Western Union Celebrates its 20th Anniversary in Africa

Western Union Company , a leader in global payment services, celebrated its 20th anniversary in Africa. With over 34,000 locations and connections to millions of bank accounts and mobile wallets in more than 50 countries and territories, across Africa, the Western Union network serves millions of senders and receivers with a choice of 120 currencies.

TSYS and Acquirer Systems Launch ASTREX to Simplify EMV Certification Process

TSYS and Acquirer Systems announced the launch of ASTREX, a new testing solution that simplifies the EMV certification process for both Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and Integrated Software Vendors (ISVs). Developers can now use a streamlined approach to integrate with TSYS’ current testing environment, where ASTREX provides a robust card brand simulation tool with real-time results.

Bitnet and Zooz Enable Merchants to Accept Bitcoin

Zooz announces their strategic partnership with Bitnet, an enterprise Bitcoin payments processor, that will enable merchants to accept Bitcoin as a payment method on the Zooz payment platform. Bitcoin is a digital currency that allows merchants to accept payment from anyone anywhere in the world at low cost and with no chargeback risk. Its reach,

Heartland Introduces Heartland Out-of-Scope Solution for pcAmerica’s POS Merchants

Heartland Payment Systems, one of the nation’s largest payment processors and provider of integrated products and services to the retail and restaurant industries, announced its secure point-of-sale (POS) software solutions, featuring out-of-scope capacity, data security protection and a comprehensive breach warranty, are now available to pcAmerica customers. Heartland and pcAmerica will feature pcAmerica Cash Register

Western Union Activates Money Transfers into Greece

The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, announced the activation of international remittances into Greece, allowing customers to receive cash payouts in minutes* at select walk-in retail Agent locations from almost anywhere around the world. International and domestic Western Union Money Transfer transactions are available for payout at up to 2701 out

Citibank India and MasterCard launch Citi MasterPass – The First Global Wallet in India

Citibank India and MasterCard announced the launch of Citi MasterPass, the first global digital wallet in India, making Citibank debit and credit card customers the first in the country to be able to shop at more than 250,000 e-commerce merchants, located in India and worldwide, with a safe, simple and quick online payment experience. Citi

Precise BioMatch Mobile Integrated in Chinese Smartphone

Precise Biometrics’ product for fingerprint recognition in mobile devices, Precise BioMatch Mobile, has through cooperation with Fingerprint Cards (FPC) been integrated in a smartphone from an additional Chinese manufacturer. The i ntegration will generate license revenue starting from the third quarter 2015. The value of license revenue is based on the number of sensors FPC

MasterCard Extends Partnership with Samsung to Deliver Samsung Pay in Europe

MasterCard and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd announced they are extending their global partnership leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) to deliver Samsung Pay in Europe. Samsung Pay is a mobile payment service that will enable consumers to use their Samsung flagship mobile devices to make every day in-store purchases at contactless and magnetic stripe

Digital River World Payments Selected to Provide Global Payment Services for Tenfu Tenmax

Digital River, Inc., a leading global provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions, announced that it signed a global payments agreement with Tenfu Tenmax, a China-based, direct marketing company. Tenmax is using the Digital River World Payments solution to support its rapid global expansion plans and offer localized payments across Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United

TD Bank and MasterCard Partner to Drive Innovative Payment Solutions

TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, announced an agreement with global payments technology company MasterCard to route debit and prepaid card transactions over MasterCard’s Maestro network. Through the agreement, MasterCard will process TD Bank’s debit card and prepaid card PIN transactions. This initiative extends MasterCard’s worldwide presence and breadth of services to TD Bank customers