1.3 Million Social Housing Tenants Miss OutOon Savings
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Data
Over a quarter (28 per cent) of social housing tenants are missing out on huge savings by using cash to pay for bills, goods and services, rather than direct debit, according to research from Experian. For many low income families paying in cash, this ‘poverty premium’ has been calculated to amount to more than £1,280 a year – an amount that could be saved if they were paying bills by direct debit.
Taiwan Stock Exchange Enhances Stock Market and Increases Trading Efficiency for Connecting the International Market
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Trade Finance
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) launched the 'Market Uplift Plan' this past February to further a transparent, fair and efficient capital market and to enhance Taiwan's competitiveness in the global market. In the Market Uplift Plan, there are 15 measures made under 8 policies.
Moneris and Powa Technologies join forces to offer merchants next-generation sales solution
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Moneris Solutions Corporation (‘Moneris’), one of North America’s largest processors of debit and credit payments, announced today it will be entering into a relationship with Powa Technologies (‘Powa’) to be the preferred Canadian provider of PowaTag, a unique mobile solution that extends the world of online commerce to traditionally offline environments.
Paying Bills Should Be As Easy As Taking a Photo
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Virtusa, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, is meeting the rising demand for instant payment solutions amongst banking customers, with innovative apps such as its
London Wins Bid To Host Sibos 2019
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Banking
London's burgeoning reputation as the tech and financial capital of Europe is to be rewarded in 2019 when it will play host to the annual Swift international banking conference, Sibos, for the first time in the event's 37-year history.
Dwolla Joins Fed Fast Taskforce
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Retail Banking
In 2013, the Federal Reserve decided to step in and start a 40-year conversation in the making, asking the nation’s experts in payments, business, and banking their thoughts on what a faster payment system could look like. Even consumer groups and tech companies like Google got in the mix. Pretty much everyone agreed: a faster payment system is needed. Dwolla has had a unique role and voice in this movement. Since releasing FiSync in 2012 we’ve...
Northern Trust Chooses Cloudera For Enterprise Data Management
- 9 years 6 months ago
Northern Trust (NTRS), a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, and asset management, has launched an award-winning technology infrastructure initiative based on technology from Cloudera, the leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop(TM).
DTCC Issues Proposal to CPMI IOSCO for Global Data Harmonization
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Data
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, issued its recommendations on global data harmonization to the CPMI IOSCO Harmonization working group today, detailing a proposed path towards a global data harmonization, with credit derivatives identified as the first step. The approach involves harmonizing approximately 30 data fields across global...
ANZ Partners with CR2 to Accept UnionPay Bank Cards at its ATMs and Merchant Terminals
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments
CR2 is delighted to announce that it has successfully completed a project with ANZ to enable the acceptance of UnionPay cards through the ANZ ATM and merchant terminal POS networks. ANZ is a leading super-regional bank represented in the key markets of Australia and New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific with more than 5 million customers and assets of over AUD$247 billion. UnionPay is the world’s fastest growing global payment network, operating in...
OpenDNS Accelerates Global Expansion with New EMEA Headquarters in the United Kingdom
- 9 years 6 months ago
OpenDNS, a leading provider of cloud-delivered network security, today announced that it has established its first Europe, The Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in London, accelerating its global expansion efforts. The US-based company will leverage its growing international presence to help companies in the region prevent their employees from reaching out to malicious sites and block incoming advanced threats that can infect their...
Chip & PIN Solutions selects TNS’ GWA
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Chip & PIN Solutions, a leading UK based terminal provider with over 10 years’ experience within the payment industry, has chosen TNS’ Global Wireless Access (GWA) Roaming SIM and MIS solutions to boost its future growth. The company, established in 2004, supplies thousands of mobile card payment terminals to a broad range of businesses, from sole traders to blue chip companies, with an impressive existing customer base including Virgin...
Calastone Underlines its Commitment to Providing Global Market Coverage With Signing of Danish life and AP Pension
- 9 years 6 months ago
Recognising the exponential increase in the automation of transactions within the global funds industry, Denmark-based AP Pension has selected Calastone, the global funds transaction network,to provide its order routing services to underpin its administration platform for cross-border trading. AP Pension administers approximately DKK 100bn of institutional assets from around 2,000 corporate pension schemes across UCITS funds, separate accounts,...
Ingenico Payment Services joins Demandware LINK Partner Programme
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346-ING), global leader in seamless payment, announced today that Ingenico Payment Services has become a Demandware LINK Partner to enable simple integration between its international payment platform and the Demandware Commerce Cloud. This partnership will give Demandware online merchants access to Ingenico’s end-to-end solution which includes a secure multi-channel payments solution offering a wide range of...
Saxo Payments Signs Contract With Tuxedo Money
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Transaction Banking
Today, global transactions services provider, Saxo Payments is announcing a major contract win, with Tuxedo Money Solutions.
Printec Partners with INETCO to Deliver Transaction “Big Data” And On-demand Banking Analytics
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Transaction Banking
The leading provider of transaction automation solutions in Central and Eastern Europe, and INETCO® Systems Limited, a leading provider of real-time transaction monitoringand banking analytics software solutions, have teamed to help financial organizations in the region gain on-demand access to rich customer transaction data through the
