Sector: Payments

PayPal looking to speed up cryptocurrency payments

(6 March 2018 – Global) PayPal has filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office to secure a...

Samsung Pay launches for CBA customers

(20 February 2018 – Australia) Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has launched access to phone manufacturer, Samsung’s contactless payments platform,...

New Products, Payments

CBA

Australia

Visa, MasterCard comes to Apple Pay in Singapore

(22 February 2018 – Singapore) Technology giant, Apple has brought on board global credit card providers Visa and MasterCard, in...

Payments

DBS Group, Mastercard, OCBC, Standard Chartered, United Overseas Bank, Visa

Singapore

Payment protection provider launches in Australia, New Zealand

(15 February 2018 – Australia) Verifi has launched into the Australian and New Zealand markets, citing the region’s strong rates...

Payments, Security & fraud

Uncategorized

Australia, New Zealand

Australia’s New Payments Platform launches to lukewarm welcome

(14 February 2018 – Australia) Australia’s latest payment infrastructure, the New Payments Platform (NPP) has gone live this week, however...

FinTech, New Products, Payments, Regulatory & Government, Technology, Transaction Banking

Uncategorized

Australia

Visa to buy out SaaS payments firm

(13 February 2018 – United Kingdom) Visa has agreed to acquire Fraedom, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology firm that provides payments...

Mergers & Acquisitions, Payments, Technology

Uncategorized

Europe, UK

Ripple signs on LianLian to provide members access to China

(9 February 2018 – China) Chinese payment processor LianLian is to join RippleNet, providing a gateway to the region to around...

FinTech, Payments, Technology

Uncategorized

Asia

Fujitsu launches biometrics platform in Australia

(1 February 2018 – Australia) Fujitsu`s Biometrics-as-a-Service platform has landed in Australia to enable organisations to deploy biometric authentication for...