GoCardless Appoints Alexandra Chiaramonti as General Manager of Southern Europe
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments, People Moves
GoCardless, a global fintech in account-to-account payments, has appointed Alexandra Chiaramonti as General Manager of Southern Europe. Chiaramonti will sustain GoCardless' rapid growth in the region by continuing to hire top talent to strengthen and accelerate the company's presence in its existing French market -- where it has tripled its customer base since opening its Paris office in 2018 -- as well as leading its expansion in the region.
Ripple Launches On-Demand Liquidity with SBI Remit To Accelerate and Grow Cross-Border Payments from Japan
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, Payments, Cryptocurrencies
Partnering with Coins.ph and SBI VC Trade, SBI Remit Will Deliver A Superior Customer Experience With Faster and Cheaper Remittances Starting in the Philippines
Philippines Payments Provider Paymaya Signs Iliad Solutions for Payments Testing
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments, e-Payments
Paymaya, the leading, mobile money and payments provider in the Philippines has chosen Iliad Solutions as its payments testing supplier. Iliad Solution’s products and services, used by leading financial institutions around the globe, help to minimise the risk when deploying new payments technology, reducing the costs associated with testing and improve the speed of launching new systems.
EasySend Partners with PSCU to Swiftly Digitize and Enhance Customer Experience
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
EasySend, a no-code platform for building and optimizing digital customer journeys, announced a partnership with PSCU, the United States’ premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO). The partnership will integrate EasySend’s platform into PSCU’s back-end systems, helping to export and import data.
Comment on Lloyds Commercial Banking Rolling out New Service for Payments Directly on an Organisations Website
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Okan Ozaltin, GM Payment Solutions, Signifyd; "As consumers increasingly adopt APM (alternative payment methods) for online transactions, potential lower transaction costs and instant receipt of funds are making some bank-to-bank payment methods popular with merchants.
Mastercard Launches New Start Path Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Program for Startups
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
From creating a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to building an air-gapped cold vault to enabling new sustainable digital assets, seven global crypto and digital assets startups join Mastercard’s award-winning Start Path program to access partnership opportunities, insights and tools to grow.
PayPal Accounts for Nearly Half of All Digital Wallet Complaints in the US, Almost 4,500 in the Last Four Years
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Over the last four years, consumer complaints about digital wallets and mobile payment apps in the United States surged as more and more Americans choose cashless payments. Between April 2017 and April 2021, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received nearly 9,300 complaints related to mobile or digital wallets, and the majority of them aimed at one platform.
UTP Group Experiences 300% Increase in Demand for Faster Processing
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
UTP Group (UTP), a European card payment solutions provider, which now has UK operations in Manchester, Hastings and Reading, is seeing increased demand for its services as more and more merchants look to quick and convenient fintech solutions to aid business recovery. UTP has seen:
Corefy Announces Launch of a New Regional Office to Expand its Presence in the APAC Region
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Payment orchestration platform Corefy has today announced the opening of the first Regional Office in the Asia-Pacific region with the aim to expand the company's global coverage.
IXOPAY Partners with SHS Viveon
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
The industry leading payment orchestration platform, IXOPAY has partnered with SHS Viveon, industry pioneers in risk, credit and compliance management. The strategic partnership will see IXOPAY and SHS Viveon provide clients with a payment solution that enables them to have flexibility, independence, and optimized risk & credit management in an integrated platform, letting them focus on their core business.
Gregfins Upgrades its PFM app with Salt Edge Open Banking Technology
- 5 years 2 months ago
- APIs, Open Banking, Payments
Gregfins, a UK-based PFM app, joined forces with Salt Edge, leader in developing open banking solutions, to empower its end-customers to connect and access all bank accounts in one app. 70% of Millennials and Gen-Z use from 3 to 6 different payment providers. More than half would like to have their expenses, currencies, bills, accounts, investments, and other financial information in one place, where they can keep track of all their activities.
SWIFT Launches SWIFT Go, a fast, Cost-effective Service for Low-value Cross-border Payments
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
- New service enables businesses and consumers to send payments in seconds with full transparency and strong security - SWIFT Go is a key building block in the co-operative’s strategy to enable instant and frictionless cross-border transactions - Seven leading global banks already live with the service
Baton Systems Commits to Updated FX Global Code and Providing Access to PvP Settlement For All Market Participants
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Asset Management, Payments
Baton Systems, the market solution transforming asset movements and settlements, today became a signatory to the updated FX Global Code, underscoring its commitment and support to firms keen to eliminate settlement risk by enabling real time, payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement for all market participants.
FICO UK Credit Market Report May 2021: Markedly Lower Year-On-Year Increase in Credit Card Spend Suggests Consumers Are Adjusting to ‘New Normal’
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Management, Payments, Credit Cards, Data
4 percent rise in credit card spend and 10 percent increase in payments to balance reflects continued use of pandemic savings, plus pragmatic financial management with end of government support on the horizon Highlights Third consecutive monthly increase in credit card spend – but growth rate slowing at 4 percent
Mastercard and Lloyds Bank Partner on New Open Banking Checkout Solution
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Open Banking, Payments, Banking
· Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking will be utilising Mastercard’s Open Banking Merchant Payment Solution to launch PayFrom Bank. · The solution enables individuals to make online payments directly from their bank accounts, giving consumers more choice over how they pay and providing merchants with instant settlement of funds · United Response, a charity supporting vulnerable people, is the first merchant to sign up.
