Western Union Brings Digital Money Transfer to Cuba
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments, Infrastructure
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, today pioneered mobile and online money transfers to Cuba via the Western Union app and wu.com in the U.S., paving the way for a new generation of tech-savvy customers to move money into Cuba in minutes.* The move solidifies Western Union’s more than 15 years of serving Cuba and reflects its commitment to bring access to its global omni-channel strategy to the Cuban diaspora in ... more
BPC Banking Technologies Recognised Best Payments Solution Provider in East Africa
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
BPC Banking Technologies, a world leading provider of payment solutions, today announces being voted as the best payments solution provider in East Africa by the Banker Africa publication. The award comes shortly after being voted as the best provider in South Africa a month earlier.
Token Releases a New Programmable Tokenization Payment Platform
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Token, Inc., a new kind of payment network and API ecosystem enabling banks to quickly transform the PSD2 compliance threat into a revenue generating opportunity, launches today.
FIS Reveals its 3rd Annual Report on Global Immediate Payment Initiatives
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
FIS™, a global leader in financial services technology, today launched its third annual report on global immediate payment initiatives, Flavors of Fast, at the Euro Banking Association’s EBAday 2016 in Milan.
ACI Worldwide Collaborates with Raphaels Bank
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced a collaboration with UK banking pioneer Raphaels Bank, opening up access to the Faster Payments Scheme in the UK for a significant number of financial institutions, including challenger banks and payment service providers (PSPs).
Volante Introduces Accelerator for Bank Integration to Ripple’s Distributed Financial Technology
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, working in collaboration with Ripple, today announced it has created a solution specifically designed to accelerate the process of integrating with Ripple, the global provider of distributed financial technology solutions offering real-time settlement of cross border payments.
Splitit Unveils Interest-Free Installment Payment Solution on Shopify
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Splitit, an interest-free installment payments technology, announced today the launch of its Shopify plugin, available to all merchants on Shopify’s App store. Merchants using Shopify will now be able to seamlessly integrate Splitit’s payment tool into their checkout process, allowing customers to instantly split purchases into interest-free monthly payments on their existing Visa and MasterCard credit cards.
ATMIA and Reconnaissance Team Up to Boost ATM and Cash Innovation Worldwide
The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) and Reconnaissance International have today announced a new partnership to jointly organise a series of established and brand new events dedicated to the ATM and cash management markets and to innovation across self‐service and the cash cycle.
Earthport Collaborates with Commercial Bank of Ceylon
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Earthport, the leading payment network for cross-border transactions, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Commercial Bank of Ceylon Plc, to provide local payment capability into Sri Lanka. This new partnership enables Earthport to support efficient, secure and cost effective payment services into the region and further strengthen payment capability into South Asia; this builds on partnerships already established in India and ... more
FICO and NBKI Investigate Russians' Credit Performance
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Trading Systems, Payments
Following a seven-year rollercoaster rise and fall, the credit performance of Russian consumers has held steady since last summer, according to data from analytic software company FICO and National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBKI), Russia’s leading credit bureau. The FICO® Credit Health Index, which started a sharp decline in January 2012, has remained at just under 90 for months. While tracking only began in 2008, FICO and NBKI believe the... more
Samsung Pay Expands its Presence in Spain
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Samsung Electronics today has announced the launch in Spain of Samsung Pay, a secure and simple mobile payments service that works anywhere you can pay with a contactless credit or debit card. Spain is the first country in Europe to introduce the service, following successful launches in South Korea, the United States and China. Samsung Pay is also the first mobile payments service of its kind to be launched in the Spanish market.
Visa Unveils Payment Ring for Visa Team Athletes to Use at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Visa Inc., the exclusive payment provider at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, today introduced a new innovation for use at the Rio 2016 Games – the first payment wearable ring backed by a Visa account. The Visa payment ring will be given to all Team Visa athletes in Rio, a group of 45 Olympic hopefuls from around the world who embody Visa’s values of acceptance, partnership and innovation. The Visa payment ring is NFC-enabled, allowing Team... more
OT Selected by Abanca to Expand Samsung Pay accross Europe
OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, and an award-winning innovator in the payment sector, announced today its selection by Abanca to onboard Samsung Pay in Europe and enable its customers in Spain to use their Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge, S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ and the 2016 model of Galaxy A5 smartphones for mobile payments by this year. OT is now on-boarding Abanca to Samsung... more
ACI Worldwide to Release the Next Generation of eCommerce Payments
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment solutions, will unveil the next generation of eCommerce payments today at the eCommerce Disruption Opportunity executive summit. UP eCommerce Payments empowers merchants and the payment service providers (PSPs) that serve them to capitalise on the $2.2 trillion global eCommerce opportunity by embracing payments innovation.
SIA and Raphaels Bank Team Up to Provide Payment Solutions in the UK and Europe
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
SIA, a company specialising in the management of electronic payments, and Raphaels Bank, an issuing bank recognised for enabling innovation in payments, have signed a partnership agreement for the development and launch of payment solutions in the UK and across Europe.
