Tagged: payments

June 25, 2023 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashfree Payments, India’s leading payments and API banking company, announced the launch of CVV-free card payments for partner businesses. CVV-free payments allow customers “to experience faster, smoother, and more convenient checkouts for saved(tokenized) cards on major networks such as Visa, Mastercard, and RuPay.” By eliminating… Read More

June 25, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a new study by IDC Financial Insights supported by Episode Six (E6), a global provider of enterprise-grade payment processing and digital ledger infrastructure, spending “on legacy paytech is rising rapidly and damaging the growth prospects of banks around the world.” Global financial institution… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay announced it has developed a Clik2pay plugin for WooCommerce, “enabling any business on the platform to quickly and easily enable Clik2pay for their online store.” WooCommerce users can now “offer their customers a direct-from-account payment option and begin accepting debit payments… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider, Token.io, announces the launch of its virtual settlement accounts, enabling payment providers to unlock the full potential of ‘Pay By Bank’ for ecommerce. Token.io’s new virtual accounts solution will “provide payment providers with real-time notification of settlement as they collect… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pine Labs’ Qwikcilver, a provider of end-to-end gift card and stored value solutions, has partnered with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates to enable seamless issuance of refund and compensation vouchers through Qwikcilver’s Asset Manager solution. This solution has been “integrated… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Currently, cross-border payments are a “hassle” for many small and mid-sized enterprises with international business partners, the team at German software firm SAP notes in a blog post. The team at @SAP is now testing cross-border payments for their customers with $USDC.https://t.co/QrMHHATsUb pic.twitter.com/mTHWbJde3a — Peter… Read More

June 22, 2023 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial software solutions provider, Aryza Group has announced their partnership with payments specialists Acquired.com to “deliver a sophisticated range of data driven collection and disbursement options for their lending division with plans to extend this into other parts of the group including debt recovery… Read More

June 22, 2023 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After obtaining the corresponding approval certificates from the EPC, CaixaBank and Iberpay announce that their respective payment technology platforms are ready “to imminently process, as of June 22, the first SEPA Request-to-Pay in Europe.” In parallel, CaixaBank, which has become the first bank in Europe… Read More

June 22, 2023 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oobit, a provider of cryptocurrency payment solutions, is pleased to announce its integration with Fireblocks, an easy-to-use platform “to create new blockchain-based products and manage day-to-day digital asset operations.” This collaboration marks “a significant milestone for both companies as they join forces ahead of Oobit’s… Read More

June 21, 2023 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Volt has raised a $60 million Series B funding round. The company said the backing was indicative of the confidence in the UK Fintech sector. The additional capital will be utilized to expand into new markets, including Asia Pacific and the Americas. At… Read More

June 21, 2023 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tracking and paying for mileage expenses can “create complex challenges for businesses,” according to an update from Payhawk. The process can “be time-consuming and riddled with errors, from manual tracking with logs and spreadsheets to inconsistent reporting,” the team at Payhawk notes in a blog… Read More

June 20, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is continuing its move into the volatile crypto sector. The payments giant has submitted a trademark application claiming plans for software for crypto and blockchain/DLT transactions, as well as interconnecting virtual asset service providers for crypto transfers. It appears as if Mastercard… Read More

June 19, 2023 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping destination, unveiled new tools enabling consumers to make more informed purchasing decisions and take action for the planet, “including a top-up donations feature and expanded CO₂e emissions tracking insights within the Home & Gardens and Jewelry… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, the global firm focused on cloud payments and financial messaging, today announced the general availability of Volante Embedded Preprocessing, its latest solution “to help banks validate, transform and route payments messages efficiently, while also delivering a better customer experience to drive business growth.”… Read More

June 17, 2023 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram International, Inc., a global financial technology company that connects the world’s communities, released the findings of a new consumer survey, which explores key trending factors and future growth drivers in the global payments industry, taking into account economic impact, digital adoption and demographic behaviors…. Read More

June 17, 2023 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One in every five global consumers surveyed in 2022 said they “fell victim to payments fraud in the last four years — 26.9% of whom are victims of Authorized Push Payment (APP) scams, which is the number one fraud threat globally” — according to the… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 7:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY), a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, is adding PayPal and Venmo to its suite of payment solutions, making them available to clients across REPAY’s verticals, including personal finance, auto finance, credit unions and mortgage. As noted in the update: “Our… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cross River Bank says it has surpassed 1 million real-time payments transactions and over $500 million in real-time payments volume in the month of May. Gilles Gade, CEO of Cross River, said the accomplishment represented their embrace of new technologies and delivering Fintech solutions to… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) and One Inc, Guidewire’s strategic payments partner, announced that the new Built by Guidewire One Inc integrations are now available to ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, and BillingCenter Cloud users in the Guidewire Marketplace. Built by Guidewire apps are standardized integration solutions, pre-built and managed… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, the global money app for fast, “safe” payments and bitcoin, announced the expansion of “Send Globally” to Mexico, “bringing its revolutionary payment service to the largest market for remittances from the U.S.” In 2022, Mexico received “a record of $60 billion in remittances from… Read More