Fintech News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Singaporean payment provider FOMO Pay has partnered with Visa to allow SMEs to accept Visa credit and debit card payments through the national SGQR code system. FOMO Pay becomes the first Visa QR acquirer and processor in Singapore as part of this collaboration.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 23, 2024

To accelerate its growth in the United States and its presence in the fast-expanding online gaming market, Thunes, a global cross-border payments company, is proud to announce that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tilia LLC , an all-in-one payments platform. Tilia is licensed in 48 U.S.

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Finextra

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

International payments app Zing, and global digital payments provider, Checkout.com, today announced a partnership to support the launch of a new suite of alternative payment methods integrated into Zing’s app.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

PXP Financial , experts in global acquiring, payment, fraud and data analysis services, today announces a new partnership with North. Founded in 1992, North builds payment technologies that power businesses and organizations – from point of sale to ecommerce and payment APIs, backed by in-house processing.

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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A strategic layer for agnostic fraud prevention Paydock serves as a strategic layer in the payment stack, allowing merchants to integrate Forter’s powerful fraud prevention solution independently of their chosen downstream payment providers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

cross-border ePayment provider, announced a partnership with Credorax to boost its Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) offerings throughout Europe. This partnership means that PPRO’s variety of APMs will now be extended to the bank’s merchants and payment service providers (PSPs). PPRO Group , a U.K.

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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

One of AI’s most transformative impacts in the payments industry is on payment routing, the process that ensures each transaction finds the most efficient and secure path from customer to the acquiring bank.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 15, 2024

PXP Financial is now able to leverage Kushki’s technology and expertise to create innovative and tailored payment solutions for the Latin American market, supporting plans to launch card acquiring in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Finovate

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Payment service provider Ecommpay adds three Italian Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) to its platform as part of an effort to expand its global presence. MENA-based payments platform Tarabut acquires U.K.-based based account-to-account payments platform Vyne.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 14, 2024

Adam Sharpe, who is CEO at Cardstream, comments: “The collaboration with PayPoint is another positive milestone on our journey as a leading force in the payments industry – working with partners to ensure we are both the best we can be by offering solutions that are at the vanguard of the sector.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

-based online merchants are behind when it comes to taking advantage of global eCommerce growth, as most are not offering enough or any local payment methods to international markets. Alternative payment methods include those outside of traditional credit cards, PPRO Group said in the press release.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Beyond the payment network giants, PXP Financial has partnered with Ripple , according to Crowdfund Insider , and is focused on acquiring solutions that are built by merchants for merchants. It has also linked with MoneyNetInt on cross-border payment processing in the U.S.

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Clearly Payments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The MATCH (Member Alert to Control High-risk) list is a tool used by acquiring banks and payment processors to manage risk. Only acquiring banks have the authority to add or remove a merchant from this list, making it a powerful tool in the payments industry. What Is the MATCH List? How Do Merchants Get on the MATCH List?

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 31, 2024

PXP Financial , the experts in payments, acquiring, fraud and data analysis services, today announces it has become a GooglePay Payment Service Provider (PSP). In addition, about 800,000 websites use it as their secure payment gateway, and about 20% of all mobile purchases are made with Google Pay.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 28, 2024

.” Alchemy Pay is progressively constructing its comprehensive Web3 payment ecosystem through deep integration of licensing resources and global compliance credentials, expanding alternative payment methods (APMs) worldwide to enhance service capabilities, and introducing diverse payment products to cater to various scenarios.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Global holiday spending is expected to rise 16% in value from October through December 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to analysis by ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 12, 2024

Ecommpay , a leading international Payment Service Provider and UK and Europe direct bank Card Acquirer, has made the high-profile appointment of Miranda McLean as Chief Marketing Officer. As part of her remit, Miranda will be responsible for determining the global strategic direction for marketing.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

PPRO enables businesses to accept more than 140 alternative payments around the globe, partnering with payment service providers and financial institutions.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 9, 2024

It also provides another validation of our steadfast commitment to optimizing the payment experience for businesses and consumers throughout this critically important region.” The MPI license complements Nuvei’s expansion across APAC, including launching direct card acquiring capabilities in Australia, and its continued growth in China.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Spain-based multi-acquirer PSP Sipay has announced partnering with INESPAY to expand their offer of alternative payment methods including PSD2 Bank Transfer, INESPAY's payment initiation service.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

Beyond cards — debit and credit cards — there’s a growing movement for merchants to accept alternative forms of payments in eCommerce, with digital wallets and bank transfers, to name just two. The commerce opportunity may be global, Webster and Gupta agreed, but the payments are local in nature.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Many MSPs, including acquirers, independent sales organizations, payment gateways and payment facilitators, are starting to recognize this. Nearly 90 percent of MSPs consider offering value-added services (VAS) such as alternative payment acceptance and data analytics to be “very” or “extremely” important to their success.

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The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Nuvei is a fully licensed direct local acquirer in Singapore and Hong Kong , and recently obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) licence in Singapore. The expansion of its partnership with JCB aligns with Nuvei’s ongoing strategic investments in the APAC region.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 4, 2024

Unlimit will provide VTEX’s merchants with more domestic and international payment services to support growing cross-border commerce. This will include processing payments in local currencies, via alternative payment methods (APMs) Pix and Boleto, and a further 15 APMs in the coming months.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 7, 2024

Ecommpay , a leading international Payment Service Provider and UK and European direct bank card Acquirer, is gearing up for a remarkable debut at the Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) event, taking place from March 12-14, 2024, in Berlin.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

One of the latest announcements in recurring payments for rising markets is Pix Automático , set to be launched by the Central Bank of Brazil in June 2025. In Brazil, 57% of gaming sales made through alternative payment methods are via Pix, according to PCMI.

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Segpay

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

An answer to our pain has been developing over the past few years through paying with bank payments or transactions. These alternate payment methods are growing in popularity. While I don’t blame Visa or Mastercard for putting controls in place, as they also suffer from supporting our industry.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 14, 2024

The partnership will integrate ViaPlus’ mobility back office, which processes and financially reconciles large volumes of transactions, with the global acquiring and processing reach and capacity of Nuvei to manage a wide variety of digital applications through extensive Alternative Payment Methods (APM) integrations.

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Clearly Payments

APRIL 25, 2024

Why the Durbin Amendment Exists Debit card transactions involve a set of players in the payments value chain : the issuing bank (that provides the debit card to the consumer), the acquiring bank (that processes the transaction for the merchant), the payment network (like Visa or Mastercard), and merchant services provider (i.e.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

We look to the card networks, issuers, banks, back-end acquirers and regulators — not so much for innovative ideas from them but how to answer the question, “Do we best innovate for our customers in the most commercial, compliant fashion we can, while satisfying what we need to do to serve all those partners and related constituencies?

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 4, 2024

Switching from card payment to Pay by Bank will reduce costs by at least 85% based on the average transactions by members, so the connect24 show this week is the perfect opportunity for our wholesalers to get to know the Acquired team and learn how their Open Banking solutions can slash costs and boost profits.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Proceeds from the capital raise will go to add more functions to the platform, acquire new customers and increase the headcount. Through Rapyd’s single API, customers get access to a set of FinTech and payment capabilities enabling them to accept alternative payment methods.

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Stax

JANUARY 15, 2024

TL;DR Credit card surcharging involves adding a fee to transactions with credit card payments, offsetting processing costs. It offers benefits, such as passing interchange fees to users, boosting profit margins, and encouraging alternative payment methods. Encouraging Alternative Payment Methods.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“Buy Now, Pay Later was one of the breakout payment innovations during the pandemic, but, nearly four years on, the technology remains an important and powerful tool for merchants and consumers. “The promise of cheap and easily accessible credit makes BNPL payments particularly attractive for Gen Z and millennials.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

ACI’s UP Merchant Payments solution combines connectivity to a global network of more than 350 acquirers and alternative payment methods, with flexible payment infrastructure based on an open API. “We

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 18, 2024

The joint solution will help businesses reach local consumers with improved approval rates, reduced costs for cross-border payments through local acquiring and flexible remittance, either in local Thai Baht or cross-border in over 20 international currencies.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A new study from Tribe Payments , the pioneering digital payments and infrastructure orchestrator which specialises in issuer and acquirer processing, has revealed that 28% of merchants’ legacy in-person point of sale (POS) systems cannot support alternative payment methods like digital wallets and QR codes.

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