Former CEO of Nomad Payments joins Paymentology as Chairman
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Paymentology has announced that industry doyen John Yeomans, will join as the Company’s new chairman. Yeomans’ appointment is a positive strategic step in Paymentology's continued rise to being recognised as a true challenger on the global stage of Issuer Payments Processing. Associated with the financial services software and payments solutions sector for over thirty years, Yeomans has been instrumental in commercialising several fintech and... more
Strategic Alliance Between Nets and Przelewy24 Creates One of the Largest Online Payment Service Providers in Poland
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
The strategic alliance between Nets, a market leader in the Nordic and DACH payments industries, and Przelewy24, a leading Polish online payment service provider, is now a reality as all regulatory authorities have given their approval. The new joint Polish group under the holding company “P24 DotCard” includes Przelewy24 and Dotpay/eCard, which were recently acquired by Nets. P24 DotCard is one of the largest online payment service providers in... more
moneycorp acquires the Rochford Group in Australia
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
moneycorp announces it has acquired the Rochford Group, one of Australia’s largest independent treasury advisors. The purchase is moneycorp’s second major international acquisition of 2019, after the completion of its deal for Brazil's Novo Mundo. Rochford, based in Sydney, also has a representative office in Hong Kong that will further extend moneycorp’s presence in both Australia and Hong Kong, as well as adding a range of new products for... more
Western Union and TD Expand Money Transfer from Canada to the World
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Western Union, a leader in global payment services, and
Nuvei acquires SafeCharge for US $889 million
Nuvei, a Montreal-based payment technology firm and leading provider of global payment solutions, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of SafeCharge International Group Limited. The acquisition creates a global, leading payment solutions provider with significant scale, able to service clients of any size across the world. Montreal, Quebec, will become the worldwide headquarters for the combined organization.
EMVCo Advances Testing Programme to Enhance Global Interoperability for EMV® Contactless Payments
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
EMVCo has advanced its testing programme to streamline the deployment and acceptance of contactless payment technologies worldwide. The work addresses emerging interoperability needs between EMV® acceptance devices and increasingly diverse contactless payment form factors, such as smartphones and wearables.
How disposable technology will re-define the payments value chain?
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Tribe Payments, a team of industry experts dedicated to delivering the future of payments, has published a study on the effect of disposable technology on payments. The paper looks at the common use of modular technology by fintechs, and how legacy players without it are struggling to keep pace.
CryptoCompare Publishes June Exchange Review
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
CryptoCompare, the leading provider of cryptocurrency data and indices, today released its June 2019 Exchange Review, offering investors, analysts and regulators analysis of key developments in the cryptocurrency exchange market. Charles Hayter, CEO and Co-Founder of CryptoCompare, said:
Ingenico TravelHub opens up new payments routes for travel companies
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), the global leader in seamless payment, has launched TravelHub, a solution built to connect travel companies with Ingenico’s global end-to-end payment processing capabilities and regional gateways across Asia, Latin America and Europe.
Thales launches its new Gemalto Digital ID Wallet – an identity revolution in your smartphone
With Thales’s new Gemalto Digital ID Wallet, governments will issue a secure digital version of official documents including identity cards, health cards and dri
Visa card vulnerability can bypass contactless limits
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Positive Technologies has today announced that researchers Leigh-Anne Galloway and Timur Yunusov have discovered flaws that allow hackers to bypass the payment limits on Visa contactless cards. Positive Technologies tested the attack with five major UK banks, successfully bypassing the UK contactless verification limit of £30 on all tested Visa cards, irrespective of the card terminal. The researchers also found that this attack is possible with... more
Sberbank clients get ‘personalised’ ATMs
Sberbank has personalised the menu of its ATMs. Now, after a client enters their PIN code they will see a main screen that features the options they have used the most in the past, as well as relevant personal offers from the bank. In particular, the system suggests the amount the client should withdraw based on their past cash withdrawals and even wishes them a happy birthday and offers a present. This new feature is available on 44,000... more
BCB Group and Bitstamp announce partnership to enable GBP transfers
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Bitstamp, Europe’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and BCB Group, one of the world’s leading global digital asset prime brokers, today announced a new partnership that will enable investors from the UK to transfer GBP directly to and from their Bitstamp accounts. Through this partnership, Bitstamp will be able to support deposits and withdrawals directly in GBP, providing increased efficiency and reduced costs for clients. The new GBP service... more
ACI Worldwide Readies European Payments Businesses for Strong Customer Authentication
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced a number of tools and solution updates to ready payment service providers (PSPs), acquirers, issuers and merchants for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and exemptions.
Newcastle United Goes to Crypto with StormGain
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
StormGain, the crypto trading platform with zero commissions and user-friendly user interface and features, like the purchase of Bitcoin for 1% of its value, is now the official sponsor for Newcastle United, The English Premier League FC.
