Category: Payments

June 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Payfone to provide mobile authentication technologies for Zelle

Payfone, mobile identity authentication for digital channels company, announced that has signed an agreement with Early Warning Services to provide mobile authentication technologies for Zelle. Payfone risk assessment solutions will help streamline consumer enrollment and transaction authentication processes, enabling more consumers to take advantage of the speed and simplicity of person-to-person (P2P) payments. Payfone’s solutions…

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June 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Money messaging app Plynk secures €25 million Series A raise

Plynk, Europe’s first money messaging app, today announced a Series A raise of €25 million at MoneyConf, Madrid, Spain. Led by private investment trust, Swiss Privée Ltd, the investment marks one of the largest ever Series A raises in Irish history. Today marks a significant milestone for Plynk. From the beginning, it has been our…

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May 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ launches payment code for businesses

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) today announced its full support for a new voluntary code that will ensure payments between businesses are made efficiently and on time. The Business Council of Australia announced the new Australian Supplier Payment Code this morning in a bid to help businesses manage cash flow and…

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May 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SafeCharge expands US capabilities via payment card agreement with Chase

Payments technology provider SafeCharge (LON:SCH) announced a partnership to process payments in the United States through Chase, a global company specializing in card processing. Through the partnership, SafeCharge customers will benefit from card processing under domestic conditions. For the consumer, this means a smoother payment experience and a greater likelihood of a transaction being accepted.…

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May 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Instinet launches a provider-neutral hub for MiFID II research payments RQ Connect

Offers open connectivity to third party data for research distribution, monitoring and evaluations; creates a provider-neutral hub for MiFID II research payments Instinet Incorporated (Instinet) announced the launch of RQ Connect (Research Quality Connect), a provider-neutral application within its research payment and commission management platform, Plazma®. RQ Connect enables Research Procurement Management (RPM) systems to…

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May 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

SafeCharge partners with Sphonic to provide KYC and fraud prevention services

Payment technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has announced that it is partnering with Sphonic, a data network of leading third party vendors that provides real time authentication and fraud management decisions to a burgeoning digital world, to address industry-wide KYC and fraud prevention challenges. This partnership enables SafeCharge to add complimentary compliance services…

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May 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

SafeCharge reports solid Q1 growth, driven by new customer wins

Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) reported a Trading Update, indicating what it called solid growth in Q1-2017 over Q1-2016, and key customer wins to date in the first half of 2017. That should bode well for first half results, especially since the first half of 2016 was better at SafeCharge…

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