Payments

Merchants Are Struggling When Managing Chargebacks, New Study Finds

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

Dispute management specialist, Chargebacks911, and independent payments news outlet, Card Not Present (CNP), have released original research on the state of chargebacks and chargeback management in relation to card-not-present payments.

Barclays extends long-standing Visa partnership with new European partnership

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

Barclays, which processes nearly half of the UK’s debit and credit card transactions, has signed a new, multi-year partnership with long-standing partner Visa. The European agreement, which recognises the unique position Barclays has in the market, is designed to drive innovation and product development as well as facilitate international expansion.

PSD2 education and awareness creating barriers to growth and innovation for UK fintechs

5 years 4 months ago
Open Banking, Payments

Yolt Technology Services (YTS), Europe’s leading open banking third party provider, is urging the industry to do more to promote the consumer benefits of Open Banking and the revised Payments Services Directive (PSD2), to support growth in the Fintech sector.

7-Eleven Trials Cashierless Store Concept

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

7-Eleven, Inc. is pushing the technological envelope once again, testing a cashierless store at its corporate headquarters, in Irving, Texas.

Sia Starts Its Listing Process

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

The Board of Directors of SIA, meeting today under the chairmanship of Federico Lovadina, approved the start-up of the process to list the company's ordinary shares on the Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA) market, organized and managed by Borsa Italiana, expected to take place by summer 2020.

Lightspeed Joins Forces With Stripe

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

Lightspeed, the global point-of-sale and ecommerce platform, is partnering with Stripe to power in-store and online payments for retailers and restaurants in the US and Canada. Powering retailers that grow over four times the industry average in the US, Lightspeed has integrated Stripe Connect and Stripe Terminal to extend payment capabilities for their customer base. This will make it easier for restaurants and retailers to get started... more

WorldRemit Enters Global Remittance Partnership with Alipay

5 years 4 months ago
Money Transfers

WorldRemit has announced a partnership with Alipay, enabling consumers to use the WorldRemit app or website for cross-border remittances to the Alipay app, bringing more convenient and inclusive transfer services to users around the world.

Western Union and Italy’s Postepay Enable Cross-Border Payments

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

Customers of App Postepay, among the preferred payment Apps in Italy, can now access Western Union’s cross-border and cross-currency platform to send money globally, following an agreement between Postepay, one of the largest Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in Italy, bringing together Poste Italiane’s assets and expertise in payments and telecommunications and Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement... more

Klarna kicks off February with Smoooth Sessions: a future-gazing edition

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

Last night, leading payments provider Klarna held its first “Smoooth Sessions” event of the year, with a panel of retail experts coming together to consider the future of retail.

Growing Number Of High Streets Banks Adopt Unique Cheque Fraud Prevention Tool

5 years 4 months ago
Payments, Security

The TALL Group of Companies, the UK’s leading provider of secure electronic and paper payments solutions is working with a growing number of high street banks that have all signed up as early adopters of UCN Plus®, in a move designed to strengthen the industry’s protection against cheque fraud within the UK payments systems.

Paysend Develops Payment Solution For $1 Billion Pakistani Freelance Market

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

Global fintech company Paysend has partnered with Pakistan’s JS Bank to support the launch a new payment solution for freelancers. The ‘Freelance Wallet’ will enable freelancers in Pakistan, estimated at 1.15 million in number and earning in excess of $1 billion per year, to be paid on time and in full. The JS Bank Freelance Wallet is an app-based solution to which payment can be sent using just a mobile number. The absence of relevant payment... more

Dot Raises $8 Million Seed Funding From PayU, Fosun RZ Capital, Info EdgeVentures

5 years 4 months ago
Payments, FinTech StartUps

Dot, offline-to-online (O2O) commerce and fintech platform founded by entrepreneur and PayU India’s ex co-founder Shailaz Nag today announced that it has raised an initial seed funding of around US$8 million. PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus, and Fosun RZ Capital led the seed funding round, which also saw participation from Info Edge Ventures and other well-known angel investors in the country.

Airwallex and Visa Debut Airwallex Borderless Cards For Businesses

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

Global fintech leader Airwallex today announced the launch of the Airwallex Borderless Card for businesses, in partnership with Visa, the world’s leading digital payment technology company.

MuchBetter launches MuchBetter cash – enabling physical cash-to-iGaming-account transactions

5 years 4 months ago
Payments

MuchBetter, the award winning iGaming payments company, today announced the launch of MuchBetter cash, a unique cash-to-iGaming-account transaction service. Enabled by the MuchBetter API, MuchBetter cash allows customers to make free cash payments at offline retail locations directly into their iGaming accounts.