Fridays With FinTechs: Enabling India to Transact Digitally
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
India is full of small vendors – streets are always buzzing with shopkeepers on both sides. For quite some time, commerce is still done the old-fashioned way with cash. I moved to India after spending more than 17 years in the US and have continued to wonder why even some of the largest merchants in India don’t accept cards. At the time, only 1.1 million terminals existed for more than 60 million merchants.
Payconiq Moves HQ to Luxembourg
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Payconiq, the mobile payment service for online, on-the-go and direct payments, has relocated its headquarters to Luxembourg. The company started in Amsterdam where Payconiq was founded and has thrived under the wings of ING’s innovation hub. Starting today, Payconiq will continue as an independent entity, putting down roots in the 'payments capital’ of Europe.
Mastercard partners with Garmin for payments on the run
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Today Mastercard announced that it is adding payment capabilities to the newly launched Garmin® vívoactive® 3 to provide active customers a watch that frees them from having to carry their phone or wallet around. Mastercard will be enabling fitness enthusiasts to make contactless payments and pay by simply tapping their device at a contactless terminal at nearly 6.6 million merchant locations globally.
Bleep opens new payments division for merchant services
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Bleep UK PLC has today announced the launch of their new Independent Sales Organisation (ISO) and Merchant Services Provider (MSP), Bleep Payments. Bleep has launched their new payments division as a result of client feedback, client demands, an ambitious growth strategy and also the changing industry that they operate in.
American Express Reveals Pay It Plan It feature
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Today American Express began rolling out a new mobile feature called Pay It Plan It℠ across all eligible U.S. Consumer Credit and Co-Brand Cards that gives Card Members two new ways to pay for the things they buy.
UK hits 10 Year Contactless Payments Milestone
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Barclaycard, the global payments company, today marks the 10-year anniversary of launching contactless payments to the UK. The landmark moment has transformed British shopping, saving buyers and sellers millions of hours of time and making paying for goods and services quicker and easier. Over the past decade, more than £60 billion has been spent using contactless cards and devices* and today more than half (51 per cent) of eligible... more
PayPoint Enhances ePOS Offer to C-Stores via Strategic Partnership with Box Technologies
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Today, PayPoint, the UK’s leading retail technology and multichannel payments provider to convenience and independent retailers, has announced a strategic partnership with customer engagement specialists, Box Technologies.
Payworks Builds on First Data Partnership with Contactless Accreditation
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Payworks, a leading provider of Point of Sale payment infrastructure, announced today their new certification with First Data Merchant Solutions UK (FDMS), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology and solutions.
Turning Smartphones into Payment Terminals
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard today unveiled a pilot project in Poland, making a smartphone the only necessary device for accepting contactless payments. The solution is aimed at small and micro merchants that have traditionally taken cash payments, providing them with a simpler and more secure way to run their business.
PayPal and Synchrony Financial Introduce New Mastercard That Offers 2% Cash Back on Every Purchase
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
PayPal customers in the U.S. can now earn cash back on every purchase online and in stores with today’s launch of the new PayPal Cashback Mastercard issued by Synchrony Bank. The PayPal Cashback Mastercard, designed exclusively for PayPal members, offers cardholders 2% cash back every day, on every purchase – everywhere Mastercard is accepted.
Enterpay Partners with Collector Bank
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Enterpay and Collector Bank have kicked off their collaboration. Collector Bank will add a B2B invoice powered by Enterpay to its payment method selection in Finland and later in the Nordics. The collaboration lays the groundwork for Enterpay’s expansion to the Nordics and after Finland, the collaboration will continue in the Swedish market. Partnering with Collector helps Enterpay to grow the number of its service’s users and reach potential... more
Eftpos Australia Revelas Settlement Service
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
eftpos today launched its new eftpos Settlement Service (eSS). This new service is an essential core function in closing out the Company’s transformation phase and demonstrates its ability to increasingly deliver value for Members and the Australian payments industry.
WEX Gets Electronic Money Institute License
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
WEX Inc., a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, today announced its European office has secured an Electronic Money Institute (EMI) license by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and, as a result, is now a principal member of Mastercard.
Chinese Tourists Can Now Use Alipay at 10,000 Merchants Across South Africa
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Starting today, Chinese tourists in South Africa will have more opportunities to pay via smartphone as Alipay, the world's largest online and mobile payment platform, operated by Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial", "Ant"), partners with Zapper, the fast-growing mobile payment, customer insights and digital marketing platform developed in South Africa.
Plynk Partners with Jumio to Power ID Verification for European Expansion
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Jumio, the creator of Netverify® Trusted Identity as a Service (TIaaS), today announced a partnership with Plynk, Europe’s first money messaging app, to accurately verify users who are loading money onto their Plynk accounts for instant person-to-person payments.
