Visa Unveils Payment Ring for Visa Team Athletes to Use at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Visa Inc., the exclusive payment provider at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, today introduced a new innovation for use at the Rio 2016 Games – the first payment wearable ring backed by a Visa account. The Visa payment ring will be given to all Team Visa athletes in Rio, a group of 45 Olympic hopefuls from around the world who embody Visa’s values of acceptance, partnership and innovation. The Visa payment ring is NFC-enabled, allowing Team... more
OT Selected by Abanca to Expand Samsung Pay accross Europe
OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, and an award-winning innovator in the payment sector, announced today its selection by Abanca to onboard Samsung Pay in Europe and enable its customers in Spain to use their Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge, S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ and the 2016 model of Galaxy A5 smartphones for mobile payments by this year. OT is now on-boarding Abanca to Samsung... more
ACI Worldwide to Release the Next Generation of eCommerce Payments
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment solutions, will unveil the next generation of eCommerce payments today at the eCommerce Disruption Opportunity executive summit. UP eCommerce Payments empowers merchants and the payment service providers (PSPs) that serve them to capitalise on the $2.2 trillion global eCommerce opportunity by embracing payments innovation.
SIA and Raphaels Bank Team Up to Provide Payment Solutions in the UK and Europe
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
SIA, a company specialising in the management of electronic payments, and Raphaels Bank, an issuing bank recognised for enabling innovation in payments, have signed a partnership agreement for the development and launch of payment solutions in the UK and across Europe.
Latest Developments in Digital Currency Revealed at UK’s Largest Payments Event
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Cryptocurrency will be among the key topics explored at PayExpo Europe, the UK’s largest payments technology event, taking place at ExCeL, London on 7 and 8 June. The show’s comprehensive conference has a dedicated stream on digital currency integration in business where David Everett, CEO at Microexpert, will reveal future applications for Blockchain. The business implications of public vs private Blockchains will be explored by Jon Matonis,... more
Global Banking Experts to Share Insights on the Future of Payments at PayExpo Europe 2016
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations
Over 2,000 senior executives from the world’s leading financial institutions will gather at London’s ExCeL for the UK’s largest payments event, PayExpo Europe. Held on 7 and 8 June, the event will unveil the future of financial technology, payment innovation and digital banking. With endless speculation about the various iterations new banking platforms will take, the comprehensive two day conference and exhibition will feature unique insight on... more
Android Pay Available for MBNA Customers
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Credit card experts MBNA have announced that Android Pay™, by Google™, is now available to their customers as the app goes live in the UK today. Android Pay will enable Android™ mobile users to seamlessly tap and pay with their phones at almost 460,000 contactless payment points in the UK, with more locations being added every day. It can also be used to make purchases in supported Android apps.
Interac Debit Cardholders Can Now Use Apple Pay
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Interac Association/Acxsys Corporation (“Interac”), Canada’s domestic debit network, is pleased to announce the participation of additional financial institutions offering Apple Pay to Interac debit cardholders. Interac debit cardholders from BMO Financial Group, Scotiabank and TD can now use Apple Pay on supported Apple devices to make easy, secure and private contactless debit transactions when shopping at hundreds of thousands of merchants... more
OT and PCARD Collaborate to Provide Secure Payment Solutions for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, today announced a key partnership with PCARD, the Saudi leader in smart card personalization services, to provide high quality secure payment solutions for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This Partnership will allow Banks of Saudi Arabia to provide innovative cutting-edge payment technology that will enhance and secure their customers’... more
Mobeam's Mobile Barcode Beaming Added to Samsung Pay
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations
Mobeam, the unique global leader in mobile barcode beaming, today announced that its technology has been incorporated into Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s popular Samsung Pay mobile payment service. Mobeam technology has been used in Samsung Pay for a number of months for the redemption of gift cards that are barcode based.
ACI’s eCommerce Payments Gateway Named Industry Leader at CNP Awards
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, has been honored at the 2016 CNP Awards, winning the Judges’ Choice award for ‘Best eCommerce Platform/Gateway’ solution. The five-judge panel selected ACI from the pool of nominees based on the strength its SaaS-based PAY.ON eCommerce Payments gateway.
paysafecard Continues its Sponsorship of eSports Premiere League Throughout 2016
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
After a successful year for the eSports scene, paysafecard, one of the global market leaders in prepaid online payment methods and part of Paysafe Group plc, has committed to continue its sponsorship of the eSports premiere league throughout 2016. The sponsorship of the ESL One Cologne 2016 involves one of the most significant events in the gaming community: the world’s biggest Counter Strike: Global Offensive event (8 - 10 July, 2016) - the... more
ONPEX Enters Into Strategic Partnership with Ethoca
Award-winning ONPEX, The Online Payment Exchange, is proud to announce a new partnership with Ethoca, a global collaboration-based technology company. It is focused on helping CNP merchants and card issuers increase card acceptance and stop ecommerce fraud and disputes.
Suvidhaa Infoserve Enters Into a Tie-Up with MobiKwik
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Suvidhaa Infoserve, a leader in the digital payments and remittances industry with 35 million unique customers, has entered into a tie-up with MobiKwik, India's largest independent mobile payments network that connects 30 million users with over 75,000 retailers. The tie-up will enable customers of MobiKwik to recharge their mobile wallets from any of the 90,000+ Suvidhaa outlet across the country by depositing cash. This will overcome the... more
FinTech Start-up ChangeJar Releases Mobile App for Everyday Cash Transactions
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments, FinTech StartUps
Canadian FinTech start-up ChangeJar, Inc., today launched ChangeJar Mobile, the first mobile app that lets users receive or pay with change from everyday transactions using their smartphones. Just launched at select Ottawa-area cafes and merchants, ChangeJar Mobile supports and improves – instead of replaces – cash transactions by making them simpler, faster and more convenient.
