You may soon be able to bid with Bitcoin on eBay
The digital currency is making a surprising entrance into the mainstream financial world.
PayTech
Payments round-up: 10 January 2018
With special guest stars Worldpay, Como Global, Mastercard, Here Technologies, Dream Payments and Wirecard.
G+D right tonic for Rabobank mobile payment migration
Moves its SIM-based mobile payment solution to a cloud-based application using HCE tech.
Cake4Good fintech charity bake off!
Where you can bake it! Fake it! Or buy it! In support of The House of St Barnabas.
Breaking down payment borders with TransferWise borderless account
Users will be able to hold and convert 28 currencies at the real exchange rate with the account.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 9 January 2018
Features Cardano Foundation, IOHK, Emurgo, Bitcoin mining, Microsoft and John McAfee.
The suspense is wearable with ABN Amro payments pilot
Testing new wearables as a payment method with 500 of its clients.
New year, new us: say hello to FinTech Futures!
We’re starting 2018 with a bang!
Google Pay gets clever with all payments together
Launches a one brand band.
Dynamics makes a Sprint for new IoT connected card
Launches the Wallet Card, a battery-powered, connected payment card.
Fintech funding round-up: 8 January 2018
Features IBM, Comcast, MState, Early Salary, Previse and Dinghy.
Infographic: history of Ripple coin
Buyripple explains “how banks fell in love with Ripple” in this infographic.
Bank of Cyprus pilots fingerprint activated payment card
Removes the need for a four-digit or longer PIN entry.
Yes Bank and Nearby Tech bring cardless ATM services to India
With the aim to become the payments enabler for India.
JCB tests multipurpose biometric authentication
in collaboration with Universal Robot and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
Tradeshift and Infosys team up to digitise supply chain management
The partnership will provide “a compelling value proposition to suppliers and buyers alike”.
Passport raises $43m from Bain Capital
Transportation mobile payments company Passport enters 2018 with an extra $43 million in the bank.
Union Mobile Financial Technology partners with transaction controls specialist Tranwall
Transaction control technology is headed to card and account holders in China, courtesy of UMF and Tranwall.
SEPA – are we there yet?
The payments industry was dragged kicking and screaming into the single euro payments area (SEPA), but on 28 January 2018, the initiative will celebrate its tenth anniversary. No doubt former doubters will sing its praises.
Thomas Cook and Ferratum launch mobile banking app for holidays, Sumo
The first ever mobile banking app designed for holidays launched in Sweden. UK to follow.
ACI Worldwide and HyperPay partner to fight fraud in MENA
The two companies will offer integrated, real-time fraud prevention solutions for e-commerce payments for merchants in MENA.
OfferZen and Standard Bank to launch bank account for developers, Root
2018 will see the launch of Root in South Africa, a bank account for developers.
Top ten fintech infographics in 2017
From cashless countries to Bitcoin crashes.
Top ten payments projects in 2017
Enjoy some of the major payments projects in 2017.
Top ten fintech features in 2017
What a merry time it was for fintech features in 2017.
Top ten blockchain stories in 2017
Welcome to a world of blockchain. A compilation of the bigger stories with Banking Technology’s top ten.
Payments: contactless charitable cases
Charities large and small are waking up to the need to embrace contactless payments. Banking Technology looks at the drivers, challenges and opportunities.
Top ten fintech events in 2017
Have fintech, will travel.
A look back at 2017 and ringing in a new year for the payments industry
2017 has been another eventful year for the payments industry. From celebrities like 50 Cent getting involved (more on this later) to businesses neglecting the needs of pretty much every generation bar millennials, there hasn’t been a dull moment.
Blockchain and bitcoin round-up: 20 December 2017
More bite-size Bitcoin and blockchain news.
Ripple to launch Infrastructure Innovation Initiative
Ripple is taking “the next logical step to help build the internet of value”.
Southern Bank leverages PicturePay from Malauzai for digital payment service
Southern Bank launches a new digital payment option: Photo Billpay.
Fintech funding round-up: 20 December 2017
Features Raisin, PayPal, Home Credit Venture Capital, Barion Payment and Cash Svidha.
Bluefin buddies up: Decryptx P2PE network grows to 50+ connected partners
Bluefin Payment Systems’ point-to-point encryption network Decryptx has onboarded new partners.
CashStar launches digital gifting programme with Belk department store
Waiting to send a digital gift card for southern US clothing styles? You’re in luck.
European Payments Council report: 2017 payment threats and fraud trends
An overview of the most important threats in the payments landscape.
TSYS to acquire fellow paytech firm Cayan for $1.05bn
The acquisition is expected to close in Q1 next year.
TransferTo adds digital wallet to payments network via Cellum partnership
Cellum will offer money transfers via TransferTo’s cross-border mobile payments network.
Standard Chartered and Ant Financial buckle up for Belt and Road drive
They target expanding their fintech clout along the “Belt and Road Initiative” route.
DoubleNet Pay to power cashflow management tool for T Rowe Price
Financial management tech start-up DoubleNet Pay scored a deal with investment services firm T Rowe Price.
