Non-cash Payments Overtook Cash Payments For The First Time
- 11 years 3 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
- 11 years 3 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.
Mobile Payments Company Square Starts Operation in Australia
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Mobile payments company Square is to open its fourth global hub in Melbourne, Australia, to drive sales of its Register tablet POS. The US-based company has hired former National Australia Bank and Visa executive Ben Pfisterer to head up the Australian division. At Visa, Pfisterer led the card scheme's innovation and emerging products unit. He says that Square is looking to tap in to the entrepreneurial spirit of Australia's small business...
Tullett Prebon Information Named Best Data Provider For Fifth Consecutive Year at Inside Market Data Awards
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Data Management
Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), a leading global provider of financial market data, has won Best Data Provider (Broker) at the Inside Market Data awards for the fifth year in a row. The Inside Market Data awards recognise excellence within the market data industry. The winners, voted for by data consumers within the global banking and financial services sectors, were announced at a ceremony held in New York on Wednesday, 20 May.
Three Million Social Housing Renters Leave Out On Online Deals
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Data
A new study from Experian, the global information services company, reveals that more than three million1 social housing tenants could be missing out on the most competitive online financial deals due to a lack of a credit history and also limited internet access.
Today’s “Information Generation” Refuses Brands That Don’t Provide Mobile Apps or Aren’t Secure and Transparent with Data
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Data Management
The youth (18-24 year olds) of the UK & Ireland’s Information Generation, have demonstrated exacting standards over their suppliers in retail, financial services and technology, media and entertainment sectors, research undertaken by Opinium reveals today.
Equiniti Appends To Expansive FinTech Offering With Brand New Innovation centre
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Infrastructure
Equiniti, a leading specialist in technology, finance and administrative services, today opened the doors to its brand new Fintech innovation centre in Cardiff’s newly developed ‘Capital Quarter’. The centre will serve as an exciting hub from which Equiniti will continue to develop its core offering of innovative FinTech solutions. These currently include multi-lingual platforms and device agnostic portals for employee share plans, online...
Willis Selected Gresham CTC Across Global Insurance Operations
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Data Management
Gresham Computing plc, a leading provider of transaction control solutions to international financial institutions and corporates, announced today that Willis, one of the world’s leading insurance brokers, has selected Gresham’s Clareti Transaction Control (CTC) solution for real-time matching and reconciliation of transaction data across its global business.
SIX Financial Information Receives Sixth Consecutive Corporate Actions Award
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Data Management
Zurich, Switzerland – SIX Financial Information wins Best Corporate Actions Data Provider for the sixth year in a row at this year’s Inside Reference Data and Inside Market Data Awards
PROFILE presenting its new offering for the sector at the Private Banking Conference & Awards: London 2015
- 11 years 3 months ago
PROFILE Software, an international financial solutions provider, announced today its participation in the Private Banking Conference & Awards 2015 taking place at Waldorf Astoria in London, on the 3rd of June. PROFILE is the Badge and Lanyard Sponsor and will provide a brief overview of its Wealth Management solutions to the event’s professional delegates.
Broadridge Acquires Fiduciary Services and Competitive Intelligence Business from Thomson Reuters
- 11 years 3 months ago
- M&A Deals
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) has signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) to acquire the Fiduciary Services and Competitive Intelligence unit from Thomson Reuters Lipper.
BlackLine Founder and CEO Aked Out to Speak at 2015 TechFire Ignite Summit
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Accounting
BlackLine CEO and Founder Therese Tucker will share her insights on how to grow and scale a successful technology business in Los Angeles, as part of two main-stage appearances during next week's 2015 TechFire Ignite Summit in Santa Monica, Calif.
NICE Declares Agreement to Sell its Intelligence Division to Elbit Systems
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Accounting
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) has entered into an agreement to sell its Intelligence division to Elbit Systems, for a total consideration of up to $157.9 million, subject to certain performance milestones and customary adjustments. NICE's Intelligence division offers solutions which provide law enforcement agencies, intelligence organizations and signal intelligence agencies with tools for generating intelligence from communications.
Royal Dutch Shell plc Announce Board Committee Changes
- 11 years 3 months ago
- People Moves
Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) announces the following changes to the membership of its Board Committees: AUDIT COMMITTEE
EDC Will Provide 500k Financing to DeeBee's SpecialTea Foods Ltd
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Accounting
Export Development Canada (EDC) announced today financing to DeeBee's SpecialTea Foods Ltd. (DeeBee's) to facilitate the expansion of their business in the U.S. DeeBee's is a small Victoria, British Columbia-based business that is creating a new, healthy alternative to frozen desserts. DeeBee's TeaPops are certified organic, herbal tea-based, fruit-packed, frozen treats with no refined sugars, artificial colouring or flavouring.
