SIA Signs Financing Contract to Acquire First Data Business
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
SIA, a European hi-tech firm leader in the payment services and infrastructures sector, has today signed a financing contract to support the acquisition of First Data’s business in a number of countries in Central and Southeastern Europe. UniCredit, one of the main reference banks and sponsor of SIA Group, acted as Sole Underwriter, guaranteeing the total underwriting of the amount, Global Coordinator, Initial Bookrunner, Initial Mandated Lead... more
YouGov Poll: UK Adults are Seeking innovative Digital Payment Experiences From Banks
UK adults are ready for real-time interaction with their banks. The results of a recent YouGov survey, on behalf of Ondot, revealed today that online security and fraud prevention comes top in what Brits think banks should guarantee, with 60% wanting 'peace of mind' when using cards online. The survey also discovered that consumers are keen to play a much more proactive role in managing their personal finances.
Tinkoff and Sberbank Announce P2P Money Transfers Using Just a Mobile Number
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Online Banking, Mobile Banking
Tinkoff Bank has launched a joint initiative with Sberbank to allow their customers to make P2P money transfers using a mobile number, as part of the bank’s drive to expand the payment options available to its customers. The service will be rolled out from today in the bank’s mobile apps and the personal online accounts of Moscow-based customers, and will be available to all customers across Russia by the end of July.
PPRO Group Partners with YapStone
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Payments
PPRO Group, a cross-border e-payment specialist, today announced it will enable online marketplace payments provider YapStone to offer Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) also referred to as Local Payment Methods (LPMs). The move will expand YapStone’s global e-commerce reach across the travel, vacation rental and new online marketplaces and software partnerships.
Yandex.Checkout Upgrades Mobile SDK
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Yandex.Checkout has updated its mobile SDK―the tool for providing businesses with friction-free payment methods in their Android and iOS mobile apps. Yandex.Checkout becomes a pioneer among Russia’s payment providers to introduce such a feature.
Basware Unveils New Analytics Dashboard for Payment Plans
Basware, the global leader in networked source-to-pay solutions, e-invoicing and innovative financing services, has released enhancements to visualize data related to payment plans, helping customers to get the most out of this functionality in Basware’s Purchase-to-pay (P2P) solution.
UAE Exchange Rebrands its Africa Operations as Unimoni
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Money Transfers
UAE Exchange, a leading global money transfer, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, announced the rebranding of its Africa operations as “Unimoni” (www.Unimoni.com). The announcement was made by Promoth Manghat, Executive Director of Finablr (www.Finablr.com) and Group CEO, at an event held in Nairobi, Kenya, in the presence of dignitaries, partners and other guests.
Squirrels Research Labs Announces Acorn Cryptocurrency Acceleration Hardware
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Squirrels Research Labs today announced Acorn, a new hardware component that improves efficiency and effectiveness of cryptocurrency mining. "We developed a piece of hardware called Acorn that increases the effectiveness of existing GPU mining operations without adding a significant cost," Squirrels president David Stanfill said. "This is a brand new concept that's never been done before."
You can now pay using Jiffy to park in Via Milano Parking car parks at Milano Bergamo Airport thanks to an agreement between SEA, UBI Banca and SIA
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Today you can now use your smartphone to pay for parking in the P2 and P3 car parks at the Milan Bergamo Airport, operated by ViaMilano Parking, thanks to the Jiffy service provided by UBI Banca and SIA. When you use Jiffy, cameras scan the license plate of your vehicle when you enter the car park and then you use your smartphone to pay when you leave.
Cinnober and BitGo cooperate on cryptocurrency exchange offering
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Cinnober, a global independent provider of exchange technology, and BitGo, the market leader in institutional-grade cryptocurrency security, announced today a collaboration to provide solutions to cryptocurrency exchanges. BitGo’s wallet solution will expand Cinnober’s trading and post-trade platform to provide an end-to-end secure, institutional-grade digital asset exchange solution.
Kinesis Announces Kinesis Currencies Liquidity Partnership with Finemetal Asia
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Kinesis, the creator of bullion-based currencies traded on the blockchain, has announced a liquidity partnership with Finemetal Asia, a specialist distributor of physical precious metals. Finemetal Asia will be providing liquidity for the soon to be launched Kinesis currencies, which are based on allocated physical gold (KAU) and silver (KAG) and traded on the Kinesis Blockchain Exchange (KBE).
iMoney Expo, the Must Attend Fintech Gathering in Guangzhou This November
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Blockchain, RegTech, Payments
Event: iMoney Expo 2018 Date: November 2-3, 2018 Venue: Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center, Guangzhou China
GIMAC and TerraPay enable real-time cross border money transfers to CEMAC region
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
GIMAC, the regional electronic money transfer platform of Central Africa and TerraPay (www.TerraPay.com) the world’s first mobile payments switch have signed a strategic partnership agreement that will strengthen the remittances ecosystem in CEMAC region.
UK micro-business sector plagued by late payments
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
UK freelancers and micro-business owners throughout Britain are suffering from chronic late payments from clients, new research reveals. The research from cloud accounting software company FreeAgent - who provide award-winning software for freelancers, micro-businesses and their accountants - has revealed that UK-wide, just 52% of invoices sent during the 2017 calendar year were paid on time or within three days of their payment deadlines.
The ai Corporation Announces $2.5 Million in Growth Capital from Shareholders
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
The ai Corporation (ai), an FCA approved expert in payments, fraud and risk management, today disclosed that it has secured a $2.5 million investment from its principal existing shareholders, to support its next stage of growth.
