Digital River Expands Relationship with PayPal

Digital River, Inc. expanded its relationship with PayPal, a company that provides a faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. In addition to being certified as a PayPal provider, Digital River has added PayPal Express Checkout and Bill Me Later to its existing PayPal portfolio. The new payments represent the first in a

MasterCard Enters into Agreement to Acquire Provus Turkish Payments Solutions Provider

MasterCard announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Provus Bilişim Hizmetleri A. Ş. (“Provus”), Turkey’s leading independent payment solution and processing provider. The acquisition will build on MasterCard’s strategy of increasing its processing presence in high-growth markets and deliver superior processing solutions and innovative value added services for both financial institutions and

Nedbank and iVeri celebrates 15 years in partnership

In celebrating the 15th year anniversary of working together, Nedbank recognises the partnership it has established in 1998 with iVeri whose unique technology continues to be invaluable in enabling eCommerce. Pamela White, Head Corporate Card Services at Nedbank says, “We are proud to partner with iVeri to assist businesses improve efficiency, allowing for an environment where

City National Bank to Introduce FIS Cardless Cash Access at ATMs

FIS™, a provider of banking and payments technology, and City National Bank, one of the US’s private and business banks, announced an agreement to pilot FIS Cardless Cash Access at City National ATMs in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco. City National plans to introduce this emerging technology to clients in its three

UKFraud Launches New Mobile Wallet Consultancy Practice

Against a backdrop of recent developments in the mobile wallet and mobile payment device technology sectors, risk and fraud prevention specialist UKFraud has launched a new mobile wallet consultancy practice. The move reflects recent positive and influential developments from Google with their Wallet and more recently from Apple with the launch of its latest iPhone

PayFast to Expand in Africa

South African payment platform PayFast is exploring its options for launching in other African countries. HumanIPO reported earlier this month on Jonathan Smit, managing director at PayFast, speaking on credit card fraud in South Africa at the eCommerce Conference held in Sandton.Whereas in South Africa 80 to 85 per cent of the adult population is

Estel Launches New m-POS Platform for Asia & Africa

Having achieved significant success in the fields of Prepaid Recharge & Mobile Money in emerging markets, Estel now introduces its m-POS (Mobile Point of Sales) platform for accepting card payments for Asian, African & Latin American markets. Globally, merchants accept payments via various types of cards (Credit / Debit / Gift / Prepaid) using traditional

BitPay Adds 10 Languages and 150 Currencies to its Bitcoin Checkout

BitPay, the world’s largest payment processor for virtual currencies, announces that it now offers translations into 10 languages plus English for their entire checkout experience. Merchants servicing international customers can now present bitcoin payment instructions in the buyer’s native language, allowing merchants to more easily conduct business in emerging markets. Recently at the European Bitcoin

Heartland Payment Systems® CEO Bob Carr Named Innovator of the Year

Bob Carr, chairman and chief executive officer of Heartland Payment Systems, one of the US’s largest payments processors and a leading provider of merchant business solutions, has been named the 2013 Innovator of the Year by the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce. Carr will be formally recognized at the Annual Business Leader Awards presentation and

PayPal and Viableware Streamline Digital Payments at Full-Service Restaurants

Viableware announced that PayPal payments will be accepted on the RAIL payment platform, a mobile payment device that enables full-service restaurants to securely accept various forms of payment at the table. The integration expands PayPal’s presence in the dining vertical and will enable the payment service on all RAIL devices expected to be implemented by