Chinese Tourists Can Now Use Alipay at 10,000 Merchants Across South Africa
- 9 years 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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.
Al Hilal Bank and Visa Partner for Payments in UAE
Global payments technology company, Visa (NYSE:V), and Al Hilal Bank today announced a partnership to accelerate the adoption of contactless payments in the country and facilitate payments innovation in the UAE with the launch of three Visa payWave-enabled premium debit cards.
Alternative Payments Adds mCoinz in Middle East Expansion
- 9 years 4 weeks ago
- Payments
Alternative Payments, the leading provider of local payment methods that specializes in bringing the latest technologically-advanced payment platforms to merchants worldwide, has added mCoinz to its payments offering. The highly popular mCoinz vouchers are available across the Middle East at over 60,000 point of sale locations. mCoinz is one of the most popular payment method which allows users to pay for goods and/or services from online web... more
Paybase Receives £700k Grant from Innovate UK
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
London-based FinTech startup Paybase has received a grant of almost £700,000 from Innovate UK to democratise eMoney infrastructure for SMEs and startups. Innovate UK is the nation’s innovation agency, which aims to drive growth by working with UK companies to de-risk, enable and support innovation. In the last 10 years, Innovate UK has helped more than 7,600 organisations, with projects estimated to have added more than £11.5 billion to the UK... more
Flywire Simplifies Compliance with New Cross-Border Education Payment Requirements in Ireland
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Compliance
Flywire, a leading provider of international payment and receivables solutions for businesses, schools and healthcare providers, is helping Irish schools comply with a recent government regulation regarding tuition payments being made from outside of Ireland.
Pay4 picks EQ Global as payments processor
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Pay4, a leading finance provider to small and medium sized businesses in the UK, has partnered with EQ Global, to act as its global payments processor. Founded in 2013, Pay4 offers a revolving credit facility for growing UK businesses to pay for goods or services. Funding is accessed by settling supplier invoices via an online platform. In 2017, Pay4 has achieved quarterly growth in transactions of over 150%, establishing itself as a key... more
Xendpay Targets Migrants with Pay Day Initiative
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Xendpay, the world’s first free online money transfer service, has today announced the launch of its new Pay Day initiative, offering Zero transfer fees and removing payment transfer limits to users during the pay day period. The offer will run towards the end of the month around the pay day period, allowing customers to save even more money with Xendpay.
Guatemalan Cooperative Network Selects Temenos for Core Replacement
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces that Federacion Nacional de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Credito (FENACOAC) has selected Temenos' RetailSuite to drive growth across their 25 cooperatives that operate under the brand MICOOPE. Temenos' award-winning core banking platform will enable digitalization and reduce the cost of operation, with its open and flexible technology, and its integrated... more
Chinese Tourists Can Now Use Alipay in all 242 Starbucks Across Malaysia
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Alipay, the world's largest online and mobile payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial", "Ant"), is now available for Mainland Chinese tourists at all 242 Starbucks branches across Malaysia. Chinese tourists can find a nearest Starbucks through the in-app Discovery platform, and pay for their drinks in RMB via Alipay. Alipay and Starbucks Malaysia are also launching a marketing campaign to celebrate the... more
Azimo Unveils Cash Pick-up in the Philippines in One Hour or Less
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
Azimo, a digital disrupter of traditional money transfer services, extends its cash pick-up service enabling customers in the Philippines to collect money minutes after money transfer is made. In a revolutionary step for the Philippines market, Azimo's direct service ensures that money sent from any of its 22 send-countries across Europe, will get to recipients typically within just 1 hour and can be collected on any day that is convenient for... more
Nintendo Gamers Can Now Use PayPal to Fund Payments
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
PayPal is focused on delivering seamless commerce experiences across a range of contexts.
USAmeriBank Live on Finastra's Hosted Payments Hub
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
USAmeriBank is live on Finastra’s next-generation, hosted payments hub for US domestic and international wire transfers. USAmeriBank selected Finastra’s hosted solution in order to have the flexibility to quickly add new payments rails and services, future-proofing its technology investment, while improving customer service and increasing straight-through processing.
ABN Amro Pay-back App Tickie Clocks Over a Million Users
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Pay-back app Tikkie now has more than a million unique users. This landmark comes a little more than a year after its launch by ABN AMRO, in June 2016.
