VocaLink

196 results about this entity

Period: 12 Oct 2004 - 17 Apr 2024

UK banks sign up to Zapp mobile payments

Five major UK financial services firms have committed to rolling out mobile payments technology from Zapp, enabling customers to make in-store and online purchases from within their banking apps.

M-commerce start-up Zapp vows to take on Visa and MasterCard

UK mobile commerce outfit Zapp is targeting 20 million users by 2017, promising to rival traditional payments giants such as Visa and MasterCard by the end of the decade.

Immediate Payments go global

David Yates, CEO of VocaLink describes the global rollout of Immediate Payments, the export version of the UK's Faster Payments platform.

Zapp partners WorldPay to hawk mobile payments to retailers

Zapp has struck a deal with WorldPay that will see its mobile payments system made available to thousands of merchants, including big names such as WH Smith and McDonald's, from next year.

Leveraging infrastructure for payments innovation

Chris Dunne, Payment Services Director, VocaLink, discusses the role of market infrastructure and the benefits and importance of ISO 20022.

Zapp poaches Barclays mobile chief Ian Sayers

Zapp, the British m-commerce company recently set up by VocaLink, has raided Barclays to bring in the bank's mobile and digital architecture chief Ian Sayers as its chief technology officer.

Zapp chooses Oracle for mobile commerce platform

Zapp, the British mobile commerce company recently set up by VocaLink, has called in Oracle to help build its technology platform.

Zapp set for 2014 launch

Peter Keenan, CEO of Zapp lays out the plans and goals of the new mobile payments start-up.

VocaLink unveils Zapp m-payments service for banks and retailers

VocaLink has formed a new company, called Zapp, to build a service that will let Brits link their bank accounts to their mobile phone numbers and make real-time payments through their handsets.

Barclays extends mobile payments to retailers with Buyit

Barclays customers will soon be able to use their Pingit mobile payments app to make purchases by scanning QR codes on adverts, the bank's managing director of cash management, Richard Martin, has told Finextra.

Barclays extends mobile payments to retailers with Buyit

The ability to pay bills and purchase retail items via QR codes is a core part of the Pingit mobile payments service, and soon-to-be-launched Buyit service, from Barclays says Richard Martin, MD, cash management at Barclays.

Happy Birthday, Faster Payments

Chris Dunne, Payment Services Director at VocaLink celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Faster Payments Service in the UK.