Category: Payments

March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Google brings P2P payments to Gmail Android app

Google is wading back into the crowded P2P payments arena, adding a feature to its Gmail Android app that makes sending friends funds as easy as attaching a file to an email. Google first began letting US users send and receive money through Gmail on desktop back in 2013 but is only now bringing the…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

DBS Bank and Xero partner on SME accounting

DBS Bank and Xero, a global cloud accounting platform, announced a strategic partnership to transform the way SMEs in Singapore manage their financials and access capital. The partnership is centered on several aspects including aligning both parties’ technology platforms to ultimately enable SMEs to make payments and apply for loans seamlessly, transforming how SMEs manage…

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March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv integrates credit score monitoring into digital banking

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), the global provider of financial services technology solutions, has launched Credit Sense, a solution that enables financial institutions to meet consumer expectations for personalized credit information by integrating credit scores into the digital banking experience. Credit Sense provides a credit score, daily credit monitoring, insight into factors influencing credit score and…

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March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Safecharge selected by online travel agency AnywayAnyday for payment services

Payment technologies company SafeCharge (LON:SCH) today announced that it has been selected by online travel agent (OTA) Anywayanyday to provide payment services. Anywayanyday shared that was looking to improve transparency and control around its payments, to better combat fraud and improve business efficiency. As part of the collaboration SafeCharge will be providing card acquiring, enhanced…

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March 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Paysafe reports whopping 63% growth in 2016 as Revenues top $1 billion

Payments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has released its 2016 financial results, showing phenomenal top line growth of 63%, as the company joins the $1 billion annual Revenues club. Paysafe operates the Skrill and NETELLER online payments brands. Paysafe shares were hit hard in December, when a report issued by short selling firm Spotlight…

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March 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

ASX CIO Tim Thurman returns home to Canada as Chief Digital Officer at payments provider Paysafe

Payments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has announced that it has appointed digital technology innovator Tim Thurman as its Chief Digital Officer, reporting to Paysafe President and CEO Joel Leonoff. Thurman, who will join the company on March 27, will be responsible for driving the development and deployment of Paysafe’s digital technology capabilities across its…

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March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA to place a deadline on PPI complaints

The Financial Conduct Authority has today confirmed that it will introduce a deadline for making new payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints. The final deadline for making a new PPI complaint will be 29 August 2019. To encourage consumers to decide whether to act about PPI before the deadline, the FCA will run a two-year consumer…

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March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Safecharge enables payments for innovative marketplace Funzing

Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) today announced that it is providing its payments technology to Funzing, an innovative sharing economy marketplace. Funzing is a community marketplace that connects hosts that have created unique experiences with members of the public looking for an unusual way to use their free time. The…

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February 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe launches GOLO localized mobile ordering and payments solution

Payments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has today launched its GOLO app and web ordering platform, accessed through an instant and convenient consumer app that enables businesses to sell more effectively to their existing and new customers. With more than 100 local businesses already using GOLO, the ‘Go Local’ ordering app has now formally…

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