Banking Association’s EBAday 2016 in Milan.
ACI Worldwide Collaborates with Raphaels Bank
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced a collaboration with UK banking pioneer Raphaels Bank, opening up access to the Faster Payments Scheme in the UK for a significant number of financial institutions, including challenger banks and payment service providers (PSPs).
Volante Introduces Accelerator for Bank Integration to Ripple’s Distributed Financial Technology
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, working in collaboration with Ripple, today announced it has created a solution specifically designed to accelerate the process of integrating with Ripple, the global provider of distributed financial technology solutions offering real-time settlement of cross border payments.
Splitit Unveils Interest-Free Installment Payment Solution on Shopify
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Splitit, an interest-free installment payments technology, announced today the launch of its Shopify plugin, available to all merchants on Shopify’s App store. Merchants using Shopify will now be able to seamlessly integrate Splitit’s payment tool into their checkout process, allowing customers to instantly split purchases into interest-free monthly payments on their existing Visa and MasterCard credit cards.
ATMIA and Reconnaissance Team Up to Boost ATM and Cash Innovation Worldwide
The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) and Reconnaissance International have today announced a new partnership to jointly organise a series of established and brand new events dedicated to the ATM and cash management markets and to innovation across self‐service and the cash cycle.
Earthport Collaborates with Commercial Bank of Ceylon
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Earthport, the leading payment network for cross-border transactions, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Commercial Bank of Ceylon Plc, to provide local payment capability into Sri Lanka. This new partnership enables Earthport to support efficient, secure and cost effective payment services into the region and further strengthen payment capability into South Asia; this builds on partnerships already established in India and ... more
FICO and NBKI Investigate Russians' Credit Performance
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Trading Systems, Payments
Following a seven-year rollercoaster rise and fall, the credit performance of Russian consumers has held steady since last summer, according to data from analytic software company FICO and National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBKI), Russia’s leading credit bureau. The FICO® Credit Health Index, which started a sharp decline in January 2012, has remained at just under 90 for months. While tracking only began in 2008, FICO and NBKI believe the... more
Samsung Pay Expands its Presence in Spain
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Samsung Electronics today has announced the launch in Spain of Samsung Pay, a secure and simple mobile payments service that works anywhere you can pay with a contactless credit or debit card. Spain is the first country in Europe to introduce the service, following successful launches in South Korea, the United States and China. Samsung Pay is also the first mobile payments service of its kind to be launched in the Spanish market.
