BitPay and PayPal Announce Bitcoin Integration

BitPay, the global leader in bitcoin payment acceptance, announces a relationship with PayPal to further expand the adoption of bitcoin. The first joint project is an integration with PayPal’s Payments Hub, which is PayPal’s alternative payment platform for digital goods. The integration with PayPal’s Payments Hub is now completed and ready for merchants in North

CEO of Allied Wallet Explains How He Paved the Way for Online Payment Solutions

CEO Andy Khawaja of Allied Wallet, a globally leading provider of online payment solutions, multi-currency merchant services, and a PCI Level 1 secured payment gateway, was featured in the September issue of Acquisition International after Allied Wallet was awarded as Customized Payment Solutions Provider of the year in July 2014. Acquisition International identifies and honors

ACI Worldwide Strengthens Partnership with Yodlee, Empowering Financial Institutions to Increase Customer Engagement and Loyalty

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, announced an expanded partnership with Yodlee, a leading platform for digital financial services. The partnership empowers ACI’s financial institution (FI) customers to deliver optimal bill pay and online financial management experiences to their end users, ultimately resulting in improved consumer engagement and loyalty.

Eastern Bank Expands ATM Network at Service Plazas Throughout Massachusetts

Eastern Bank customers will now enjoy free access to 17 ATMs at rest stops along the Massachusetts Turnpike and select portions of Interstate 95 and Rte. 3, as the bank announced today that it has signed a branding and licensing agreement with Paramount Management Group. “We’re always on the lookout for ways to make banking

Central Bank of Kenya approves use of thin SIM technology in Kenya

The Authority has allowed Finserve Africa Limited, a subsidiary of Equity Bank to roll-out its services using the thin SIM technology, for a one year trial period. This follows contention by Mobile Service Provider, Safaricom over the use of the technology in the Kenyan market, citing possible security flaws. Addressing the press, CA Chairman Ngene

USA Technologies, Setomatic Systems Bring NFC-Based Mobile Payment and Loyalty Program to Commercial Laundry Market

USA Technologies, Inc., a leader of wireless, cashless payment and M2M telemetry solutions for small-ticket, self-serve retailing industries, announced a mobile payments, offers and loyalty program with Softcard™ designed for the multi-billion dollar commercial laundry market. Under the program, consumers using Setomatic Systems’ (Setomatic) new SpyderWash Elite laundry machines enabled with NFC and SmartTap mobile

Vodacom Tanzania Launches New M-Pesa Services

Vodacom Tanzania launched a new M-PESA service “LIPA KWA M-PESA – an integrated payment system for the business community that allows merchants, retailers and distributors, in a far more secure way, to settle payments by using M-PESA. The new service will improve business and customer convenience by expanding the payment ecosystem from customers paying their

Groupe BPCE, the First Banking Group to Launch a Payment Solution Enabling Users to Simply ‘Tweet’ Money to One Another

Everyone with a bank card and a Twitter account in France will soon be able to send money to other users easily, rapidly, securely and free of charge with a simple Tweet. This innovative service has been developed by S-money, the electronic money subsidiary of Groupe BPCE that provides an electronic wallet solution on mobile

Optimal Payments Renews Agreement and Delivers Enhancement to the Desjardins Internet Payment Solution

Optimal Payments Plc, a leading global online payments provider, announces that is has renewed its current agreement as a certified partner providing Desjardins’ Premier Internet Payment Solution, and has successfully implemented several solution enhancements. Desjardins selected Optimal Payments to develop a custom NETBANX payment gateway to serve as its Internet Payment Solution through a competitive

Planet Payment Launches Bank in your Currency Across Columbus Data Service U.S. ATM Network

Planet Payment, Inc., a leading provider of international and multi-currency payment processing and transaction services, and Columbus Data Services, LLC, one of the nation’s largest ATM processors, today announced the launch of Bank In Your Currency on CDS’ ATM network. As a result of this arrangement, Bank in Your Currency is now available to all