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Worldline to join forces with Equens to strengthen its pan-European leadership in payment services
November 4th, 2015
A transformational deal for Worldline, providing the enlarged Worldline Group a highly comprehensive pan-European footprint, with leading positions and offerings in key geographies (France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, the Nordics). A transaction structured in two components: An asset/share deal in Financial Processing, by merging the processing ...
MasterCard bids to make everything a payment device
October 27th, 2015
MasterCard is looking beyond cards and mobile phones, launching a programme that will let partner firms turn anything from purses to keyfobs to jewellery in contactless payments devices. Designer to the stars Adam Selman, automaker General Motors, wearable technology ...
$1B in legal fees for recovery of Madoff losses is a ‘good return on investment’
October 22nd, 2015
Lawyers recovering money for victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme say total legal fees in the case could reach $1 billion. In an interview with ABC News, court-appointed trustee Irving Picard of BakerHostetler said the fees are a “very good ...
MasterCard to Tokenize MasterPass for Online and In-App Shopping
October 20th, 2015
Consumers to Benefit from Increased Security and Convenience When Using Their MasterPass-Enabled Bank-Issued Wallets MasterPass has increasingly been making shopping easier and safer for consumers and merchants in 24 countries around the globe. Today, MasterCard announced it will integrate a fully tokenized ...
The B2 Group announces PayEX-HP for payment processing
October 19th, 2015
Next generation of PayEX optimized for high transaction volumes and maximum performance The B2 Group, provider of based payments, investment funds and FX automation software and consultancy solutions for transaction banks, third-party administrators, fund companies and corporates across the ...
Wargaming Selects Computop to Cut Costs and Increase Reliability of International Payment Processing
October 2nd, 2015
Computop, a top payment service provider (PSP), has been selected by leading free-to-play developer and publisher Wargaming to process payments within Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Following a strategic review of its payments partners to streamline, reduce ...
Samsung Pay launches in the United States
September 29th, 2015
Only a few banks are available, and Verizon is still holding out Samsung Pay, the company’s answer to Apple Pay, has officially launched today in the United States after a month-long beta program. In theory, Samsung Pay should be an ...
Financial Independence via Self-Employment: How Do We Do It?
September 23rd, 2015
Financial independence via self-employemnt is still possible, and there are a number of pathways to that goal. The conventional financial industry touts gaining financial independence by playing Wall Street’s game: working a conventional job for decades to accumulate a ...
Google and Samsung sign up for MasterCard express tokenisation programme
September 9th, 2015
Google and Samsung are among the first mobile wallet providers to join up to MasterCard‘s newly launched Digital Enablement Express programme, which aims to speed up the process of onboarding banks and rolling out tokenised payment services. Express allows ...
BitPay calls on industry to form ‘Bitcoin Association’
September 2nd, 2015
BitPay, the leading processor of Bitcoin payments, said it’s about time the biggest companies in the space began working together, and even suggested the formation of a “Bitcoin Association” to help promote the currency. Sonny Singh, chief commercial officer ...