Samsung Partners with Cuscal to Bring Mobile Payments to Oz FIs
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Samsung Electronics Australia today announced a partnership with Cuscal, Australia’s leading independent provider of payment solutions that will enable 38 financial institutions to offer Samsung Pay. Samsung Pay is a secure and easy-to-use mobile payments service available on compatible Samsung devices including the Gear S3 smartwatch and the Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones1.
Form3 Partners with Starling Bank to Provide Real-Time Access to Faster Payments
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Form3, the cloud based end-to-end secure standard for global payments processing, today announced a partnership with Starling Bank, the first mobile-only bank to launch a new current account in the UK and 13th member of Faster Payments. This will further enhance the Form3 Payments-as-a-Service platform by providing an end-to-end managed service for UK real-time payments. For the first time in the UK, this will allow clients a real-time Faster... more
Worldpay Releases Entirely Downloadable Card Terminal for Smartphones
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Worldpay, the UK’s leading payment processor, has announced the launch of the first ever extended-trial of a software only card payment mPOS (mobile point of sale).
Online Card Spending to Double by 2021, Reaching $6 trillion Worldwide
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Research from RBR finds convenience and security are driving rapid growth in e-commerce card payments Online transactions increasingly convenient Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021, a highly regarded annual survey of the global payment cards sector, reveals that the value of e-commerce card payments made worldwide grew by 26% during 2015 to reach $2.7 trillion, and represented 12% of all card expenditure. Key factors driving this... more
Coupa’s Procure-to-Pay Solution Selected by Jabil
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP), a leader in cloud-based spend management, announced today that Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) has chosen Coupa’s Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solution for Global Procurement Technology Optimisation across Asia, Europe and the Americas in what is an East-to-West deployment strategy.
Contactless Now the Favoured Way to Pay for British Shoppers as Spending Leaps 34 Per Cent Since the Start of 2017
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Data released by Barclaycard today as part of its quarterly Contactless Spending Index shows that ‘touch and go’ payments continue to surge in popularity with spending up by more than a third (34 per cent) since the turn of the year*.
Ovum Research: PSD2 and Instant Payments to Drive a 37% Decline in Online Card Volumes by 2027
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Ovum, the market-leading research and consulting firm, for the first time quantifies the detrimental effect Instant Payments and PSD2 will have on traditional credit and debit card payments. The research “Instant payments and the post-PSD2 landscape”, commissioned by Icon Solutions, publishes the only quantitative insights into how PSD2 will be the catalyst
New Cryptocurrencies Collaborates with AvaTrade
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
AvaTrade, the leading forex and CFD broker, has added to their already rich portfolio cryptocurrency pairs with exceptional conditions - Ethereum Classic vs the American dollar (ETCUSD) and Bitcoin vs Euro (BTCEUR) as a first step, with more to follow.
BitConnect Coin Outdoes Ethereum's Performance for 6 Months That Followed the ICO
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Bitcoins, Cryptocurrencies
The emerging cryptocurrency created by UK based BitConnect, BitConnect Coin (BCC) has registered a phenomenal growth since its inception six months ago by outperforming the growth of the world's top altcoin, Ethereum. The new cryptocurrency has witnessed its value increase dramatically since its November 2016 ICO.
Chase Launches QuickPay with Zelle
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Chase customers now have broader access to an easy, safe and fast way to pay other individuals through the ZelleSM network.
NetClearance Brings IoT Payments to the Point-of-Sale
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Netclearance, providers of the world’s biggest network of smart Bluetooth payment terminals, today unveils the world’s first commercially available Bluetooth 5 payment beacon. mBeaconSAM comes in a mini SIM-card sized smart card that fits into existing card reader terminals and will enable them for IoT payments transactions. The device brings three key benefits to merchants and financial institutions:
Circle Strives to Ease the Cost and Pain of Cross-border Consumer Payments
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Today, Circle customers in the US, UK and Europe now have the ability to send and receive money instantly across borders with no fees and no markup on foreign exchange rates. For the first time, sending money across borders is just like sending email or sharing photos: free and instant. It’s another step in our mission to tear down borders and barriers to sending money anywhere in the world. Other news we’re sharing today includes:
SafeCharge Enables Businesses to Tap Into Growing WeChat Pay User Base
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
SafeCharge, the leading payments technology company, today announced that it is partnering with Tencent Holdings, the leading provider of internet value added services in China, to add WeChat Pay, the booming payment service of the Chinese messaging giant and China’s most popular social media on its global payments platform.
Stockholm Will Host the First Large Conference on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
On September 7, for the first time, the Swedish capital will host a large conference dedicated to blockchain technology and cryptocurrency – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Stockholm. The event is a part of Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference, which is the first and the largest network of crypto conferences in Europe. Organizer is Smile-Expo that holds similar events in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Russia and Ukraine.
Visa Champions Cashless Payments at FIFA Confederations Cup
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Visa, the Official Payment Service Partner of FIFA, today announced that football fans attending the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 will have a front row seat to enhanced payment experiences at official FIFA stadiums.
