European equity market Turquoise has reported a drastic increase in dark trading volumes following the relaunch of its ‘dark’ pool Uncross service. Banking Technology spoke to Robert Barnes, new chief executive at Turquoise, to find out why.
Green Dot Corp.’s plan to take over issuing duties for Walmart’s MoneyCard prepaid line has earned regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions, paving the way for the deal to close early next year.
While the future of widespread NFC payment adoption hangs in limbo, the number of contactless cards in circulation with simple tap-and-go payment technology will see a growth surge next year, according to new data from Juniper Research.
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank has drafted a set of recommendations to enhance mobile payments security, and the agency is seeking comment from industry participants and other interested parties on the proposed guidelines.
Bank of China and Union Pay International have launched the first BOC UnionPay Travel Card in Southeast Asia, offering cardholders discounts for more than 700 tourist attractions in China and the surrounding region as well as offers for travel, dining, shopping and car rentals.
A draft set of 14 recommendations to promote the security of mobile payments has been published by the European Central Bank for public consultation.
Google Wallet is giving users a way to pay the old fashioned way, unveiling a plastic payment card that can be used instead of a smartphone to make in-store purchases.
A week after going live throughout the U.S., Isis has announced the launch of an alliance program to support merchant technology providers by offering them tools and resources to help capitalize on the spread of mobile commerce.
Financial institution and merchant executives looking to capitalize on industry growth opportunities anticipate expansion in prepaid card products, especially among younger consumers, according to new research from Vantiv.
ReD, a London-based provider of fraud prevention and payment services, has signed a five-year partnership agreement with Transact Connect to introduce ReD’s products and services to merchants and financial institutions throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, a region where payments industry experts believe much opportunity exists.
Russian bank Tinkoff Credit Systems has become the latest financial institution to launch a mobile wallet service, which is due to go live on 1 December 2013. The new wallet will target Russia and will be available on both Android and Apple iOS devices.
Fintech vendor Volante Technologies has launched its T2S Accelerator, which is designed to help financial services firms to prepare for the T2S settlement platform.
Darlington Building Society is to install a new enterprise risk management solution Ten Risk Manager from Hitec Laboratories, which It says will help the society to identify, manage, monitor and report on risks.
Visa and prepaid processor i2c are teaming up with their sights set on Asia-Pacific, Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The No. 1 barrier to consumer adoption of flexible spending accounts (FSAs) has been removed. The U.S. Treasury and IRS on Halloween announced they were changing their stance on the so-called “use-or-lose” rule, enabling consumers for the first time to rollover up to $500 from their FSAs instead of forfeiting those funds back to their employers.
Barclays has retooled its Pingit mobile payment app to enable large firms to send funds for insurance claims, utility refunds and other corporate payments directly to consumers.
Regulators should consider carefully the implications of their actions, and not be too hasty to censure or restrict trading activity on dark pools, according to a report released by analyst firm Celent this week. The findings have been supported by senior financial services executives at Fidessa, who have called for investor choice to be maintained.
Staff at Metro Bank don’t have sales targets – instead, they are incentivised to enhance the customer experience, says Craig Donaldson, chief executive at Metro Bank. The bank is hoping this approach will pay off as it continues its campaign to win over the UK high street with the launch of a new branch at Cheapside in the heart of London.
Finland’s Aktia Bank has begun staff training on a new Temenos T24 core banking system that it plans to start implementing next year with an expected go-live date in 2015
Pay-by-tap is coming to a computer or tablet near you, now that chipmaker Intel Corp. has announced plans to embed select computing devices with NFC acceptance technology that will enable online shoppers to pay by tapping a MasterCard contactless payment card or mobile phone on a reader embedded in the device. Intel will use a […]
Credit Agricole CIB has signed an outsourcing deal with Genpact, in which the technology firm will help the bank by providing its IT development and maintenance, production support, infrastructure management and user support in the US.
Add car rides to the ever-growing list of things that can be purchased with PayPal, now that the popular Uber service has begun accepting fares via the payments giant.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday announced the arrests of five more defendants connected to a massive global bank heist involving $45 million siphoned from ATMs around the world in coordinated efforts in December of 2012 and February of this year.
Littleton, Colo.-based card producer CPI Card Group announced it’s able to deliver dual-interface cards to U.S.-based financial institutions to support the ongoing market migration to EMV.
“Virtual currencies have captured the imagination of some, struck fear among others and confused the heck out of many of us.” So said Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) yesterday during a hearing on virtual currencies, thus encapsulating the spectrum of opinion surrounding decentralized digital money, such as Bitcoin, which has garnered worldwide attention in recent months. […]
One Year in, Picture Bright for Photo Bill Pay Service Photo bill-payment service Picture Pay has gotten off to a strong start in its first year of operation, increasing its number of users by 17 percent month-over-month while seeing a 13 percent monthly growth in the number of bill payments processed, the company said this […]
The number of contactless payment cards being used globally next year is set to reach 249 million, according to a new report by Juniper Research.
India’s first women-only bank has launched in Mumbai and six other Indian cities, offering a service aimed at increasing financial inclusion for women in one of the world’s most populous countries.
IntercontinentalExchange is to acquire Singapore Mercantile Exchange, including the venue’s clearing house, in a deal that will give it a foothold in Asia for the first time. SMX offers futures for metals, currencies, energy and agricultural commodities.
Gift cards once again are topping consumers’ 2013 holiday wish lists, with a twist: Santa will deliver more gift cards than ever via mobile devices and there will be plenty of caffeine for all, according to the National Retail Federation’s latest consumer survey forecasting a record $29.8 billion in total gift card spending. “As more […]
Austria-based e-voucher provider paysafecard group is expanding its services to Australia, the company has announced. Citing Down Under as “one of the world’s leading countries in terms of digital development,” paysafecard is launching there with more than 12,000 retail partners out of the gate. “We enter the Australian market with high expectations as we see […]
New York State and federal officials plan to take a hard look at virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, to determine whether they need to be regulated. The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs plans to meet this afternoon to consider how virtual currencies are affecting law enforcement and banking. Pay News will […]
While many industry players are betting that smartphone-based digital wallets will someday replace cards, one startup is offering a wallet that takes the form of a card. San Francisco-based Coin has unveiled a new payment card-sized device with a magnetic strip that can hold the credentials of up to eight payment, gift and loyalty cards. […]
BATS Chi-X Europe has begun its pan-European listings business with the start of trading in two exchange-traded funds. The firm’s strategy is to focus on ETFs, where it believes it has found an opportunity to cut away at costs.
A UK technology company has created a banking app that promises to help customers keep track of their finances at a glance, interfacing with the Pebble smartwatch which launched launched in January 2013.
Three independent UK building societies – Ipswich, Loughborough and Dudley – have agreed to use a new software as a service solution from Unisys to handle their mortgage and savings accounts. The deal represents the latest move in a series of steps by the UK’s building society sector to adopt cloud platforms.
The latest version of the telco-backed Isis mobile wallet service has been launched across the US, following 18 months of testing in Texas and Utah by owners AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless.
Market participants need to be sure they understand how their collateral is being handled. They also need to make sure they are ready for EMIR, according to financial executives at the Mondo Visione Exchange Forum this week.
The wisdom of emerging market exchange deals was a subject of controversy at the Mondo Visione exchange forum in London on Wednesday, with some participants lambasting such deals as “not worth the air miles they were written on”. Others had a more positive view.
Change is coming to the prepaid card industry, whether by regulation or legislation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray promised lawmakers this week at a Senate Banking Committee hearing, but he declined to provide a timetable. “[Prepaid cards] are one of the problem areas in consumer financial protection because they’re a hole in the […]
