OFG Bancorp announced that its Oriental Bank subsidiary has launched “FOTOdepósito,” enabling clients to deposit checks for free through their smartphones and tablet devices. With this, Oriental becomes the first bank in Puerto Rico to offer a mobile deposit solution, reaffirming its commitment to provide clients an accessible, simple, secure and reliable banking experience. FOTOdepósito
Bluefin Payment Systems, a financial technology provider of cloud-based integrated payment solutions for independent software vendors (ISVs), announced that they have partnered with an international payment platform provider to expand their US and Canadian presence to include international payment processing in early 2014. Bluefin’s innovative and proprietary PayConex platform will now support e-commerce and mail
Nordea, SEB and Swedbank – three of the leading banks in the Nordics, are now confirmed to launch digital wallets enabled by MasterPass™, the digital platform from MasterCard®. Built on MasterPass technology and functionality, the banks will offer their own digital wallets to their customers, giving them a true global solution for easy shopping online
American Express has said that it has agreed to settle two putative antitrust class actions filed by U.S. merchants that challenged the company’s Card acceptance agreements. The settlement agreement will address certain merchant concerns, while helping to ensure that American Express Card Members are treated fairly at the point of sale. It will also limit
Groupon has announced two new solutions for last-minute shoppers: the Grouponvelope and the digital gift voucher. With these new options, Groupon lets local merchants who do not have a gift card program reach millions of customers looking for last-minute but thoughtful holiday gift ideas. “Many merchants don’t have the resources to invest in the same
Airlines are focused on innovating their mobile payment offerings to capture anticipated revenue potential, according to the Alternative Payment and Distribution Landscape: Airlines and Alternatives – The Facts whitepaper, launched today by WorldPay, a global leader in airline settlements and payments. The whitepaper, based on a research study of 56 global airline carriers – from
With many schools and businesses preparing to break for the winter holidays this week, Starbucks anticipates record purchases and activations of Starbucks Cards on Thursday, December 19. Last year, more than 2 million Starbucks Cards were purchased in the U.S. and Canada on the Thursday before Christmas – representing nearly 1,500 cards purchased per minute
A new survey from Tripwire, Inc., a provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, which looked at the attitudes of 1000 UK consumers, has revealed that despite a huge increase in shopping on mobile handsets, shoppers do not have security in place to protect the identity and credit card data stored on the devices.
CashStar, the digital gifting company preferred by the world’s leading brands, has unveiled Tactile Unwrapping, the newest module in the CashStar platform. These new capabilities make digital gifting even more personalized and engaging by replicating the gift unwrapping experience in the digital medium. The module can be configured to allow purchasers to select wrapping paper,
Vodafone Germany is launching its new mobile wallet with the integrated Vodafone SmartPass Visa payment application. The Wirecard Group will be handling all technical and financial services for the Vodafone SmartPass card solution from Vodafone. This includes issuing both plastic and digital Visa cards for the wallet through the Wirecard Card Solutions subsidiary. The Vodafone
