Americans Put High Value on Their Identity & Payment Information
Just how much do Americans want to shield their data? Sticks and stones may break their bones but they’d rather have that (18 percent) than get their identity and payment information stolen.
BPC Banking Technologies to Run First Unified Payment System for Ethiopia
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
BPC Banking Technologies, a world leading provider of payment solutions, announces the launch of the national payment system of Ethiopia, EthSwitch S.C. based on SmartVista. As of today for the first time, all 17 of the countries retail banks are connected together via the unified payment system. EthSwitch was formed by all the banks in Ethiopia, and with the backing of the Ethiopian Bankers’ Association and the country’s central bank known as... more
FIME Achieves Accreditation to Test Smartphones to Latest EMVCo Interoperability & Performance
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Following the inclusion of mobile payments performance and interoperability requirements in the latest EMVCo Specifications, FIME’s international network of laboratories is now accredited to confirm compliance of mobile devices. The specifications address three main areas for mobile devices designed to perform mobile contactless transactions: - Level 1 digital and analog testing to verify the RF signal and protocol exchanges between the... more
Barri and TransferTo Team Up to Boost Mobile Money Transfers in El Salvador
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments, Mobile Banking
Barri Financial Group, a US-based money transfer service provider, has signed a strategic partnership with TransferTo, a leading B2B mobile payment network, to enable real-time Mobile Money transfers to Tigo Money accounts in El Salvador. For the first time, Barri customers in the US will be able to send Mobile Money to friends and family living in El Salvador within seconds.
Computop and Credorax Team Up to Boost Cross-border E-commerce Payment Solutions
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Computop and Credorax have partnered to facilitate cross-border e-commerce payment solutions for global businesses. Credorax’s ePower™ acquiring platform will be integrated into Computop’s payment platform Paygate, enabling Computop’s merchants to process payments made in all major currencies across the globe, all on a single platform. The system will go live end of Q2 and it will support Visa and Mastercard transactions globally.
Avuba and Raphaels Bank Team Up On Alternative Payments Technologies
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments, e-Payments, Money Transfers, Banking, Mobile Banking, Alternative Finance
Demonstrating its growing reputation for delivering pan-European innovative payment solutions, Raphaels Bank Payment Services, has signed a partnership deal with European start-up Avuba. The new deal will see Raphaels Bank, a market player in the emerging payments market, support the launch of an alternative payment account from Avuba for consumers in Europe.
RCOM and Fortumo Expand Direct Carrier Billing in India
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Reliance Communications and Fortumo launch direct carrier billing in India. With this development, all customers of RCOM will be able to make purchases for digital content and games by charging the payments to their mobile bill or mobile prepaid account.
TIDAL Selects Ingenico ePayments to Boost Payment Experience for its Customers
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group, has announced that the innovative music and entertainment platform, TIDAL, selected Ingenico ePayments as its exclusive partner to help process increasing demand for its services and optimize the payment experience for its customers.
Ultra Payments Enhances its PayGate Payment Solutions
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Ultra Payments (formerly Barron McCann Payments), a business unit of Ultra Electronics, is pleased to announce that its PayGate Payment solutions now offer a fully BACS compliant integrated DDMS module. The DDMS module provides a number of features including: · Full compliance with DD (Direct Debit) guidelines – minimising indemnity claims · Automated DD processes and life-cycle management · Automated DD submission in a... more
MoneyGram and Millicom Unveil Mobile Wallet Service in El Salvador
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
As part of its continued commitment to making money transfers easier for customers, MoneyGram has signed an agreement with Millicom, the parent company of Tigo Money, to launch mobile cash receive services into more than 1 million Tigo Money mobile wallets in El Salvador.
Interblocks Benefits from FIME’s EMV Workshops
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Payments, ATMs, Infrastructure
Leading payment consultancy FIME has helped Interblocks, a leading provider of integrated, electronic payment processing solutions, achieve EMV® Level 2 certification of Sri Lanka’s first ATM kernel.
UK’s Largest Ever ATM Processing Agreement Signed Between VocaLink and LINK
- 9 years 3 months ago
- ATMs, Infrastructure
VocaLink, the international payment systems provider, today announces the signing of a five year deal to provide exclusive processing for the LINK ATM network. The deal is the UK’s largest ever ATM processing deal and is expected to deliver over 16 billion transactions.
Emerging Payments Association Finds Boom in UK PayTech
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
The UK’s payment technology, or PayTech, sector is booming and closing the gap on the US, its closest rival, according to research from the Emerging Payments Association (EPA), sponsored by The Bancorp and conducted by Accourt. But the report also raises concerns about the UK PayTech sector’s attractiveness to acquirers.
ACI Worldwide Discusses Omni-Channel Payments for Merchants
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Despite the retail industry’s ambition to move to an Omni-Channel strategy, only a minority of retailers have completed an omni-channel payments programme, according to a survey of nearly 100 retailers by PCM Research and ACI Worldwide.
Fiserv and INETCO Reach an Agreement to Boost ATM Management with Real-Time Analytics
- 9 years 3 months ago
- ATMs, Infrastructure
INETCO Systems Limited signed an agreement with Fiserv. As part of this agreement, Fiserv will be reselling the INETCO Insight and INETCO Analytics omnichannel monitoring and analytics software to ATM operators and financial institutions managing large networks.
