Eastern University Simplifies Tuition Payments with ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, announced that Pennsylvania-based Eastern University has selected the company to power its payment plan and tuition payments across multiple channels. With an enrollment of about 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Eastern University wanted a proven electronic payment system that required no additional programming

First Hawaiian Bank Transforms Branches with Personal Touch of NCR Video Teller Technology

First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaii’s oldest and largest financial institution, announced the grand opening of its new Waiakea branch and, with it, introduced a new approach to personalized service through NCR Interactive Services. At the new Waiakea branch, First Hawaiian Bank (FHB) tellers will assist customers remotely through new video teller machines that look similar to

Oink Launches Prepaid Card for Teens

Virtual Piggy, Inc., provider of Oink, the award-winning online payment technology for families and teens, announced that it has launched the Oink Discover prepaid card, a physical extension of the company’s digital wallet. The new prepaid card allows teens to shop at any of the more than 25 million merchant locations that accept Discover, but

Calpian’s Money-On-Mobile Extends Growth in India

Calpian, Inc. announced that for the month ending October 31, 2014, its Mumbai-based subsidiary Money-On-Mobile has been accessed by more than 112 million cumulative unique users since its inception with a total of 8.4 million unique users accessing the service in October. Money-On-Mobile is a mobile payments service provider that allows Indian consumers to use

Apple Pay Gives Retailers Hope for the Future of Mobile Payments in the US

Since the launch of Apple Pay, Apple’s new mobile payments offering, other mobile payment solutions in the US, like Google Wallet and Softcard, have noted that Apple has helped create general awareness of mobile payments, including for their services. Apple only released its mobile payment system in October, but the feature is already gaining traction

Sending Money with Popmoney Person-to-Person Payments Triggers Donations to Charity this Holiday Season

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced the launch of Season of Giving, a charitable giving campaign benefitting the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization Good360. From Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, each time someone sends money using the Popmoney personal payment service at one of nearly 200 participating financial institutions, one

Co-operative Food Store ATMs Begin Early Transfer to Cardtronics U.K.

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 Launches New Co-Brand Credit Card Program with Richer Rewards

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 Appoints Alison Davis to Board of Directors

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,

WorldRemit brings global money transfer service to the United States

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