Pandemic Accelerates Contactless Payment Adoption in the Nordics
The first four months of 2020, during which the Nordics imposed strict Covid-19 social distancing measures, saw contactless payments in the region increase by an unprecedented 12 percentage points, according to transaction data from European payments industry leader, Nets, released today.
Asia Pacific Partnership Offers FIs a Future-proof Solution for All Their Payment Needs
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Compass Plus further strengthened its partnership with Stratus Technologies in Asia Pacific with the announcement of the successful stress testing of TranzAxis using Stratus
TranSwap Launches E-Remittance Services for Foreign Domestic Workers
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
TranSwap, a home-grown cross-border payments platform for businesses, today announced that it has launched an e-remittance service, for employers of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) to digitally send money back to their FDW's families during Circuit Breaker. The launch comes at a time when it has been challenging for FDWs to access remittance services to send money home and support their families.
Marriage Care Roll Out MobiCash to Enable Charitable Donations
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Marriage Care, a UK relationship counselling service charity, are rolling out MobiCash, a mobile payment service, to all of their centres that provide counselling across England and Wales.
MEA Retail Banks Strongly Believe in a Cashless Society According to Temenos Research
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments, Online Banking
Banks in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are the strongest believers in a cashless society, according to a global retail banking survey released by Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company. The in-depth survey conducted in 2019 by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on behalf of Temenos reveals that 6 in 10 Middle East and African banking executives think cash will dip below 5% of retail transactions in the next five years, compared... more
Form3 and Barclays Enable Access to the SEPA Instant Payment Scheme for FinTechs, With Ebury as the Launch Client
Form3, the leading cloud-native, payment technology provider, and Barclays, a leading provider of financial services to regulated payment institutions, have announced a combined directly connected access solution to the SEPA Instant payment scheme with Ebury as launch client.
Worldpay from FIS Enables One-Click Google Pay Integration for Merchants
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, today announced the addition of Google Pay to its Hosted Payment Page (HPP) product for online merchants. Because Worldpay from FIS has made the technical integration within their HPP offering, merchants can simply “turn on” Google Pay to enable express online checkouts.
Judopay and SafeCharge Partner With Envoy Taxi App to Help Launch Unique New Taxi Courier App
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Judopay, a leading mobile-first payment provider, today announced that together with SafeCharge, a Nuvei company, it will enable Envoy Taxi app to take payments in-app as it launches its unique courier app using London’s Black Taxis. It means that people living in London will now be able to use the app to order a collection and deliver items.
TPAY Mobile and Vodafone Egypt Launch Digital Payment on Google Play
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Vodafone Egypt, the largest mobile network operator in Egypt in terms of active subscribers and TPAY MOBILE, the leading digital payment enabler in the Middle East and Africa, announced today the launch of Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) on the Google Play store. Through this partnership TPAY MOBILE, which operates in the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, in addition to seven other countries, enables Vodafone Egypt subscribers to purchase from Google Play... more
Market-Leading Paytech Solution Hits ‘Bank-in-a-Day’ Set-Up Target
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Leading UK fintech payments processor, Paymentology, has hit its target of being able to set up an all-embracing payments platform in just 24 hours. This enables card programmes to be established and operating in a timeframe considered impossible just 12 months ago. Covering all aspects of the issuer side payments infrastructure and creating an end-to-end solution, the Paymentology model comprises: • Full scheme and card manufacture integration... more
Form3 Achieves Advanced Technology Partner in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network and AWS Financial Services Competency Status
Form3, a leading cloud-native, payment technology provider has announced that they have earned Advanced Technology Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) as well as AWS Financial Services Competency status. To qualify for the Advanced Technology Partner status, APN Partners must meet thorough requirements that demonstrate the scale of their AWS expertise, capabilities, and engagement in AWS.
Contactless payment ring provider K Wearables migrates to Moorwand for issuing services
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Moorwand, a BIN sponsor, issuer and acquirer that transforms compliance into an enabler of innovation, today announced that it has been selected by wearables payment company, K Wearables, to provide issuing, BIN Sponsorship and digital banking services for its innovative contactless payment ring.
EBANX launches transparent checkout for Shopify in Brazil
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Today, Brazilian payments fintech EBANX announces the launch of its Sell in LatAm EBANX Checkout for Shopify, a single integration transparent checkout for foreign stores that sell to Brazil through the Shopify platform.
Global FinTech launches digital money education programme in readiness for Covid-19 lockdown exit
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Paysend, a global FinTech based in UK, has started an educational program to help customers improve their knowledge about money in the digital world through a series of articles, blogs and videos based on a behaviour change model that has been created with a group of experts in FinTech strategy. The programme starts with the launch of a video campaign and a white paper which has been re-leased worldwide through press and social media outlets.
Curve and Mastercard extend their partnership
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Curve, the banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, has today announced a new expanded partnership with Mastercard that sees Curve become a principal member of scheme.
