SIA ENABLES THE INSTANT PAYMENTS OF BANCA POPOLARE DI SONDRIO
Banca Popolare di Sondrio launches its new instant payments service aimed at its customers, private and business, thanks to SIA’s “EasyWay” digital platform directly connected to EBA Clearing’s pan-European system for instant payments, RT1.
Metaps Plus and OST Announce Partnership to Tokenize $140M+ Mobile Coupons Market
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Blockchain, Payments
Metaps Plus, a leading Korean fintech company and a subsidiary of Tokyo-listed Metaps Group (TSE:6172), has entered into a strategic partnership with OST to develop Blockchain-powered coupons and mobile payments by leveraging OST technology and the OpenST and OpenST Mosaic Protocols.
Mastercard at CityLab Detroit: Unlocking Possibilities to Create Opportunity for All
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
As the world becomes increasingly urban, it also becomes clear that cities have more in common than meets the eye. Urban centers from Seattle to Sydney and São Paulo face similar challenges, such as providing basic housing and transportation, education and employment to their growing populations. Mastercard believes the answer lies in rethinking the way cities and businesses work together – and how we move the conversation from sharing... more
Banca Popolare di Sondrio selects SIA EasyWay for instant payments
Banca Popolare di Sondrio launches its new instant payments service aimed at its customers, private and business, thanks to SIA’s “EasyWay” digital platform directlyconnected to EBA Clearing’s pan-European system for instant payments, RT1.
Panxora opens up the financial markets to crypto investors
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
The past 12 months have seen many rush into cryptocurrency investment, guns blazing. Following the initial rise and fall in 2017, the general consensus is that a solid base is forming in the price of cryptocurrency and it’s right to hold (or ‘HODL’) onto the asset as we see what comes next. The problem with this approach is that those having considerable assets tied up in crypto now find themselves with limited options for generating returns... more
Blazing A Trail To The Fastest Growing Marketplace On Earth
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Banking, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
The power and potential of Asian FinTech is hard to describe but obvious to see. From alternative lending to open banking and augmented intelligence technology to the tokenized economy, APAC’s innovation is taking on the world. On 19-21 March 2019, Money20/20 Asia will be back to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and is set to be even bigger and better. The world’s leading FinTech entrepreneurs and innovators will meet again in Singapore to debate... more
Payments disrupter PaySend launches innovative Money Request service
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
The way consumers request and receive payments from each other is changing, thanks to payments disrupter PaySend. The business’s new innovative service will allow users to request money transfers using just the sender’s phone number, and will allow the transfer to be directed to any card provided by the recipient.
Spire Payments’ and iGen Innovative mPOS Solution Accepts 240,000 USD Donations at FRANMAC 2018
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
FRANMAC, the Franchise Management Advisory Council for all Taco Bell franchises, held its annual conference in Las Vegas this September. During the event attendees had a variety of opportunities to donate to the Taco Bell Foundation, formed to support educational career aspirations for young adults across the United States.
Security ranks as number one eCommerce priority for SMBs
More than half (52%) of online small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) globally worry that the move to frictionless payments, such as transactions that take place behind the scenes in apps, is leaving them more open to fraud and will negatively impact revenues according to a new report from Paysafe.
EastNets strengthens its investment in Artificial Intelligence; launches new solutions to combat fraud, money laundering at Sibos
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Compliance
EastNets, a leading global provider of compliance and payments solutions for the financial services industry will showcase real-time solutions that can detect and combat money laundering and payment fraud at Sibos 2018, the global financial services networking event organized by SWIFT.
SmartStream introduces new industry digital payments solution
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today announced the launch of TLM Aurora, the next generation of Corona, the industry’s leading reconciliation platform – the first new module is designed to support the new industry standards in the digital payments world, by providing connectors to SWIFT GPI, RTGS, as well as Blockchain based networks, allowing for real-time operational control... more
Alipay will be available in Seoul taxis via kakaopay beginning January 2019
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Following the introduction of QR-code payment in more than 71,000 taxis in Seoul, all taxis in Seoul will accept Alipay beginning in January 2019. Alipay, the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform, operated by Ant Financial Services Group, can be used by Chinese tourists to pay for taxis in Seoul via its strategic partner kakaopay, which acts as system integrator. In the near future, local users will also be able to pay taxi fare... more
SWIFT rolls out gpi tracker for all as usage soars
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
SWIFT gpi has been rapidly adopted since its launch last year, and is now being used to send more than a million payments every day with a combined value of well over $100 billion.
WINTER HOLIDAYMAKERS WARM UP TO PREPAID CARDS
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Holidaymakers are warming up to prepaid cards for overseas spending as the switch from cash continues, new research from financial data analytics experts Consumer Intelligence shows. More than one in four (27%) of people heading abroad for winter holidays this year plan to use prepaid cards for some of their spending compared with 23% who used prepaid cards on winter breaks last year.
Western Union Advances Consumer Bill Pay Cross Border
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
The Western Union Company, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement today advanced its bill payment services cross-border, enabling consumers in the United States to pay bills and reload mobile p
