Search Results for: Global payments
Massive VISA outage shows the fragility of global payments
June 6th, 2018
On Friday, VISA’s payment network suffered outages across Europe, limiting transactions for both businesses and individuals. Banks and commerce groups began advising customers to use cash or other payment cards if possible, and reports indicated that online and contactless ...
ThinkMarkets Implements PayPal for Global Payments Coverage
March 16th, 2017
ThinkMarkets, a leading provider of forex and CFD trading has enhanced its payment offering with the launch of PayPal. The new payment solution enables ThinkMarkets’ global user-base to deposit and withdraw funds through PayPal’s international network. With the addition ...
Swift: 73 banks worldwide joined the global payments innovation initiative
July 1st, 2016
More than 70 banks worldwide collaborate to dramatically improve the cross-border payments experience with greater speed, transparency and end-to-end tracking SWIFT announces today that 73 banks worldwide have now joined its global payments innovation initiative, designed to improve the cross-border ...
INTL FCStone Ltd.’s Global Payments Division reports increase in cross-border payments
June 14th, 2016
Facilitated ~101,000 payments in CY Q1 2016; an increase of ~14% vs. CY Q1 2015 Signed 500th institutional client in CY Q2 2016 Transferred more than $22 billion in payments in CY 2015; on track to increase in 2016 INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
Global Payments and CaixaBank finalize joint venture with Erste Group in General and Eastern Europe
June 2nd, 2016
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, and CaixaBank, Spain’s largest bank by market share, announced today the completion of the formation of a joint venture with Erste Group Bank AG (Erste Group), ...
Heartland Payment Systems stockholders approve merger with Global Payments
April 22nd, 2016
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, and Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payment companies, announced today that Heartland stockholders voted to approve the proposal relating to Heartland’s merger with Global ...
45 leading banks sign up to SWIFT’s global payments innovation initiative
January 22nd, 2016
Major banks around the world take action to dramatically improve the customer experience in cross-border payments SWIFT announces that 45 leading banks have signed up to its global payments innovation initiative, announced at the end of December 2015. The ...
Global Payments to acquire Heartland Payment Systems for $4.3 Billion
December 16th, 2015
Combines two of the fastest organic revenue growth businesses in the payments industry Creates the leading global provider of integrated payments technology solutions Accelerates revenue growth, operating margin expansion and cash earnings per share growth Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: ...
Global Payments Announces Support for Apple Pay in Canada
November 18th, 2015
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, is pleased to offer its merchants in Canada the ability to accept American Express payments made with Apple Pay™, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and ...
BNY Mellon Expands Global Payments Infrastructure by Adding Foreign Exchange Payments
September 10th, 2015
New functionality will significantly increase straight-through processing rates for clients BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has passed an important milestone in the continuing development of its global payments infrastructure with the launch of ...
