Green Dot Corporation to Remain Program Manager and Green Dot Bank to Remain Issuing Bank for Walmart MoneyCard

Green Dot Corporation announced that it has entered into a new, long-term agreement with Walmart, whereby Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank will continue to serve as the program manager and issuing bank for the Walmart MoneyCard suite of prepaid reloadable debit card products. The initial term of this new agreement is for five

Acceptance of UnionPay Cards Enabled in Australia by ANZ

UnionPay International and ANZ Bank jointly announced on June 11 in Melbourne that all the ATMs and merchants under ANZ in Australia would accept UnionPay cards (card number starting with 62) including UnionPay chip cards. At the same time, UnionPay QuickPass service is launched in the Australian market. As the largest department group locally, Myer

KeyPoint Credit Union Delivers Members Superior Digital Banking Services with ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, announced that KeyPoint Credit Union (KeyPoint), a leading California-based financial institution, has selected the company to power its digital banking and bill pay initiatives. With nearly $1 billion in assets and nine full-service branches, KeyPoint serves a wide array of tech-savvy members across

Westpac to Enable UnionPay Card Acceptance by all its Merchants in Australia

UnionPay International and Westpac jointly announced on June 12 in Sydney that Westpac would enable acceptance of UnionPay cards (card number starting with 62) by all its merchants in Australia within the next two years. To date, all the four major banks in Australia will be able to accept UnionPay cards on their ATMs and

Shell Geismar Federal Credit Union Selects CUnify and Integrated Digital Solutions from Fiserv

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Shell Geismar Federal Credit Union, based in Gonzales, Louisiana, has selected the CUnify account processing platform in an outsourced deployment. The credit union will also implement Popmoney for person-to-person payments and CheckFree RXP for electronic bill payments. “Over the past several

First Data to Support Launch of Apple Pay in the UK

First Data Corporation, the global leader in payment technology and services solutions, will support its clients’ integration of Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay, when it launches in the UK next month. “Following the successful launch of Apple Pay in the U.S. last year, First

TSYS Supports Apple Pay in the U.K.

TSYS announced it will help support secure transactions and facilitate enablement for issuers in processing transactions from Apple Pay, the easy, secure and private way to pay, when it launches in the U.K. next month. Through TSYS Enterprise Tokenization, the company’s plug-and-play tokenization solution, issuers as well as retailers can take full advantage of Apple

GlobeOne Welcomes Global Payments Expert Sunil Sachdev as Chief Sales Officer

GlobeOne, announced that global payments expert Sunil Sachdev is joining the company as Chief Sales Officer. Through its worldwide network of Member Banks, GlobeOne has developed a digital financial platform that will provide mobile banking services for underserved and socially-conscious Millennials. “Sunil has worked on payment electronification initiatives in developed and emerging markets around the

Verizon Ventures Invests in HCE Startup SimplyTapp

At Verizon Ventures, we have been keeping a close eye on the mobile payment space, which has been rapidly evolving over the past year. One of the developments we’re watching is Host Card Emulation (HCE). If you’re not familiar, HCE can play a significant role in credential management with payments, offering the ability to create

Visa and FireEye Join Forces to Help Merchants, Financial Institutions Defend Against Targeted Attacks on Consumer Payment Data

Visa Inc. and FireEye, Inc. announced their intention to co-develop tools and services to help merchants and issuers protect against advanced cyber attacks targeting payment data. The first of its kind Visa and FireEye Community Threat Intelligence (CTI) offering will bring together threat information from both companies, allowing merchants and issuers to quickly detect and