WorldRemit Introduces Mobile Money Transfers to Burundi
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Online money transfer service WorldRemit today launches instant Mobile Money transfers to Burundi, the first remittance service to do so. Customers in 50 countries can now send money direct to EcoCash mobile wallets – just like an instant message. WorldRemit’s mobile-to-mobile remittance service already enables people to send funds direct to Mobile Money wallets in countries across Africa, Asia and Oceania. Now the 350,000 Burundians who live... more
Canada to Modernise National payments infrastructure
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Payments
The Canadian Payments Association has hired global consulting firm McKinsey to draw up plans to modernise the nation's core payments infrastructure. McKinsey will conduct stakeholder interviews and prepare a fact-based analysis to support the multi-year project to renew the CPA's payments clearing and settlement infrastructure. "By mid-2016, our goal is to identify user needs and priorities, as well as likely go-forward requirements, and to... more
Taiwan's CTBC Bank To Pilot Face Recognition ATM Machine
- 9 years 8 months ago
- ATMs
Taiwan's CTBC Bank has launched a pilot version of an ATM that uses both facial recognition and finger-vein scanning to verify identity. Should the trail be successful, users will be able to withdraw funds without the use of a card or a PIN. The pilot project comes just weeks after engineers in China claimed to have developed the first ever cash machine to use facial recognition technology.
BitPay Announced Partnerships With Payments Companies From Around The Globe
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Payments
During the first half of 2015, the company has signed deals with PSPs Payfirma, Sonic Payments, BillPro, Kadu, OpenPay, and Ixopay. These payments companies are based on three continents and, in total, serve more than 100 countries.
Ezetap Mobile Solution To Raise $23 million To Fund Rapid Growth
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Ezetap Mobile Solutions, the Bangalore-based pioneer in mobile payments for emerging markets, today announced that is has raised Rs. 150 crores in fresh funding. Ezetap’s current investors; Social+Capital, Helion Advisors, and Berggruen Holdings are joined by Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm for Li Ka-Shing, and the Capricorn Investment Group in this round. Social+Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya will become Chairman of Board... more
BW-Bank To Extend Its Contract With Worldline
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments
The bank came to its decision based on the longstanding and successful collaboration between the two companies. Worldline has managed issuing processing for the bank’s extensive range of cards for the past 17 years. Now, in addition to extending the existing service, development and introduction of innovative and future-oriented solutions are in the pipeline.
Glory Global Solutions partners with Atos
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Retail Banking
Atos, an international leader in digital services, and Glory Global Solutions, a pioneer in the development and manufacture of cash managing equipment and systems, today announced a preferred partnership agreement to enhance the provision of Managed Services to customers throughout the retail cash chain.
linked2pay To Launch Bank Centric Payments
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments
linked2pay, an award winning provider of ACH and credit card payment solutions announced today the launch of Bank Centric Payments™. Initial bank and reselling partners are deploying the solution.
PayItSimple USA Inc. Named BAI-Infosys Finacle Global Banking Innovation Award Finalist
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments
PayItSimple has been named a finalist in the Most Innovative Non-Financial Institution category at the 2015 BAI-Infosys Finacle Global Banking Innovation Awards, presented at the
Computop and ACI Worldwide partner To Provide eCommerce Merchants Integrated Online Payments And Fraud Solution
Computop, a leading global payment service provider (PSP) has signed an agreement with global payments specialist ACI Worldwide to provide merchants an integrated online payments and fraud prevention solution powered by ACI's ReD Shield, a premier
Samsung To Launch Samsung Pay on TV
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments
The payment service on Samsung Smart TV was designed from scratch to provide an easy and safe payment experience specifically for the TV. It supports major credit cards, debit cards, PayPal as well as other mobile billing options. The beauty of it is that in most cases, users can complete a payment in just three steps after the initial registration setup. First, choose the item you want to purchase. Then simply press the ‘Pay Now’ button, and... more
SIX and Swisscom To Join Forces with Swiss Banks to Establish Universal Mobile Payment Solution
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments
SIX and Swisscom are working towards a strategic partnership to establish a Switzerlandwide, universal mobile payment solution in collaboration with banks. The basis for this partnership has been established in May 2015 when SIX, UBS and Zürcher Kantonalbank launched the Paymit payment solution. Paymit will now enter the next phase with the expansion to retail and commerce segments. SIX and Swisscom are confident that this will generate added... more
Traxpay recognized amongst 33,000 nominations for two ACQ5 2015 Global Awards
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Traxpay, pioneer in business-to-business (B2B) Dynamic Payments, today announced that its CEO, John Bruggeman, was named “Gamechanger of the Year (Fintech)” by ACQ Magazine. The magazine and its 119,000 readers also named Traxpay’s B2B Dynamic Payments Platform “2015 B2B Payments Platform of the Year.” The leading monthly publication annually honors “industry leaders, eminent individuals, exemplary teams and distinguished businesses, which we... more
PayPoint Launches ‘No Compromise’ Payments Platform
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments
PayPoint, an international leader in payment technologies, today announces its 3rd generation ‘Advanced Payments’ platform for mobile and online merchants. Four years in the making, the entirely new digital platform has been designed from the ground-up to address the needs of fast growing businesses through robust, innovative and highly flexible features.
PowertoPay Received SWIFT Corporate Cash Management Label
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments
PowertoPay has been awarded the 2015 SWIFT Corporate Cash Management Label for the second consecutive year. All validations to qualify the PowertoPay Corporate Payment Hub for the Corporates Cash Management label have been completed and proven to be successful.
