Tochka Bank and Qiwi forge small busines partnership
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Banking
QIWI plc, announced that Tochka Bank (a small-business-focused arm of Otkritie Bank) and QIWI have agreed to partner in the small business sector.
Earthport Plc Expands into Nigeria to Enable Inbound Payments
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Earthport (AIM: EPO), the leading payment network for cross-border transactions, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Access Bank Plc, one of Africa's foremost financial institutions, to provide delivery of cross-border payment services into Nigeria. Access Bank Plc is one of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions and has a strong focus on servicing the Nigerian diaspora.
Eleven banks develop trade finance app on R3’s Corda DLT platform
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Eleven banks have passed a major milestone in the digitisation of documentary trade finance.
Entries now open for NTT DATA’s Open Innovation Contest 2018
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Data
NTT DATA is excited to announce that entries are now open for its 7th Open Innovation Contest. The competition invites startups from across the globe, in the fintech community and beyond, to submit ideas that overcome specific societal challenges.
Dash Partners with Bugcrowd
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Blockchain, Payments
Dash, the top payments-focused digital currency, has received approval from the Dash community to employ the services of Bugcrowd, the leader in crowdsourced security testing.
First Data and Fleetcor Ditch Gift Card JV Plan Over Regulatory Concerns
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Data
First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, and FLEETCOR Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a leading global provider of commercial payment solutions, today announced that they have terminated the joint venture agreement they entered in March 2017. That agreement would have combined the gift card businesses of both parties.
UAE's Rakbank implements cardless ATM transactions with Samsung Pay
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Banking
RAKBANK, one of the leading banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in partnership with Diebold Nixdorf, the leader in driving connected commerce, has launched Samsung Pay on their ATMs.
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Expands ATM Network with NCR
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today announced that Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the largest bank in the country, is expanding its ATM network with the addition of 200 new NCR SelfServ ATMs together with NCR APTRA Vision, a multi-vendor ATM management system that offers an accurate view of the banks entire self-service network in real time.
Global Payments to Acquire Active Network
- 8 years 6 months ago
- M&A Deals
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, announced today an agreement to acquire the communities and sports divisions of ACTIVE Network from Vista Equity Partners.
Gro Solutions Moves HQ to Midtown Atlanta
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Gro Solutions, a leading provider of digital growth solutions for banks and credit unions, announced it will relocate its headquarters from Johns Creek, Ga. to Midtown Atlanta’s Bank of America Plaza, the tallest building in the Southeastern United States, during the fourth quarter of 2017.
Alipay enters partnership with VTB to expand merchant network in Russia
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Alipay, the world's largest online and mobile payment platform and lifestyle super app operated by Ant Financial Services Group, today announced its partnership with VTB Group, one of Russia's leading banking groups. VTB Group has recently started merchant acquiring for Alipay payments service in its over-120,000-POS-device network, which now makes VTB Group the biggest partner of Alipay in Russia. It is expected that more than 1 million Chinese...
Icon Solutions begins functional testing with EBA Clearing’s RT1 platform
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Icon Solutions, a leading provider of technology solutions and instant payments consultancy, today announces the start of functional testing between the Instant Payments Framework (IPF) and RT1, EBA Clearing’s pan-European infrastructure solution for the processing of SEPA instant payments. Icon are amongst the first to initiate testing and start moving towards ensuring full compliance with the RT1 platform.
Commerzbank Processes First Live BPO Transaction in Austria
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Commerzbank has processed the first BPO transactions in Austria, covering the import of bus components from Germany and Italy.
EBA Consults on Fraud Reporting Requirements Under PSD2
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Compliance
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Guidelines on reporting requirements on statistical data on fraud under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
Dinosaur Merchant Bank Taps InvestCloud Digital Platform for Wealth Management
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Wealth Management
InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has been appointed by Dinosaur Merchant Bank Ltd. to provide the new digital platform for the Bank’s European and Latin American wealth management customers. The Bank will be using InvestCloud’s flagship client portal solution, Blue.
