Tagged: digital payments

November 7, 2021 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech app Plentina, a Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) platform for consumers residing in the Philippines, has reportedly teamed up with Shopee. Residents of the Philippines are able to download the Plentina app and acquire loans for vouchers to buy products via the Shopee app. Plentina’s management noted… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Saudi British Bank (SABB) has announced the launch of its Instant Cross-Border Transfer Service for the United States Corridor via the blockchain payment tech powered by Ripple. The launch of this service was confirmed during the fifth edition of “The Future Investment Initiative Institute” led… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 3, 2021 (at 15:00 UTC), Stellar validators had reportedly voted to upgrade the network to Protocol 18, which adds Automated Market Maker (AMM) functionality to the Stellar protocol. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, this makes Stellar one of the earliest… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY), a provider of tech solutions and payment processing services mainly for the financial services sector, announced that it is teaming up with Early Warning Services, LLC, the network operator behind Zelle, in order to make faster payments “more… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an international provider of real-time virtual payment software and services, has teamed up with Affirm, the payment network that “empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth.” As mentioned in a release, U.S. merchants using ACI Secure eCommerce are now able to… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Omise, a Thailand-headquartered payments platform for businesses operating in Southeast Asia and Japan, revealed earlier this week that it has introduced its services in Malaysia as part of the firm’s expansion efforts across the region. Founded in 2013, Omise is a payments platform which offers… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Touch ‘n Go has teamed up with Visa (NYSE: V) in order to create a prepaid card solution that is tied to its digital wallet and is expected to be available to clients next year. Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd (TNGSB) was incorporated in October… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unified Payment Interface, the easier way to transfer money from one bank in India to another, requires people to successfully complete the process of UPI registration. In order to do this, consumers need to create a unique UPI ID on any mobile payments app, like… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-headquartered digital bank Monzo notes that you can view all your scheduled and recurring payments in a single place within the Payments tab of your Monzo app. The team at Monzo writes in a blog post: “We know that tracking your future payments and ensuring… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Payments Report from Capgemini has looked into the major trends, drivers, opportunities, and risks that are transforming the financial services sector. The report mainly focuses on the beginning of a new era, called ‘Payments 4.X’, an experience-driven environment that’s leading to greater industry… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and InComm Payments, a payments tech firm, has unveiled  a more convenient and effective way for clients to settle their bills or top-up prepaid accounts nationwide at over 4,700 Walmart locations in the US via VanillaDirect. Bringing this service to Walmart stores… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quadient (Euronext Paris: QDT), and Flywire Corporation (NASDAQ: FLYW)  announced a collaboration to automate and digitize B2B payments internationally. Through the partnership, Quadient’s Cloud-powered accounts receivable (AR) management and automation solution, YayPay by Quadient, will reportedly be extending Flywire’s virtual payment solutions to its B2B… Read More

October 26, 2021 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments and API banking solutions firm, Cashfree Payments reveals that it has introduced PAN (Permanent Account Number) Verification on Cashfree Payments Verification Suite. This new feature should enable merchants to perform a single online PAN verification or bulk pan verification of as many as 10,000… Read More

October 26, 2021 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Early Warning Services, LLC, the network operator behind Zelle, and Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), an international provider of payments and financial services tech, in partnership with financial institutions, “empower minority and underserved communities to access real-time payments through Zelle.” The two organizations are each providing… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VisionLabs, the facial recognition company, has announced the launch of its biometric payment hardware — the VisionLabs LUNA POS Terminal. The certified terminal is the first payment device to enable traditional credit card payments and biometric facial recognition payments. With six design and three utility… Read More

October 24, 2021 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transact Payments Limited, a provider of European BIN sponsorship and modular payment, debit, credit and prepaid services, reveals that it has experienced 380% growth in settlement volumes (EUR €) “from 2017/18 to 2020/21 across its expanding client base.” As mentioned in an update shared with… Read More

October 20, 2021 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay introduced its latest product capability at the Telecommunications Risk Management Association of Canada (TRMA Canada) Conference, which was held in Toronto. Building on the established Clik2pay service, which enables consumers to make secure payments directly via their banking accounts, this capability… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Previse announced on October 18, 2021 the integration of Mastercard Cross-Border Services – an international push payments platform that allows funds to be sent seamlessly, securely and with “certainty” to any account – into Previse’s InstantPay platform. The collaboration will “enable… Read More

October 18, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos Transact Core Banking will be supporting product innovation and greater scalability and overall efficiency for Pakistan’s virtual payments platform Easypaisa. Telenor Microfinance Bank, which is the operator of Pakistan’s digital payments platform Easypaisa, has officially gone live on Temenos’ Core banking platform with NdcTech… Read More

October 18, 2021 @ 7:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hashbon, a project that aims to transform the decentralized cryptocurrency payment industry for individual users and businesses, reveals that they have expanded to the Hashbon FiRe (Finance Reinvented) ecosystem and also introduced a cross-chain DEX (CDEX), called Hashbon Rocket. The team says that they plan… Read More