Allpay Storms Prepaid Awards
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Payments innovator allpay has cemented its position as one of the UK’s leading prepaid specialists after scooping awards for programme management and card design at this year’s Prepaid365 industry awards.
Google Buy Button Announcement - viewpoint from Skrill
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
“The Google buy button and Android M announcements are the latest in a long line of innovations that aim to disrupt the payments market. With the likes of Facebook and Twitter trialling direct payment options and Google adding a buy button to its search results, consumers can soon expect to make online purchases with just a single click.
PayPal's Braintree Will Support Android Pay Merchant Integration
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
At Braintree, we’re expanding our open platform to enable the future of mobile commerce.
SimplyTapp, PromptNow and TIS Cooperate to push HCE mobile payments to Asia Pacific banks
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
SimplyTapp, PromptNow and TIS have created the Asian Payments Cloud initiative to bring the first end-to-end, cloud-based payments solution to the banking and financial services community in the APAC region.
Contactless Transactions Rose By More Than 49%
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Brits have gone contactless crazy according to data from Worldpay, which today revealed that it has processed over £2 billion of contactless payments since January 2012. This surge is even more incredible as it was only in October 2014 that the company reached the £1 billion milestone.
RosEvroBank, Russia in partnership with BPC Processing launches new service for visually impaired people
- 9 years 10 months ago
- ATMs
RosEvroBank, Russia partnering with BPC Processing (BPC Banking Technologies division) and “Intrade” company being strongly committed to bring convenient and user-friendly products and services. Collaboratively companies have developed and installed new ATM supporting visually impaired people. The first in line terminal is located at one of the All Russia Association of the Blind enterprise.
Canadian Uni Installs Bitcoin ATMs For Future of Fintech
- 9 years 10 months ago
- ATMs
A Canadian university is installing bitcoin ATMs across campus, and will accept the digital currency for the purchase of text books, in an effort to stimulate discussion about the future of money and innovation in financial services.
Five FinTech start-ups make it to the Payments Dragons' Den final at PayExpo 2015
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Five exciting new payment start-ups have reached the final for the 2015 Dragons' Den contest at PayExpo. The highly anticipated competition, which received record entries this year, is the ideal platform for emerging companies looking to present their innovative ideas and game-changing payments technologies to a global market. The 2015 Payments Dragons' Den finalists are: xWare42 - a software developer whose core product, xPay, allows banks to... more
Two Million Danes Unite The Next Wave In Mobile Payments As Danske Bank’s MobilePay Teams Up With PowaTag
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Denmark is leading the way to a cashless society by planning to scrap obligatory cash payments – and now two out of three smartphone users will be able to enjoy an entirely new way to shop as Danske Bank’s market leading MobilePay app introduces the transformative “buy anywhere” capabilities of acclaimed mobile commerce platform PowaTag.
Visa Europe Provides Novation Hub In Israel
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Fresh from the launch of Visa Europe Collab in London earlier this month, the card scheme has exported the idea to Israel with the opening of an innovation hub in Tel Aviv.
‘Just Eat Effect’ has Brits Purchasing More Meals Online Than Ever Before
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
The popularity of online food delivery services such as ‘Just Eat’ has Brits turning off their ovens and turning on their internet browsers in record numbers. According to Worldpay, takeaway only businesses have also seen online sales leap by 22% in the past year, as ordering online becomes the default option for hungry Brits.
Mobey Forum Provides ‘Snapshot of NFC Mobile Payments’ for Banks
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Latest comparison paper depicts an NFC ‘moment in time’, contrasting Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, HCE, Google Wallet and SIM-based mobile payment deployment options
Swift Institute Research Indicates Benefits of Outsourcing by Mutual Funds
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
The SWIFT Institute announces the availability of new research that for the first time investigates the consequences of outsourcing different types of services by mutual funds in Europe.
Non-cash Payments Overtook Cash Payments For The First Time
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Dave Hobday, MD of Worldpay UK, said: “We know that 10% of Brits don’t carry any cash on them, so if you’re only taking cash payments, that’s one in 10 potential customers who will never consider shopping with you. “When all the recent talk is around technology making payments fast, secure and convenient, notes and coins increasingly seem like something our children will laugh about in the future.
Postbank tests HCE mobile payments
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Germany's Postbank is to run an internal pilot of an NFC mobile payments app operating in a Host Card Emulation environment. Postbank employees participating in the project will be able to use their Android smartphones at the checkout to make contactless payments with a tap of their phone at the cash register. The technology, supplied by Worldline, includes the use of digital tokens and one-time keys to protect customer card data.
