HSBC Compliance Expert Joins UK Fintech Startup
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Fintech startup Paybase, which delivers an end-to-end solution for payments, compliance and risk, has hired former HSBC Financial Crime and Compliance Manager, Danielle Herndon, as Head of Compliance and MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting Officer).
Square Launches First UK Pop-up Store
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
High streets across the West Midlands could be given a boost if more local businesses accepted card payments, according to a new study released by Square today. When surveyed, 63% of West Midlanders would be more likely to shop locally if they could pay by card.
ICO Launch, Crowdsale Marketing, Legislation - These and Other Topics to Be Covered by ICO Event Moscow Speakers
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
September 20, the Russian capital will host ICO event Moscow, an event dedicated to cryptocurrency crowdsale. Leading Russian and foreign experts will tell how to launch ICO, consider legal aspects of crowdsale and discuss market trends.
UTRUST raises over US$1.5m prior to the public ICO
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Cryptocurrencies
UTRUST , the world’s first cryptocurrency payments platform to implement consumer protections on a mass scale, today announces its pre-ICO sold out in 90 minutes raising over US$1.5m. The initial fundraising precedes the first round of the public ICO that’s due to commence on September 20th, 2017 at 1400 (BST) with a higher cap set at US$4m.
Three major banks in the Netherlands select equensWorldline as infrastructure provider for Instant Payments
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Bezons, Worldline, European leader in the payments and transactional services industry announces that its subsidiary, equensWorldline SE, was selected by three major banks in the Netherlands as their infrastructure provider for Instant Payments. This collaboration facilitates the next step in the process of realizing a real-time payment system. In Europe, several preparations are being made for Instant Payments, but the pace and the method... more
MGT Capital Announces Additional Purchase of 500 Bitcoin Mining Rigs
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Bitcoins
MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (OTC: MGTI) announced today that it has increased its purchase order with Bitmain Technologies for an additional 500 S9 Antminer Mining rigs, with shipment expected in mid fourth quarter 2017.
Worldcore Payment Institution Announces ICO
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
The renowned European payment institution, Worldcore announces Initial Coin Offering (ICO), as part of its wider expansion plans.
Mutual of Omaha and CSI globalVcard deepen payments relationship
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
CSI globalVCard, a leading B2B payments company specializing in secure payments with rewards, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Mutual of Omaha Bank to provide virtual credit card and e-payment services to the bank’s corporate clients. The partnership involves CSI globalVCard integrating a white-labeled payments platform into Mutual of Omaha Bank’s website that allows the bank’s business clients to send automated,... more
Fridays With FinTechs: Enabling India to Transact Digitally
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
India is full of small vendors – streets are always buzzing with shopkeepers on both sides. For quite some time, commerce is still done the old-fashioned way with cash. I moved to India after spending more than 17 years in the US and have continued to wonder why even some of the largest merchants in India don’t accept cards. At the time, only 1.1 million terminals existed for more than 60 million merchants.
Payconiq Moves HQ to Luxembourg
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Payconiq, the mobile payment service for online, on-the-go and direct payments, has relocated its headquarters to Luxembourg. The company started in Amsterdam where Payconiq was founded and has thrived under the wings of ING’s innovation hub. Starting today, Payconiq will continue as an independent entity, putting down roots in the 'payments capital’ of Europe.
Mastercard partners with Garmin for payments on the run
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Today Mastercard announced that it is adding payment capabilities to the newly launched Garmin® vívoactive® 3 to provide active customers a watch that frees them from having to carry their phone or wallet around. Mastercard will be enabling fitness enthusiasts to make contactless payments and pay by simply tapping their device at a contactless terminal at nearly 6.6 million merchant locations globally.
Bleep opens new payments division for merchant services
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Bleep UK PLC has today announced the launch of their new Independent Sales Organisation (ISO) and Merchant Services Provider (MSP), Bleep Payments. Bleep has launched their new payments division as a result of client feedback, client demands, an ambitious growth strategy and also the changing industry that they operate in.
American Express Reveals Pay It Plan It feature
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Today American Express began rolling out a new mobile feature called Pay It Plan It℠ across all eligible U.S. Consumer Credit and Co-Brand Cards that gives Card Members two new ways to pay for the things they buy.
UK hits 10 Year Contactless Payments Milestone
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Barclaycard, the global payments company, today marks the 10-year anniversary of launching contactless payments to the UK. The landmark moment has transformed British shopping, saving buyers and sellers millions of hours of time and making paying for goods and services quicker and easier. Over the past decade, more than £60 billion has been spent using contactless cards and devices* and today more than half (51 per cent) of eligible... more
PayPoint Enhances ePOS Offer to C-Stores via Strategic Partnership with Box Technologies
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Today, PayPoint, the UK’s leading retail technology and multichannel payments provider to convenience and independent retailers, has announced a strategic partnership with customer engagement specialists, Box Technologies.
