Online Optician, Mister Spex, relies on Secure Payment with Computop
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Computop, the global payment processor, today announced that Europe's leading online optician, Mister Spex, has selected the company’s highly secure POS terminals for the processing of all card payments across its national network of German stores. The CCV Pad card terminal from Computop is one of a new generation of POS solutions that have been developed to reduce costs and expenditure on PCI security audits while protecting purchasers’ card... more
Global Cryptocurrency Exchange IronX Announces Public Launch Following Successful $26M ICO
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
The IronX Exchange is a joint venture between IronFX, the global multi-asset broker and EmurgoHK, the Cardano (ADA coin) creator. The Exchange has a full range of both crypto and fiat wallet funding options available.
ACI Worldwide and Western Union Announce Early Termination of HSR Waiting Period in Connection with Proposed Acquisition of Speedpay U.S. Domestic Bill Pay Business
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, and The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, today announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to ACI’s previously announced acquisition of Speedpay... more
Klarna launches Open Banking Platform
Today, Klarna, one of Europe’s leading payment providers and the global market leader in payment initiation services, announces the launch of its own Open Banking Platform. This platform will enable access to more than 4,300 European banks through a single Access to Account (XS2A) API in line with Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Klarna’s XS2A API is the most established and proven solution that has been developed at scale across markets for... more
UK CFOs missing out on £6.7 billion each year by not taking advantage of early payment discounts
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
New research from Barclaycard reveals that a Chief Financial Officer’s (CFO’s) leadership style and willingness to invest in their financial and accounting software has a tangible impact on their business’ bottom line. Faced with tighter margins and increased pressure to meet KPIs, businesses are turning to their accounts payable platforms to help them achieve their goals, with four in ten businesses (40 per cent) looking to upgrade their... more
Pelican expands pan-European Open Banking API interoperability
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Payments
Pelican (pelican.ai), a global provider of AI-powered payments and financial crime compliance solutions for banks and corporates, today announced the further extension of its API Interoperability solution, with expanded support for the six popular Open Banking API standards, now including the UK’s OBWG, France's STET and the Berlin Group, together with the Czech ČSOB, and the Polish and Slovakian APIs.
VERMEG appoints senior banking and payments expert as General Manager in the UK
VERMEG, the banking and insurance software solution leader, has appointed Philip Harrison as General Manager for the United Kingdom (UK). Philip joins the VERMEG Executive Committee with over thirty years’ experience and takes responsibility for sales, pre-sales, professional services and client support across all industries and product lines throughout VERMEG UK.
Currencycloud selected as part of Tech Nation’s Future Fifty 2019 cohort
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Currencycloud has been recognized as one of the UK’s most successful digital companies as it joins Tech Nation’s Future Fifty 2019 cohort. Future Fifty is a prestigious programme that enables the UK’s most successful late-stage tech companies to come together, build a powerful and supportive network, and problem-solve with peers. Previous alumni of Future Fifty have included household names such as Deliveroo, HailO and SkyScanner, as well as big... more
Mastercard Introduces Consumer-Centric Model for Digital Identity
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard today introduced a vision for digital identity in today’s increasingly connected world. A new paper, Restoring Trust in a Digital World, presents a detailed framework of how digital identity will work, starting with the individual sitting at the heart of every digital interaction.
Apple Reveals Apple Card
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
EMVCo Promotes Confidence and Consistency for EMV® Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Method (CDCVM) Solutions
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
The deployment of Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Method (CDCVM) solutions across the payments ecosystem is increasing. EMVCo is therefore working to promote confidence and consistency by identifying and addressing specific security, functional and performance needs for CDCVM.
A Card for Our Digital Era
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Simplicity, security and ubiquity sit at the very core of some of the most progressive innovations of our generation. These innovations have challenged the notion of, “that’s how it was always done” to lead to transformational “can’t live without” products and services that have made our day to day experiences better, faster and more convenient. Just 10 years ago, you couldn’t have imagined a world where your car ride or your morning coffee... more
Airwallex achieves unicorn status, and expands operations in Europe with new office in London
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
The international payments startup has raised a new round of $100m USD investment led by DST Global, becoming a fintech unicorn Airwallex, an international payments fintech that specialises in low-cost, seamless cross-border payments, has today confirmed its unicorn status following successful series C funding of $100m USD, leading to a valuation at more than $1bn USD.
CIPD responds to BEIS report on executive pay: ‘It’s high time high pay is tackled’
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee report on executive pay, ‘Executive rewards: paying for success’ is being published on 26th March. In response, Charles Cotton, senior reward and performance adviser for the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, comments:
MEAWALLET ANNOUNCES VC FINANCING
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Digital payment solutions provider, MeaWallet, today announces the completion of its transition into a refinanced independent entity, following a management buyout enabled by a substantial capital injection from venture capital firm Idekapital Fund 1.
