Cardtronics, Inc. announced that in connection with its previously announced exclusive ATM operating agreement with Co-operative Food (“Co-op Food”) in the United Kingdom, the migration of the approximately 1,900 high-transacting ATMs will commence in late 2014 instead of in January 2016, as previously contemplated. The migration will continue over the course of 2015. Co-op Food
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. unveiled its new My BJ’s Perks MasterCard, a rewarding credit card program that greatly enhances Member benefits. The program provides richer features including savings of 10 cents off per gallon of BJ’s Gas every day, earnings up to 5% back on purchases in club and at BJs.com, 2% back on eating out
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions,announced the appointment of Alison Davis to its Board of Directors. Ms. Davis is a managing partner of Fifth Era, a firm that invests in and incubates early stage technology-enabled companies. Prior to Fifth Era, Ms. Davis was the managing partner of Belvedere Capital Partners,
IN a move to fight cyber crime and protect citizens from falling prey to cyber criminals, the government will next year table in Parliament three bills whose aim is to ensure protect electronic transactions and personal data information as well as ensure security. The Deputy Minister for Communication, Science and Technology, Mr January Makamba named
Tanzania is the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa and ninth globally for demonstrating most conducive environments for financial inclusion, according to the new Global Microscope 2014 by The Economist Intelligence Unit. The new study released this month shows the country has been outstanding in the region in financial inclusion and the regulatory framework has noted to
WorldRemit, a leader in the European ‘Fintech’ revolution, announces the launch of its award-winning online money transfer service in the United States. WorldRemit is known for its global reach of more than 110 receive countries and for offering innovative new ways of receiving transfers including Mobile Money and airtime top-ups, in addition to bank deposit
Spire Payments announced the acquisition of the EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) division of STS. One of the most well established and respected businesses of its type in the Middle East, STS provide POS payment devices and associated services to more than forty customers across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Lebanon, Egypt and Oman. The
TSYS announced a new licensing agreement with FICO, the predictive analytics and decision management software company. The agreement will deliver a revolutionary, analytics-powered marketing product for card issuers called TSYS Targeted MessagingSM powered by FICO. TSYS Targeted MessagingSM, designed to enhance cardholder communication, will include FICO Customer Dialogue Manager, a multi-channel marketing platform that enables
Retail bank experts from Wincor Nixdorf will discuss new solutions for branch transformation at a specialist conference in London early next month. Branch Transformation 2014 is an exclusive, invitation-only conference hosted by Retail Banking Research (RBR) for around 300 bank executives responsible for developing future branch formats and processes. The event, from December 2 to
Safaricom has announced the launch of M-Ledger, an Android based application that provides subscribers on the company’s network with a simple and easy to use financial journal to track and monitor their M-PESA transactions. Developed in partnership with a local start-up Dynamic Data Systems, the partnership is the first in an anticipated series of partnerships
