PayJoy closes $6M investment round led by Santander and ITOCHU
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
PayJoy has closed $6M of new investment with strategic partners who will help PayJoy phone financing further expand internationally throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The investment was led by Santander InnoVentures, the fintech venture capital fund of Santander Group, and ITOCHU Corporation, one of the largest Japanese general trading companies in Asia. Other strategic partners joined from Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico, China, Vietnam, and... more
The Contactless Revolution Ten Years On: Two-thirds of Brits Now Tap to Pay
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Ten years on from the introduction of contactless cards in the UK, Visa’s annual Digital Payments study released today reinforces the country’s leading position in driving contactless payments. The study of 2,000 consumers in the UK shows that two-thirds (66%) of Brits have used contactless cards to make a payment since they were introduced in September 2007.
Mastercard Launches Android Pay with Maestro in Belgium: a World First
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
After the launch of Android Pay for credit transactions in Belgium in May 2017, Mastercard is bringing mobile payment to another level in the country.
14 billion Cards Worldwide with Debit Leading the Growth
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
The number of payment cards globally reached 14 billion in 2016 and is predicted to rise to 17 billion by 2022, driven by further debit card issuance as the banked population increases Continued rapid expansion of developing markets leads to healthy growth worldwide
MoneyGram MobilePass Expands in the US
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Money Transfers
MoneyGram announces the significant expansion of its award-winning MoneyGram MobilePass service to thousands of U.S. agent locations. In addition to the company's other digital solutions, including kiosks, moneygram.com, and send to account, MoneyGram MobilePass provides customers with another choice to make sending money easier.
Transport for London Reveals Mobile Ticketing App for Oyster Card Users
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation, and Transport for London (TfL) today announced the launch of the TfL Mobile Ticketing App for Oyster card users in London, England. The mobile app – designed by TfL and developed by Cubic – will allow Oyster card customers to manage their travel fares and payments, top up their cards and view their journey history on the go via Android or Apple iOS devices.
BofA and FitPay Collaborate on Wearable Contactless Payments
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Bank of America and FitPay, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of NXT-ID, Inc., today announced an agreement to extend contactless payment capabilities to a range of new devices, giving Bank of America customers more payment options and accelerating the adoption of new payment devices. This collaborative effort enables Bank of America customers to use their credit or debit cards to make secure contactless payments directly from devices that are... more
Concardis Develops Cutting-edge Payment Platform
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
‘For the first time, merchants in German-speaking Europe can now keep an eye on their payment transactions with real-time review. In doing so, the new Concardis Payengine simplifies, among other things, the process of accepting payments in advance and via invoice. This saves merchants time and effort. And the consumer benefits from shorter delivery times with the same payment convenience they’re accustomed to,’ says Christoph Jung, Vice... more
It’s Time to ENGAGE with all our Digital Partners
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Who could have imagined, just a few years back, that you’d be able to pay with your mobile phone, your watch, or your fitness device? Well, today you can – and if you fast forward a couple more years, we’re likely to see many more of these. At Mastercard we like to think of it as enabling commerce for every device. But how do we get there?
Como and Secure Trading Partner for merchant payments services
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Payments
Award winning payments group, Secure Trading, has today announced its new strategic partnership with COMO Global S.A., the intelligent payments marketplace, enabling it to extend its industry leading payment gateway services to more of the world’s foremost payment providers and merchants.
Payza Unveils Full Bitcoin Wallet Functionality
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Payza, an award-winning payments technology company, is proud to announce the launch of its latest cryptocurrency feature: Cryptocurrency Address Manager. This new feature enables all Payza members to generate and manage cryptocurrency addresses from within their Payza accounts. With this launch, Payza members will be able to generate their own Bitcoin address and QR code for their Payza account to easily receive Bitcoin from other Bitcoin... more
Final hours of COSS Token Swap (ICO): What's next?
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
For many startups that have undergone an ICO-stage within the last couple of years, the time following the ICO is more important than the ICO itself, as this is the time when ideas can be truly evaluated on the point of their viability and profitability. To put it more simple, that's the time to get the real work done - the IT development, the technical implementation, the product release and so on. Not every project makes it until this stage.... more
Trustly recognised by London Stock Exchange as one of the most inspiring and fastest-growing SMEs in Europe
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Trustly, the European payments company, is pleased to announce it has been recognised as one of the most inspiring and fast-growing SMEs in Europe by London Stock Exchange Group in its 2017 edition of ‘1000 Companies to Inspire’ report. Released today, the landmark report recognises SMEs that demonstrate not only positive growth in revenue over the last three years, but also outperform their country peers.
UTRUST's Pre ICO Sells Out $1.5 Million in 90 Minutes, Public ICO 20th September
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
With a team spanning corporate management, B2C startups, payments, blockchain development, law, finance, and more, Payments startup UTRUST is pleased to announce its pre-ICO sold out in 90 minutes on Monday, 28th August.
HSBC Compliance Expert Joins UK Fintech Startup
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Fintech startup Paybase, which delivers an end-to-end solution for payments, compliance and risk, has hired former HSBC Financial Crime and Compliance Manager, Danielle Herndon, as Head of Compliance and MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting Officer).
