Payments Associations Launch Center for Payments

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Eleven payments associations representing over 10,000 financial institution members, businesses and stakeholders, has announced a new program to advance the payments industry through joint development of market intelligence and thought leadership. The participating payment associations–ePayResources, EPCOR, MACHA, NEACH, PaymentsFirst, SHAZAM, Southern Financial Exchange, The Clearing House Payments Authority, UMACHA, WACHA and WesPay–span all 50 states

FSS Launches FSS Voice Commerce, a Real-time Voice Banking Platform

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FSS (Financial Software and Systems) has launched FSS Voice Commerce, a real-time voice banking platform that offers customers, meaningful, contextual and personalized banking interactions. Enabling banks to deepen customer engagement via conversation-led banking and deliver interactive service experiences to its customers, FSS Voice Commerce is set to take frictionless banking to the next level. The

Banking is now just a WhatsApp away for Emirates NBD customers

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Bank is the first in the region to launch Chat Banking via WhatsApp Emirates NBD customers can now chat bank via WhatsApp as the bank introduces customised services via the WhatsApp Business Solution, a first in the region. Enhancing the bank’s award-winning suite of digital capabilities, Emirates NBD Chat Banking via WhatsApp, supported by Infobip,

Stanchion Appoints Norman Frankel as MD for Europe

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Stanchion, a leading payments fintech solutions company, has appointed Norman Frankel, as managing director for Europe and the UK bringing significant payment industry experience with him. Frankel, who will be based in the UK office, will help Stanchion to unlock growth opportunities across the region and to refine its offering for the European market. Frankel

OpenWay and Gemalto Accelerate the Security of Digital Payments

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OpenWay, a global leader in digital payment processing software, has announced the successful integration and compatibility of its WAY4 payment processing platform with the Gemalto SafeNet Payment Hardware Security Module (Luna EFT 2). This means that processors, card issuers and merchant acquirers that are already using this HSM do not need to invest in additional

Appointment of Matthieu Destot as EVP, Banks & Acquirers at Ingenico Group

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Nicolas Huss, Chief Executive Officer of Ingenico Group, appoints Matthieu Destot as EVP, Banks & Acquirers Business Unit, and strengthens the Business Unit’s strategic focus on the APAC region. Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payments, has announced the appointment of Matthieu Destot as EVP, Banks & Acquirers (B&A), effective April 1st, 2019. Matthieu

Remitly Partners with Visa to Enhance Cross-Border Money Transfer Service

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Visa Direct offers Remitly customers the choice to send cross-border payments to recipients’ eligible Visa cards Remitly has announced an agreement to further modernize the sending and receiving of funds internationally by adding another fast, secure and transparent channel to the Remitly digital money transfer platform through Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push payments platform. Working together,

Introducing Apple Card, a New Kind of Credit Card Created by Apple

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Apple® has announced Apple Card™, an innovative, new kind of credit card created by Apple and designed to help customers lead a healthier financial life. Apple Card is built into the Apple Wallet™ app on iPhone®, offering customers a familiar experience with Apple Pay® and the ability to manage their card right on iPhone. Apple

E-commerce Forecast to Rise to 24% of Card Spending – RBR

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Source: RBR (www.rbrlondon.com) Online card expenditure growing at double digit rates and will continue to increase significantly faster than card spending at physical outlets to account for nearly a quarter of all card expenditure by 2023. Cardholders moving away from physical outlets in search of lower prices and convenience Research from RBR analyses the role

Discover Partners with ZestFinance to Implement AI-Based Underwriting Platform

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Discover Financial Services, a leading U.S. direct bank and credit card issuer, and ZestFinance, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) software for underwriting, has announced a partnership to create one of the largest AI-based credit scoring solutions in the financial services industry. Discover will be using the Zest Automated Machine Learning (ZAML) platform to improve