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Company announcement/payments

Gregor Dobbie appointed as CEO of Vocalink

Vocalink, a Mastercard company, today confirmed that Gregor Dobbie has been appointed as CEO. He has been UK Managing Director since May 2017.

15 August 2019

Finextra TV

Tackling financial crime and the role of digital identity

Marc Corbalan, Product Management, Vocalink, a Mastercard company, speaks at NextGen Banking London about the role AI plays in tackling financial crime, what helps to detect fraud or prevent it, the role of digital identity in tackling crime and how the industry is dealing with the problem collectively.

25 June 2019

Company announcement/payments

ACI Worldwide readies for Saudi real-time payments

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of bank real-time electronic payment solutions, today announced that it is aiding fast bank adoption of real-time payments in Saudi Arabia with its UP Real-Time Payments solution.

07 May 2019

Company announcement/payments

Philippines gets real-time payments tech from Vocalink

BancNet, the national clearing switch operator for InstaPay, a real-time retail payments system in the Philippines, will tap into Mastercard’s expertise and the next-generation real-time payments technology of Vocalink (a Mastercard company) to provide InstaPay users with improved services, better data capabilities, and stronger security features.

26 April 2019

News/payments

Saudi Arabia partners Vocalink for real-time payments

Saudi Arabia has taken a major step in its ambitions to create a digital economy by launching a real-time payments system built by Mastercard-owned Vocalink.

26 April 2019

Company announcement/security

Fraudsters winning on the war on payments fraud

Three quarters (73%) of UK businesses believe that fraudsters who carry out payments fraud are now ‘ahead of the industry’, according to the third annual Business Fraud Report from Vocalink, a Mastercard company.

20 March 2019

News

Barclays gives Pay by Bank app a leg up

Barclays is to roll out Mastercard's Pay by Bank online checkout option to its merchant network and six million mobile banking customers.

18 February 2019

News/payments

Vocalink chief Stoddart to take up new payments role at Mastercard

Vocalink CEO Paul Stoddart is to move across to parent company Mastercard to take up a new role as president, new payment platforms.

06 February 2019

News/payments

Peruvian payments system to go real-time with Vocalink

Vocalink has won a contract with Peru's automated clearing house, Cámara de Compensación Electrónica (CCE) to overhaul the nation's payments plumbing,

12 December 2018

News

Pay.UK rolls out new mule-busting technology

Pay.UK's Faster Payments team is rolling out new technology from Vocalink that enables banks to track and pinpoint fraudulent payments transactions across multiple, connected 'mule' accounts.

11 December 2018

Finextra TV

The evolution of the real-time payment infrastructure

Kris Kubiena, International Sales Director, Vocalink, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about the benefits of opting for a managed service when implementing a real-time payments infrastructure, what additional value can be created on top of the platform for economies and which countries are leveraging the capabilities of the real-time payments platform to its fullest.

03 December 2018

Finextra TV

The global adoption of real-time payments, sparking industry innovation

Paul Stoddart, Chief Executive Officer, Vocalink & Colleen Taylor, Executive Vice President, Mastercard, speak at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about recent innovations having an impact on the consumer, which markets are ahead of the curve when it comes to adopting the latest real-time applications and how some of the latest innovations have tackled the issue of security, when leveraging the real-time rails.

16 November 2018