Fingerprints’ Sensor Achieves EMVCo Approval For Secure Mobile Payments
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™) today announces its slim mobile sensor, FPC1541, has been successfully evaluated in line with the EMV® Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Methods (CDCVM) Security Requirements. This is the first announced fingerprint sensor for mobile devices to achieve this approval, demonstrating the quality, security and performance of Fingerprints’ sensor when used t
Copper Appointed as Custodian for Hehmeyer
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Copper.co, the London-based digital asset infrastructure provider, today announced it has entered into an agreement to act as a custodian for Hehmeyer, the Chicago-based global market maker in digital assets. Copper will provide Hehmeyer with a custody solution for Hehmeyer’s assets and off-exchange settlement functionality.
TradeCore Selects Tribe Payments As Issuer Processor
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Tribe Payments, an issuer/acquirer processor and payment technology provider, today announced that TradeCore, the full stack fintech platform, has selected it as its issuer processor. The partnership means that Tribe Payments will be the issuer processor for card programmes delivered by TradeCore to its customers.
Worldline Launches Data as a Service Platform for Online Payments
Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, today announced Ingenico’s launch of its first ever Data as a Service (DaaS) platform for payments, Ingenico Insight. The state-of-the-art solution features the latest in machine learning (ML) and data science capabilities for payments combined with an intuitive and tailored user experience.
EDPIA Welcomes Aircash, Buckaroo and HiPay as New Members
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Today, the European Digital Payments Industry Alliance (EDPIA) is pleased to announce the membership of Aircash, Buckaroo and HiPay, from Croatia, the Netherlands and France respectively, thus strengthening and diversifying EDPIA’s voice for the European payments industry. These new members will provide further support to EDPIA’s continued purpose of contributing to EU policy developments that further the understanding and development of a... more
Checkout.com Triples Valuation to $15bn with $450m Series C Fundraise
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Checkout.com, the leading Connected Payments™ solutions provider, today announced that it closed a $450 million Series C fundraising round. This gives the business a post-money valuation of $15 billion, making it the fourth largest fintech globally and EMEA’s most valuable venture-backed business [1], as the business continues to expand across the globe.
Frankfurt Main Finance Welcomes Three New Members
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard Pioneers Cloud Tap on Phone, its First Pilot of Cloud Point of Sale (POS) Acceptance Technology
Mastercard has partnered with NMI and Global Payments Inc. to launch its first live Cloud Tap on Phone pilot with
Fintech Companies that Are Currently Game Changers
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Banking, Cloud, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
The number of fintech businesses has grown to more than 20,000 worldwide. So what are the best and most innovative companies right now? We take a look here! Fintech companies are growing in numbers and capabilities thanks to improvements in smartphones, internet connectivity and a host of other tech developments. According to data collected by Statista, there were around 12,500 fintech businesses worldwide in 2019, and that grew beyond 20,000 in... more
QR Code Payment Users to Reach 2.2 Billion Globally by 2025, as Services Expand Beyond China & India
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of QR code payment users will exceed 2.2 billion in 2025, up from 1.5 billion in 2020; equating to 29% of all mobile phone users across the world in 2025.
Phos and Mastercard to Expand Coverage of Contactless Card Transactions
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Phos, the fintech behind the first-ever software-only Point of Sale (SoftPoS), and Mastercard, the global payments leader, have today announced an expanded partnership to support Tap on Phone, the Mastercard solution that turns phones into payment acceptance devices.
FSS and Okay Partner to Strengthen Authentication for Digital Transactions
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
FSS Technologies (Financial Software and Systems), a global payments technology company, and Okay announced today their partnership to provide focused authentication security to consumer payments - specifically transaction validation and authentication on mobile.
CoinCorner Adds Support For Lightning Network
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Bitcoins
CoinCorner, the UK’s leading Bitcoin exchange, is excited to announce support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network, bringing free and instant transactions to its users. CoinCorner is the first Bitcoin exchange in the UK to announce support for Lightning sends and receives, joining approximately 5 other exchanges around the world that support the scaling technology.
PXP Financial Supports BetMGM with Full-Service Gateway Across the USA
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
PXP Financial Inc., the US subsidiary of PXP Financial Ltd., the expert in global acquiring, payment, fraud and data analysis services, has today announced its partnership with US gaming operator BetMGM, the joint venture between MGM Resorts and Entain (formerly GVC).
2021: The Year Card Payments Expire
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments
As more customers have turned to digital channels to manage every aspect of their lives, they have experienced a poor payments experience and service. The problem is cards. They were not built for a digital-first experience and have been retrofitted into current online payment flows. Newer approaches such as Google Pay or Apple Pay paper over those cracks but don’t change the fundamentals.
