Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that Bank of the West, a $71.7 billion asset bank with locations in 22 states, has added the Snap-to-Pay capability to its mobile banking app. Snap-to-Pay enables customers to pay bills with a snap of their smartphone cameras and is currently offered through
Parche, a Chicago-based startup that provides a cashless, on-demand valet parking experience on mobile devices,officially launched – ending the days of waiting in valet lines in the freezing Chicago winter and dashing to the ATM for cash to pay attendants. Parche’s free mobile app allows consumers to seamlessly pay and tip for valet parking, and
Digital River, Inc., a leading global provider of Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) solutions, announced that it has won the 2015 Merchant Payment Ecosystem Award in the Payment Service Provider (PSP) category. Award judges weighed entrants’ strengths in several areas, including product innovation and geographic reach, and selected Digital River World Payments from a strong field of nominees.
Loyalty marketing service MyPoints.com, Inc., a subsidiary of United Online, Inc., announced the launch of Swappable, a mobile app available on both the App Store and Google Play, which allows users to purchase, share, personalize and swap gift cards from a variety of merchants. Gift cards can be purchased through the Swappable mobile app using
The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) has issued its approval for Wincor Nixdorf’s hardware and software solution for girocard transaction processing, which the company can now offer on the German market for the processing of cashless payment transactions. Now that approval has been granted, the company is piloting the solution at the German service stations
Visa Inc. announced that Visa Checkout will become available in a total of 16 markets in 2015, continuing the early momentum the product has seen since launching in three markets in the summer of 2014. “Visa Checkout has seen tremendous growth in the U.S., Canada and Australia in just the few months since its launch,”
Softcard has completed a deal with Google to bring together leading technologies to advance mobile wallets. Google has acquired Softcard technology and capabilities to power the next generation of mobile payments. For now, Softcard customers can continue to tap and pay with the app. From tap and pay to storing loyalty and gift cards to sending
Reliance Bank, a subsidiary of Reliance Bancshares, Inc., has recently introduced a new approach to personalized service with the latest technology from NCR Corporation , the global leader in consumer transaction technologies. Reliance is the first bank to implement NCR Interactive Teller in the St. Louis area. Built on sleek, modern hardware with an interactive
Mocapay, a merchant-centric, mobile marketing and payments solution provider, announced the launch of fast-casual Asian concept Wow Bao’s customized mobile program. The new Wow Bao-branded mobile app will provide users a personalized and unique offering and has the ability to issue loyalty and reward benefits to its guests. Additionally, Wow Bao, a Lettuce Entertain You
Online money transfer service WorldRemit announced that it has raised $100m in a Series B funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), with participation from existing investor Accel Partners. WorldRemit is a global leader in smartphone and web-based money transfers – providing a convenient, low-cost alternative to expensive brick-and-mortar agents. The company enables a
