Western Union Digital Money Transfers Now Live in South Korea via kakaobank Mobile App
- 6 years 4 days ago
- Money Transfers, Banking
The Western Union Company, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, and
MuchBetter takes aim at the multi-billion-pound iGaming payments monopoly
- 6 years 4 days 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:
Earnings Review: Strong Performance in Q4, Continued Momentum for 2019
- 6 years 4 days ago
- Payments
This morning, we hosted a conference call where we shared Mastercard’s financial results for the fourth quarter and our 2018 fiscal year. If you listened to that call, you heard how we had a strong end to the year, delivering broad-based growth. The numbers speak for themselves – double-digit gains in both volume and transactions, with earnings per share increasing 40 percent year-over-year, on a currency-neutral basis and excluding special... more
Suits Me partners with HooYu to simplify banking for migrant workers
Leading identity confirmation provider HooYu has partnered with hassle-free alternative banking solution, Suits Me, to help financially-excluded workers get quicker and simpler access to bank services.
Ultra-secure payments app reaches 150,000 users in same time as Monzo
- 6 years 5 days 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
- 6 years 5 days 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
- 6 years 5 days 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
CRYPTOCURRENCY LIQUIDITY PROVIDER B2C2 OTC RECEIVES FCA AUTHORISATION
- 6 years 5 days ago
- Trading Systems, Cryptocurrencies
B2C2, one of the largest cryptocurrency liquidity providers and the leader in electronic OTC trading, today announced that its UK subsidiary, B2C2 OTC Ltd, is now authorised and regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to arrange and deal in Contracts for Difference (CFDs) with eligible counterparties and professional clients. The FCA authorisation will allow these clients of B2C2 OTC Ltd to gain exposure to cryptocurrency markets via... more
GBIH LIMITED implements complete decentralization by developing 'YANT,' a blockchain-based P2P cryptocurrency trading system
- 6 years 5 days ago
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
GBIH LIMITED (CEO Yoon Bliss) announced recently that the YANT blockchain project they have been pursuing has now been successfully developed into a blockchain-based P2P cryptocurrency trading system, thereby achieving complete decentralization that solves the instability caused by depending on exchanges.
JPMorgan Partners with Coupa Pay for secure and convenient payments experience
- 6 years 5 days 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
- 6 years 5 days 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
- 6 years 6 days 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
- 6 years 1 week 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
- 6 years 1 week 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
- 6 years 1 week 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.
