Ukheshe to Acquire Oltio, Strengthens Partnership with Mastercard
Ukheshe, Africa’s leading digital fintech platform provider, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Oltio. Oltio developed the digital payments platform that supports Masterpass, Mastercard’s QR payment service in South Africa and enables people to safely pay for a wide variety of purchases with their bank card by scanning a QR code with their mobile phone.
FICO UK Credit Market Report September 2020 Shows Card Spend Rise Stalling
Global analytics software provider FICO today released its analysis of UK card trends for September 2020, which shows the continuing impact of COVID-19 on household finances even while furlough and payment holidays remained in place during the month.
MiFinity Offers Post-Brexit Payment Solutions For UK & EEA
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
The FCA announced on the 18th November 2020, that passporting of certain payment services for UK licenced institutions to European Economic Area (EEA) states will expire at the end the transition period on 31 December 2020.
Quppy Users Are Offered a Referral Program
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
The Quppy digital financial solution is launching its first referral program. The Quppy current and new users are now provided with their unique referral links to share among their communities. The Quppy referral program works on a volume basis. Both the referrer and the referee are awarded with 15 euros right after the referee transaction volume reaches 600 euro. Every Quppy user has an unlimited number of referral initiatives.
Barclaycard Payments Reveals Growth in E-commerce Ahead of Black Friday
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Barclaycard Payments, which processes £1 in every £3 spent in the UK, has so far this month seen a 29 per cent jump in the value of the online transactions compared to November 2019. However, overall transactions remain 7 per cent below where they were in November last year, likely due to the drop in in-store sales, with many retail outlets currently unable to open.
Italian Fintech Satispay Raises €93M in Series C
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Satispay, the leading Italian fintech startup revolutionizing mobile payments, is pleased to announce a €93 million Series C round.
The 3rd GCC E-Payments and Online Banking Summit
EastMed Ltd, announced the 3rd Annual E-Payments and Online Banking summit will be held under the patronage of Central Bank of Bahrain on 2-3 December 2020, virtually. E-Pay Summit which has been held annually since 2018 is the chosen meeting point for senior influencers from the e-commerce, retail, banking, fintech & telecommunications ecosystem to share their latest strategies, challenges and new applications which are set to impact the... more
Stocard Pay expands to four more European countries
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Stocard, the leading European mobile wallet, today launches its payment feature Stocard Pay in four European countries: Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands having launched in the UK in June this year. This latest announcement from Fintech company Stocard is the first of a series of features as it sets its sights on becoming the leading on-the-go financial services provider.
Citi Selects Mastercard as Network Partner for the Citi Plex Account by Google Pay
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Today, Citi announced it has selected Mastercard as its network partner for the Citi Plex Account on Google Pay, a new digital checking and savings account built with financial wellness and mobile functionality at the core of the design to make managing money simpler, smarter and more rewarding.
Compass Plus and Consult Hyperion Team Up to Delve Into Future Ready Payments Platforms
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Compass Plus and independent global payments consultancy Consult Hyperion have joined forces to make industry professionals question whether payments platforms that are entering their fourth decade can truly meet their future business needs in a new white paper and webinar.
Card Issuers Worldwide to Launch Their Branded “Pays” on Way4
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Now, card issuers who use the Way4 payments platform can build their own alternative to Google Pay or Samsung Pay by embedding NFC payments to their own mobile banking or wallet apps on Android phones. This was made possible after Way4 Contactless Wallet SDK passed security certification by EMVCo and international payment schemes.
Bunq Teams Up With Phos For softPOS Trial
- 3 years 11 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
Phos, the fintech behind the first-ever software Point of Sale (POS), has today announced that it is working with Dutch neobank bunq to revolutionise the way its retail merchant customers accept payments.
Mswipe’s Brand EMI Helps SMEs Offer ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ in Less Than 15secs
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
With the revival in consumer demand and the global trend of ‘Buy Now Pay Later’, Mswipe has launched Brand EMI as a value added service which enables merchants to offer zero interest EMI financing from Brands in less than 15 seconds. This drastically improves the checkout process, and reduces cart abandonment due to lack of suitable financing options, thereby helping small businesses drive sales.
Lukka & IHS Markit to Provide Institutional Quality Crypto Asset Data to the Financial Industry
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Data
Lukka, the leading crypto asset software and data provider, has partnered with global business information provider IHS Markit to redistribute Lukka’s institutional-grade blockchain and digital asset data products, including Lukka Prime and Luk
Bitcoin Deals with CoinCorner and MtSocks This “Bitcoin Black Friday”
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Bitcoins
From Wednesday, 18th November, until Monday, 30th November, CoinCorner (CoinCorner.com) and sister company, MtSocks (MtSocks.com), are running “Bitcoin Black Friday” deals across their range of Bitcoin products and services.
