Payments

Bitcoin Group Discusses ‘Safe and Sane’ Regulations with Feds (Aug. 27, 2013)

Bitcoin Group Discusses ‘Safe and Sane’ Regulations with Feds (Aug. 27, 2013)

Aug. 27, 2013 Bitcoin Foundation, an advocacy group whose stated objectives include Bitcoin standardization, promotion and protection from counterfeiters and thieves, met yesterday with several federal agencies to provide information about the decentralized virtual currency. “The meeting was educational in nature,” says Jinyoung Englund, spokesperson for Bitcoin Foundation and director of communications and marketing at […]

Nigerian Prepaid Card Aims to Reduce Unclaimed Dividends (Aug. 27, 2013)

Nigerian Prepaid Card Aims to Reduce Unclaimed Dividends (Aug. 27, 2013)

Aug. 27, 2013 A new prepaid card in Nigeria enables shareholders to receive dividend payments directly onto the card. The First Dividend Plus Prepaid Card is being billed as a “revolutionary product” by Verve International, the payment card provider that is releasing the card in partnership with stock registrar service First Registrars Nigeria. The card […]

TSYS Inks Deal with Discover to Process In-Store PayPal Transactions (Aug. 26, 2013)

TSYS Inks Deal with Discover to Process In-Store PayPal Transactions (Aug. 26, 2013)

Aug. 26, 2013 Another element of PayPal Inc.’s in-store payments strategy fell into place today with the announcement that TSYS has inked an agreement with Discover Network to process PayPal transactions at U.S. brick-and-mortar locations as part of the PayPal in-store payment acceptance partnership announced last year with Discover. TSYS’s involvement will provide an expanded […]

Shell Canada Taps StoreFinancial for Gift Card Program (Aug. 26, 2013)

Shell Canada Taps StoreFinancial for Gift Card Program (Aug. 26, 2013)

Aug. 26, 2013 Shell Canada has launched a gift card program with StoreFinancial, which is providing processing and program management services. StoreFinancial is providing Shell with a restricted authorization network (RAN) card, along with its RASER card activation technology, which enables client retailers to sell and activate gift cards without a third-party distributor, regardless of […]

Report: Canada’s Employers Embrace Corporate Incentives (Aug. 26, 2013)

Report: Canada’s Employers Embrace Corporate Incentives (Aug. 26, 2013)

Aug. 26, 2013 A growing number of Canadian companies are using corporate incentive programs to motivate and reward employees and customers—and to greater effect, according to a recent report by Berkeley Payment Solutions, a Toronto-based provider of MasterCard and Visa prepaid card programs for corporations, governments and financial institutions. Slightly more than three-quarters of respondents […]

Vodafone Expands Availability of M-Pesa (Aug. 26, 2013)

Vodafone Expands Availability of M-Pesa (Aug. 26, 2013)

Aug. 26, 2013 Vodafone continues to expand availability of M-Pesa throughout India as it readies the launch of the money service in at least two other countries by the end of this year. As an expansion of its partnership with ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, M-Pesa is now available to consumers in Delhi, […]

Diverse Reactions on Interchange Appeal; Judge Requests Briefs on Possible Interim Rule (Aug. 22, 2013)

Diverse Reactions on Interchange Appeal; Judge Requests Briefs on Possible Interim Rule (Aug. 22, 2013)

Aug. 22, 2013 Financial industry groups are applauding yesterday’s announcement by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors that it will appeal a court ruling invalidating the agency’s debit interchange and network routing rules. Though the Fed’s rules setting debit interchange fee limits under the Durbin Amendment are “far from perfect,” the court’s July 31 decision […]

PayPal Inks Deals with MICROS, Mercury Payment Systems (Aug. 22, 2013)

PayPal Inks Deals with MICROS, Mercury Payment Systems (Aug. 22, 2013)

Aug. 22, 2013 MICROS Systems Inc. and PayPal Inc. this week announced a strategic global collaboration that will pave the way for thousands of restaurants and other hospitality industry businesses using MICROS’s payment platforms to add PayPal as a POS and mobile app payment option. MICROS, used in more than half a million businesses around the […]

Prepaid Card Facilitates Exchange of Traditional Currency to Bitcoins (Aug. 22, 2013)

Prepaid Card Facilitates Exchange of Traditional Currency to Bitcoins (Aug. 22, 2013)

Aug. 22, 2013 Bitcoin Ventures Inc. is aiming to make it easier for consumers to obtain and make transactions with Bitcoin virtual currency. The Calgary, Alberta-based software development company and provider of Bitcoin e-commerce solutions has announced CoinTap, a prepaid card the company says streamlines “an otherwise tricky and time-consuming process” of exchanging traditional currency […]

GiftCard.com Launches Affiliate Program for Online Publishers (Aug. 22, 2013)

GiftCard.com Launches Affiliate Program for Online Publishers (Aug. 22, 2013)

Aug. 22, 2013 Online gift card provider GiftCard.com has announced a new affiliate program that will enable online publishers and bloggers to earn revenue for referrals to the company’s gift and incentive card Websites. Affiliate e-publishers and bloggers will have access to banner graphics and text links for both GiftCard.com and IncentiveCardLab.com to help direct […]

MCX Picks FIS to Develop M-Commerce Platform (August 2013)

MCX Picks FIS to Develop M-Commerce Platform (August 2013)

July 11, 2013 Another major piece of MCX’s jigsaw puzzle fell into place today with the announcement that payments technology provider FIS will provide the payments processing platform, including transaction routing and settlement, for the retail consortium’s evolving mobile commerce system. Jacksonville, Fla.-based FIS will execute mobile payments at participating retailer outlets in combination with […]

Isis Tightens Mobile Wallet Race with Serve Integration, Chase Commitment (August 2013)

Isis Tightens Mobile Wallet Race with Serve Integration, Chase Commitment (August 2013)

By Kate Fitzgerald, Emerging Payments Editor  Isis, the mobile wallet system backed by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile, Verizon and three major card networks, is gathering steam as it nears its national rollout, with a new co-branding effort with American Express Co.’s Serve payments platform providing the latest push forward. Amex earlier this month announced plans to […]

Q&A with David Hunter, Ukash

Q&A with David Hunter, Ukash

Ukash recently has undertaken a slate of major new initiatives, expanding its Paybefore Award-winning platform to offer a full spectrum of services to cash-preferred consumers.

Breaking News: Fed to Appeal Interchange Ruling (Aug. 21, 2013)

Breaking News: Fed to Appeal Interchange Ruling (Aug. 21, 2013)

Aug. 21, 2013 Certainty on debit interchange and network routing regulation isn’t likely any time soon. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has decided to appeal a judge’s ruling requiring the agency to rewrite those rules. During a hearing today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the Fed’s lead attorney, Scott Alvarez, said the […]

Groupon Gets Physical, Adding Traditional POS to Merchant Offering (Aug. 20, 2013)

Groupon Gets Physical, Adding Traditional POS to Merchant Offering (Aug. 20, 2013)

Aug. 20, 2013 Groupon bucked the mPOS system from the outset with its unique merchant pricing strategy, and its latest move to embrace traditional payment terminals seems equally novel as mainstream acquirers like Chase Paymentech are now getting into dongles. Groupon last week said it will add traditional credit card terminals to its merchant payments […]

MasterPass Adds 16 Australian Payment Providers (Aug. 20, 2013)

MasterPass Adds 16 Australian Payment Providers (Aug. 20, 2013)

Aug. 20, 2013 Sixteen Australian payment service providers have added MasterCard’s MasterPass as a payment option for their electronic merchant clients. Announced at the Online Retailers and E-Commerce Expo in Sydney, the agreements brings MasterPass to thousands of online merchants, who will add a MasterPass button to their online checkout, enabling shoppers to make purchases […]

M-Payment Platform Targets Colombia’s Unbanked Mobile Users (Aug. 20, 2013)

M-Payment Platform Targets Colombia’s Unbanked Mobile Users (Aug. 20, 2013)

Aug. 20, 2013 A mobile payments network aims to bring financial services to Colombia’s unbanked consumers and move the country’s economy away from cash. The Miami-based network, known as YellowPepper, thus far has signed up 12 Colombian banks for its system, which includes a virtual payment card, P2P and mPOS capability, according to a report […]

Payteller, IntelliVoice Sign Deal Expanding Prepaid Products at Self-Serve Kiosks (Aug. 20, 2013)

Payteller, IntelliVoice Sign Deal Expanding Prepaid Products at Self-Serve Kiosks (Aug. 20, 2013)

Aug. 20, 2013 IntelliVoice Networks Inc., a provider of prepaid phone services, is broadening its array of offerings through a deal with Payteller LLC, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based provider of self-service kiosks offering financial services. Payteller will install its kiosks in high-traffic retail locations throughout the Midwest and in Texas, according to an announcement. Payteller […]

Equity Firm Shells out EUR600 million for Majority Stake in Skrill (Aug. 19, 2013)

Equity Firm Shells out EUR600 million for Majority Stake in Skrill (Aug. 19, 2013)

Aug. 19, 2013 One of Europe’s largest private equity firms has acquired a controlling stake in U.K.-based online payment system Skrill. Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners doled out EUR 600 million (US$801 million) to nab a 75 percent stake in Skrill from Bahrain-based Investcorp. Founded in 2001 as Moneybookers, Skrill is among the world’s […]

Enacomm: Predicting Customer Behavior Is Key to Cutting Churn, Costs (Aug. 19, 2013)

Enacomm: Predicting Customer Behavior Is Key to Cutting Churn, Costs (Aug. 19, 2013)

Aug. 19, 2013 Customer relationship management (CRM) tools, which previously came with multimillion-dollar implementation costs, are becoming more affordable for companies of all sizes because of software-as-a-service (SAAS) models, according to Enacomm Inc., which last week unveiled 4Cast. The CRM application, which is now available as an SAAS release, analyzes past and current user data […]

VeriFone Launches Mobile Payment App with 7,000 NYC Taxis (Aug. 19, 2013)

VeriFone Launches Mobile Payment App with 7,000 NYC Taxis (Aug. 19, 2013)

Aug. 19, 2013 The taxicab industry is serving as a laboratory for  new mobile payment technologies, with VeriFone Systems Inc.’s new cloud-based Way2ride app the latest example. VeriFone this month in New York City is launching a mobile app in 7,000 cabs enabling riders to tap to pay using any iOS or Android smartphone. Users […]

Online Payment Provider Stripe Enters U.K. (Aug. 19, 2013)

Online Payment Provider Stripe Enters U.K. (Aug. 19, 2013)

Aug. 19, 2013 San Francisco-based online payment startup Stripe has expanded its services to the U.K. The company’s platform enables merchants to accept network branded payment cards online by integrating a few lines of code on their Websites. Already active in the U.S. and Canada, Stripe’s client list includes Foursquare and Redditt. The company has […]

Facebook to Make its First M-Commerce Move (Aug. 15, 2013)

Facebook to Make its First M-Commerce Move (Aug. 15, 2013)

Aug. 15, 2013 Is Facebook ready to take another stab at payments—this time using mobile apps? The social media giant reportedly is about to test a new mobile payments feature that would enable users who have stored credit card information with Facebook to make purchases directly from e-commerce mobile apps using only Facebook login credentials. The […]

Blackhawk Brings Insurance Card to Canadian Safeway Locations (Aug. 15, 2013)

Blackhawk Brings Insurance Card to Canadian Safeway Locations (Aug. 15, 2013)

Aug. 15, 2013 Blackhawk Network has released a new line of travel insurance cards that will enable customers to purchase coverage with cash at Canadian Safeway grocery locations. Known as SmartAssure, the cards are being launched in partnership with issuer Jones Deslauriers Blevins Insurance Group, one of Canada’s largest insurance brokerages. Available in multiple denominations […]

EC Gives OK to Spanish Mobile Commerce Venture (Aug. 15, 2013)

EC Gives OK to Spanish Mobile Commerce Venture (Aug. 15, 2013)

Aug. 15, 2013 A mobile commerce partnership between Spanish telecom provider Telefónica and two Spanish banks has been given the green light by the European Commission (EC), paving the way forward for what the companies are calling Europe’s first full joint venture between financial institutions and telecom operators. In its ruling, the EC said there […]

Heartland Launches Mobile App for School Tuition, Fees (Aug. 15, 2013)

Heartland Launches Mobile App for School Tuition, Fees (Aug. 15, 2013)

Aug. 15, 2013 A new mobile app from Heartland School Solutions, a division of Princeton, N.J.-based merchant processor Heartland Payment Systems, aims to make it easier for parents to manage their children’s school related expenses, such as meals, tuition, lab fees and sporting events. The app, launched this week for Apple iOS and Android smartphones […]

Blog: For Mainstream Adoption, Mobile Payments Require Consumer Trust—and a Compelling Experience (August 2013)

Blog: For Mainstream Adoption, Mobile Payments Require Consumer Trust—and a Compelling Experience (August 2013)

By Ginger Schmeltzer, Fiserv In July, The Clearing House announced that it would pilot an “industry-wide dynamic credentialing solution” to improve the safety and soundness of digital payments. According to the announcement, The Clearing House is partnering with its member institutions to create a “secure cloud” that protects mobile payments at the point of sale […]

Blog: How to Think Like a Startup (Part 1) (August 2013)

Blog: How to Think Like a Startup (Part 1) (August 2013)

By Joe DeSetto, Emerging Payments Blogger The payments startup culture, as it currently exists, is now mature enough that established firms in even highly regulated, slower moving industries can learn a thing or two from how these smaller, faster, younger tech companies think. While size, scope, market, finances and level of success varies widely upon […]

MasterCard, Travelex Launch Five-Currency Prepaid Card for U.S. Travelers (Aug. 14, 2013)

MasterCard, Travelex Launch Five-Currency Prepaid Card for U.S. Travelers (Aug. 14, 2013)

Aug. 14, 2013 Travelex has teamed up again with MasterCard and its subsidiary Access Prepaid for what the companies say is the first-ever multicurrency prepaid travel card specifically developed for U.S. travelers. The Multi-Currency Cash Passport Prepaid MasterCard, equipped for both magnetic-stripe and EMV chip transactions, enables customers to preload funds in five currencies simultaneously, […]

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