MasterPass, MasterCard’s new digital payment platform is debuting in Italy, offering consumers, by the end of the first quarter 2014, an easier, quicker, and more secure way to shop online. Mediaworld, Trenitalia and Vodafone are the first major brands that have already enrolled for MasterPass and will shortly be joined by Esselunga. 3,500 more retailers
Mopay, a provider of payment solutions for online merchants, has announced a strategic partnership with Telenor, a leading telecommunications operator in Scandinavia and one the world’s ten largest network operators. Based in Norway, Telenor has nearly 34,000 employees worldwide, managing mobile operations in 12 international markets. mopay is one of the first companies to be
Crédit Agricole has chosen Ingenico, a provider of payment solutions, to enable the bank to roll out mobile and contactless payment terminals to merchants who are clients of the networks of Regional Banks and LCL. Crédit Agricole is the first French banking group to offer Ingenico’s iWL250 3G mobile payment terminal in its catalogue. This
Wincor Nixdorf together with Pyramid Computer GmbH announced that Marks & Spencer are now entering roll out phase of the polytouch self-service terminals in its high street stores across the UK. As of November 2013, approximately 700 polytouch kiosks in 32“ and 22“ format have been deployed. These next generation kiosks are expected to provide
Global technology company MasterCard has announced the appointment of expat Peter Chisnall as its new Country Manager in the New Zealand market. Born and raised in Taranaki, Peter brings more than 20 years experience to the table from working in the oil and gas, and then financial services industries. He joined MasterCard in January 2012,
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
The 2013 Billing Household Survey from Fiserv, a provider of financial services technology solutions, has found consumers are paying their bills in more ways than ever before, with the number of consumers paying bills from smartphones and tablets growing significantly. Gen Y in particular prefers a variety of channels and immediate payment options, and uses
ReD, a global fraud prevention provider, and Worldline, an Atos subsidiary for e-payment services, have announced a partnership to enrich Worldline’s payments and fraud prevention solution with ReD specific and acknowledged fraud expertise. Through the partnership, Worldline will strengthen its current fraud management and scoring solutions to provide its clients with sector-specific business fraud rules.
