WorldRemit Collaborate with Wafacash for Money Transfers to Morocco
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Money Transfers
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has partnered with leading Moroccan financial company Wafacash to further support the growing demand for instant remittances and the immediate access of funds in the country. WorldRemit customers can now send overseas money transfers to be collected in one of the 1620 Wafacash cash pick up locations all over the country, including Marrakesh, Tanger, Tetouan, Salé, Fes, Agadir, Meknes, Oujda, Kenitra,... more
BBVA Unveils New Blockchain-Based Transfer System to Simplify Overseas Payments and Reduce Transaction Fees
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Blockchain, Money Transfers
Banco Bilbao Baningo Vazcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA), second largest multinational Spanish Banking group, has announced execution of its first cross-border payments, based on the blockchain-supported fund transfer system. By virtue of the new technological advancement, designed by Ripple, San Francisco firm, BBVA managed to transfer about 50-euto dominated payments from Spain to Mexico within a few seconds. Usually, conventional transactions... more
Token announces $15.7 million in Series A funding
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Token, Inc., a turnkey open banking platform provider that enables banks to generate revenue from PSD2, today announced $15.7 million in Series A funding from major investors including Octopus Ventures, EQT Ventures and OP Financial Group.
Dovetail and IBM Sign Watson Partnership
Dovetail, the provider of best-in-class payments and liquidity management solutions, today announced a global strategic partnership with IBM to offer Dovetail payment solutions in combination with IBM’s Watson Financial Services products.
UK Online Card Spending Increased by a Quarter
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Internet spending has jumped by more than a quarter in the last two years, a new report analysing how the UK uses payment cards online reveals. Card spending on the internet totalled £154 billion in the UK in 2016, averaging £422 million a day, figures from The UK Cards Association show. This is a rise of 28 per cent since 2014, when online spending amounted to £120 billion. Analysis finds one in four card purchases online is on entertainment,... more
UBS Twint Mobile Payments App Becomes Available
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Payments
UBS Twint is now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The free app is ideal for everybody with a UBS account or a Swiss credit card of any kind: Twint payments are debited directly to your bank account or credit card.
Visa Profits Jump in Q2
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Credit Cards
Today Visa Inc. announced financial results for the Company’s fiscal second quarter 2017, ended March 31, 2017. Fiscal Second Quarter 2017 Key Highlights:
Sionic Mobile Hires Nat Milburn to Manage Chase Contract
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Sionic Mobile, provider of the fast-growing Mobile Rewards Marketplace and ION Commerce Engine™ (ICE) mobile loyalty and payments platform, has named Nat Milburn as managing director of Enterprise Development.
Suncoast CU to Reveal BIG's SetIt Credit Card Management Tool
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Today best Innovation Group (BIG), a credit union innovation catalyst with 20 years of payments experience, announced that Suncoast Credit Union has signed to offer SetIt Credit — a card management tool designed to improve cardholder experience in an easy-to-use, secure platform.
Dovetail Finalizes Instant Payment Tests With Intesa Sanpaolo and EBA Clearing
Dovetail, the provider of best-in-class payments and liquidity management solutions, has today announced the successful completion of business level flow testing with the EBA Clearing pan-European instant payment infrastructure platform.
Icon Connects Instant Payment Framework to The Clearing House
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Consultancy
Today Icon Solutions, a leading provider of technology solutions and real-time payments consultancy has just reported the enhancement of its Instant Payments Framework (IPF) product to support connectivity to The Clearing House (TCH), accelerating US banks’ access to real-time payments.
Mastercard Reveals Next Generation Biometric Card
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Security, Authentication Technology
Mastercard today unveiled the next generation biometric card, combining chip technology with fingerprints to conveniently and safely verify the cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. South Africa is the first market to test the evolved technology, with two separate trials recently concluded with Pick n Pay, a leading supermarket retailer, and Absa Bank, a subsidiary of Barclays Africa.
Verifi Unveils Chargeback Mitigation Platform
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Risk Management
Verifi, Inc., a major provider of payment and risk management solutions for card-not-present (CNP) merchants, today announced the formal launch of Order Insight, an advanced collaboration platform that dramatically improves efficiency across all parties in the payments ecosystem.
TD MySpend App Reaches One Million Users
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Cash management, e-Payments
Since launching last April, close to 1,000,000 Canadians have signed up for TD MySpend, a mobile money management app that makes it easier to track spending habits and gain greater control over personal and family finances. The app features instant notifications, spending insights and category tracking to give users greater insights into their spending.
Mizuho Cooperates With Metaps To Develop New Digital Wallet App
- 7 years 7 months ago
- E-Wallets, Infrastructure
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Metaps Inc., and WiL LLC signed an agreement for capital participation and business cooperation for the purpose of providing a new settlement service using FinTech.
