Looking To The Future Of Innovation, Partnerships, & Adaptability: A Chat From Ant Group CEO Eric Jing At HK FinTech Week

• 1 year 5 months ago
• FinTech StartUps

Tokenization is a major focus of Hong Kong FinTech Week this year, as banks and technology companies presented various use cases of tokenization as a next wave of fintech innovations. On Monday, Eric Jing, Chairman & CEO of Ant Group and Howard Lee, Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority discussed this new technology, as well as artificial intelligence and digital transformation, in a fireside chat at Hong Kong Fintech...

Tribe Payments Partners With PhotonPay For Issuer Processing

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Payments

Tribe Payments, the pioneering digital payments and infrastructure orchestrator that specialises in issuer and acquirer processing, has been selected by global payment and digital financial infrastructure platform, 

Tap To Pay On iPhone Now Available To Customers In Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Romania, And Czech Republic With SumUp

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Payments

Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available for SumUp customers in Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic and Romania. Using Tap to Pay on iPhone, SumUp merchants can now seamlessly accept contactless payments, including credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and other digital wallets, using only an iPhone and the free SumUp iOS app, with no additional hardware needed. 

myPOS Introduces Tap To Pay On iPhone For Business Owners In Austria

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Payments

myPOS, a UK-based fintech company, announces the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone for merchants in Austria. The solution is available through the myPOS Glass app and allows businesses to accept contactless payments directly on their iPhone – no additional hardware needed. Merchants will be able to accept all kinds of contactless payments – contactless debit and credit cards, as well as Apple Pay and other digital wallets.

Travelex Undertakes Major UAE Expansion

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Banking

Travelex, a market-leading foreign exchange brand, has undertaken a major expansion in the UAE with the launch of 13 new stores across Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports.

PayPoint Unveils New Partnership With Leeds Credit Union

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Payments

PayPoint are proud to announce a new partnership with Leeds Credit Union (‘LCU’), a financial cooperative with 37,000 members, enabling them access to its CashOut service, effective immediately.

Ekko And Market Harborough Building Society Partner To Introduce Planetsaver

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Infrastructure

Through the PlanetSaver account, savers receive both a competitive interest rate on their savings, whilst also contributing 0.45% in interest to ekko’s handpicked list of environmental projects. It is hoped that within six months the total contribution made will reach £450,000.

ClearBank And Visa Announce Intention To Partner For Issuance And Money Movement Solutions

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Infrastructure

ClearBank, an enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, and Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today announced their intention to collaborate for Issuance and Money Movement solutions, enabling clients to process both local and cross-border transactions.  

Mutual Trust Bank PLC Taps Compass Plus Technologies to Enhance E-Commerce Payment Experiences

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Payments

Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB), one of the top-performing banks in Bangladesh, has successfully migrated its e-commerce acquiring services to a state-of-the-art payment gateway from Compass Plus Technologies. Driven by a commitment to enhance customer and merchant experiences, MTB embarked on a strategic journey to adopt a mobile-first payment gateway with the flexibility to quickly adapt to consumer preferences.

Adyen Goes Live With Tap To Pay On iPhone In Additional European Markets

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Payments

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has officially enabled Tap to Pay on iPhone in five new regions: Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland and Romania. The functionality allows businesses, such as Fresha, the world's #1 booking platform, marketplace and payments system for beauty and wellness, to use an iPhone to accept contactless payments, without the need to purchase or manage additional...

Banks and Dragons Rally Behind Safe Spending for All Campaign

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Security

Sibstar, the UK’s leading debit card and app for people living with dementia, today launched ‘Safe Spending for All’, a campaign calling on banks and governments to work closer together to ensure safer spending for financially vulnerable people. 

Bitget Appoints Former Goldman Sachs Executive Min Lin as Chief Business Officer

• 1 year 5 months ago
• People Moves

Marqeta Survey: Customer Loyalty Shifts as UK Consumers Embrace a New Era of Hyper-Personalized Credit Options

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Personal Finance

Consumers are increasingly seeking more personalised benefits from their credit card providers, such as rewards and loyalty points, according to a new survey published today by Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform that enables embedded finance solutions for the world’s innovators.

Viva.com Enables Tap to Pay on iPhone in New European Markets

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Payments

Following successful launches in the UK, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Germany, Viva.com, Europe’s first acquirer powering payments on any device in 24 markets, enables Tap to Pay on iPhone in Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Sweden, and Romania. This is the next wave of European markets to benefit from this easy, secure, and private contactless payment solution.

Moniepoint Secures $110 Million Investment to Scale Digital Payments and Banking Solutions

• 1 year 5 months ago
• Fundraising News

Moniepoint Inc. (“the Company” or “Moniepoint”), Africa’s fastest-growing fintech, announces it has successfully raised US$110 million in equity financing, to power the dreams of millions of businesses and their customers across Africa and the diaspora.