Payments and consumer finance provider Klarna has just announced a partnership with EMaC – UK’s provider of service plans to the UK automotive industry. EMaC dealers can now offer their customers the ability to use Klarna’s consumer finance in store to pay for repairs and vehicle accessories, interest-free, as part of a ‘Drive now, Pay…
Read moreFinastra has just announced the commercial availability of its European instant payments solution on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft’s enterprise-ready, trusted cloud platform. The solution enables financial institutions and third-party providers to process SEPA SCT Inst payments in the cloud, via EBA CLEARING’s pan-European instant payments service, RT1. Vinay Prabhakar, Head of Market Strategy, Payments at Finastra,…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has decided to discontinue its international money transfer business. The service was being offered only in the UK. GAIN Capital first announced plans in early 2016 to launch a separate money transfer business under the separate brand and website ForeignExchange.com. The business…
Read moreIngenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group SA (EPA:ING), today announced that Retail FX broker FXCM Group, LLC has selected Ingenico as its payment processing partner, providing customers worldwide with a highly secure and simple platform to deposit and trade foreign exchange (FX). FXCM offers global traders access to the world’s…
Read moreBRED has announced that it has selected CRISTAL Instant Payments licensed software package from Worldline (Euronext: WLN), European payment and transaction services company, for the implementation of its Instant Payment platform. The new platform must provide fast and secure real-time processing of transactions in accordance with the standard established by the European Payments Council for…
Read moreEML Payments, provider of innovative payment card technology solutions, has just announced that it has joined Saxo Payments Banking Circle. Operating in sixteen countries across Europe as well as in Australia, USA and Canada, EML Payments’ platform issues and processes Scheme products on behalf of global corporates. Using Banking Circle Virtual IBAN, EML will be…
Read morePayments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has announced that it has partnered with Danske Spil A/S, the national lottery in Denmark, to power its regulated sports betting platform “Youbet” and drive expansion into this local regulated market. Danske Spil has implemented SafeCharge Cashier, a hosted payment page solution optimised for maximum…
Read moreVentanex and ISGN announced their partnership today, bringing together two software programs that will streamline the borrower's payment and communication experience. The integration of ISGN's LoanDynamix software with Ventanex's LIFT payment and messaging platform allows servicers to leverage the robust suite of borrower engagement and intelligent payment processing tools giving every borrower an optimal portal…
Read moreSIX has just announced that it is entering a strategic partnership with Worldline in the cards business (merchant acceptance & acquiring and international card processing). SIX will bring the existing cards business into the partnership and will receive a 27% stake in Worldline. SIX Payment Services and Worldline complement each other very well in terms…
Read morePayments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has issued a brief trading update for the first quarter of 2018, indicating that the company generated record revenues and transaction processing volumes in Q1, driven by new customer wins in the second half of 2017. SafeCharge didn't give any number specifics to those records, but in…
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