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IDEX Biometrics joins Asia Pacific Smart Card Association

The Paypers

(The Paypers) IDEX Biometrics , a provider of fingerprint identification and authentication solutions has reinforced its commitment to the Asia Pacific market by signing as a member of the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association.

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How does a Software Platform make money from Payment Facilitation As A Service?

Agile Payments

In the past Rentlee would have had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and 6+ months to register with the card associations to act as a true Payment Facilitator. This allows landlords to be set up as sub-accounts and begin accepting rent payments instantly.

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Paymentology Supports Diamond Trust Bank to Drive Financial Inclusion in Kenya

The Fintech Times

Developing ‘a more inclusive digital payment ecosystem in East Africa’ DTB is a fully licensed issuing bank compliant with banking laws and regulations, and possesses a Card Association Issuer licence, enabling it to establish and sponsor BINs (Bank Identification Numbers) for card issuance.

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Are New Prepaid Card Regulations Too Much?

PYMNTS

According to Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, the recently released regulations on prepaid cards from the Consumer Finance Protection Board could be another instance of good intentions gone wrong. Could this be a case of good intentions gone awry? Time will tell.

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One-Fifth Of Payments Now Contactless In The UK

PYMNTS

The UK Cards Association, the trade body for the card payment industry in the U.K., found that buyers used contactless cards for 21 percent of card payments in August of this year. Contactless payments are in. This totals 260.7 million transactions with a value of £2.3 billion ($2.87 Figures have risen from just 7.9

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Payment Card Spending Rose In UK During November

PYMNTS

Payment card spending in the U.K. increased 1 percent during the month of November to hit £56 billion, thanks in part to an increase in debit card spending. According to The UK Cards Association, the 1 percent increase in November was driven by a £476 million rise in debit card spending. Retailers in the U.S.

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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Card Processing

Stax

Here are the inside details about what defines a payment solutions provider, how processing works, the credit card processing fees , risks, and more. TL;DR There are several parties involved in credit card processing. They include: the merchant, cardholder, card associations, acquiring bank, issuing bank, and payment processor.