Ultra-secure payments app reaches 150,000 users in same time as Monzo
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
One year on from its commercial launch, payments app MuchBetter, is announcing a number of significant milestones and figures, as it signals its intent to ‘break the monopoly of iGaming payments’, in an industry estimated to be worth £40bn. Having launched in November 2017, key highlights and milestones after 14 months include:
UK consumers threaten to thwart banks’ SCA compliance
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments, Compliance
Lenders, card issuers and payment service providers that need to comply with new fraud rules under PSD2 next year face a challenge from their own customers. In a new FICO survey, only about half of UK consumers say they are willing to give their bank or card issuer their mobile number in order to carry out extra authentication steps. Many banks are counting on authentication using mobile phones to comply with the rules.
UnPAY, Tencent Research Institute Released Whitepaper on Indonesia’s Payment Market
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
UnPAY and Tencent Research Institute have jointly published a whitepaper on Indonesia's payment market. This whitepaper focuses on hotspots and key issues of the payment system in Indonesia and is the second of its "Venturing Out" series. It aims to help Chinese payment companies expanding overseas gain a deeper understanding of the world's fourth most populous country. The first whitepaper which was published in October last year, honed in on... more
JPMorgan Partners with Coupa Pay for secure and convenient payments experience
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), a leader in business spend management (BSM), today announced a strategic collaboration with J.P. Morgan.
VisaNet launches in Argentina
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Visa Inc. today announced the launch of VisaNet processing in Argentina, a move that will bring new payment innovations and services to Argentine cardholders, merchants, and financial institutions. The launch grows Visa’s share of domestic transaction processing in the Latin America and Caribbean region by more than 10 percentage points.
SWIFT to open gpi to e-commerce and DLT platforms
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
SWIFT announces a proof-of-concept (PoC) to trial gpi Link, a gateway to interlink e-commerce and trading platforms with SWIFT gpi – the new standard in cross-border payments.
SafeCharge partners with Mazooma to enable local US payment options for gaming operators
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), the partner of choice for businesses who demand more from payments technology, is cementing its US expansion by offering real-time ACH payments in partnership with Mazooma - the trusted source for verified bank payments in online sports betting and iGaming. Through Mazooma’s eCheck Select Payment Technology, SafeCharge aims to support both its US customers and its international customers wanting to roll out in the region.
230 Million Daily Active Users Now on Alipay Mini Programs
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
We’d like to provide a brief update on Alipay mini programs, which were launched in September 2018. With an increasingly diverse portfolio of services, a convenient user interface and low barriers to entry for merchants, Alipay mini programs have seen high user conversion and retention rates, underscoring Alipay’s position as the super-app for payment, lifestyle and commerce.
Scotland’s ‘Fintech Skills Academy’ pilot hailed a success
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
The pilot of Scotland’s new Fintech Skills Academy initiative, announced in September last year, has been hailed as a success. An ‘Introduction to the Retail Card Payments Business’, run in a collaboration between Dunfermline payment specialist Renovite Technologies and Fife College, concluded on Friday.
Curve integrates Amex support in Beta
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Curve, the smart card that lets users keep all their credit and debit cards on a single card, today announces Amex support in Beta.
Discover cards partners with Garmin Pay for contactless payment solutions
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Discover and Garmin International, Inc., today announced that Discover cardmembers can now make payments using Garmin PayTM, a contactless payment solution for people on the move.
Aliant Payments offers free crypto processing
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Aliant Payments, a U.S. based provider of merchant services and payment processing, announced today that it will begin offering cryptocurrency processing free-of-charge to qualifying U.S. and European-based merchants that sign up for credit and debit card processing.
Soho Coffee chain partners with Yoyo Wallet to facilitate mobile payment experience
SOHO Coffee Co., the independent artisan coffee chain, has partnered with Yoyo, Europe’s fastest growing mobile payment and loyalty marketing platform, to build and power a new payments and loyalty app experience for its customers.
PCI Pal honoured at the PCI 2019 Awards for Excellence for second consecutive year
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
For the second year running, PCI Pal, the specialist provider of secure payment solutions for contact centres, has been presented with an award at the PCI 2019 Awards for Excellence for its role in helping organisations across the globe meet the challenges of PCI DSS compliance.
Mastercard and Earthport PLC Announce Terms of Recommended Cash Offer
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard Incorporated and Earthport PLC today published a Rule 2.7 announcement under the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers regarding an agreement on the terms of a recommended all cash offer by Mastercard UK Holdco Limited, an indirectly, wholly-owned subsidiary of Mastercard, for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Earthport.
