Latest Cards News: Finextra Research

Alior to launch pan-European digital bank with solarisBank and Raisin

Poland's Alior Bank is going pan-European, teaming with Berlin-based solarisBank, Raisin, and Mastercard in an effort to conquer the continent.

14 June 2018

Company update/Cards

National Bank of Greece migrates debit card portfolio to OpenWay

National Bank of Greece, the country’s leading banking institution, has successfully completed the migration of its debit card portfolio to the WAY4 card management system provided by OpenWay, a top-ranked digital payments software provider.

14 June 2018

Company update/Cards

Ingenico terminal scores Google Mobile Services certification

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, today announced that its Axium D7 ECR-POS has achieved Google Mobile Services certification, making it the world’s first secure POS terminal to meet GMS requirements and properly run applications by Google.

14 June 2018

News/Cards

Dixons Carphone breach compromises 5.9m customer cards

UK consumer electronics retail group Dixons Carphone has suffered a massive data breach, compromising 5.9 million customer cards and 1.2 million personal data records.

13 June 2018

Company update/Cards

First Data and Mastercard team on digital disbursements

First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced they have joined forces, enabling First Data to provide a digital disbursement platform to Mastercard’s business customers.

13 June 2018

Company update/Cards

Revolut teams up with Cypriot telco PrimeTel

Revolut, Europe’s newest Digital Bank Unicorn, have teamed up with PrimeTel, one of the leading and fastest growing Telecom providers in Cyprus, to help Cypriot consumers connect to a world of unlimited digital capabilities by leveraging technology, connectivity and software to improve their lifestyle.

13 June 2018

News/Cards

Live: EBAday2018, day two

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Munich this week for EBAday 2018, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

13 June 2018

News/Cards

Starling Bank introduces gambling blocker tech

Starling Bank has introduced a gambling blocker, enabling customers with addiction problems to block betting payments from their accounts.

13 June 2018

News/Cards

Live: EBAday2018, day one

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Munich this week for EBAday 2018, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

12 June 2018

Company update/Cards

Flexiti acquires TD Financing card portfolio

Flexiti, a leading provider of Point-Of-Sale (POS) financing and payment technology, today announced the acquisition of TD Financing Services’ (TDFS) Canadian private label credit card portfolio valued at approximately $250 million.

08 June 2018

Company update/Cards

Precise Biometrics collaborates with NXP on biometric smart cards

Precise Biometrics, a leader in fingerprint software and NXP Semiconductors collaborate to integrate Precise BioMatch Card in NXP’s contactless biometric smart cards.

07 June 2018

Company update/Cards

Degussa Bank outsources ATM management to Diebold

Germany’s Degussa Bank is outsourcing the management of the cash supply chain for its 220 automated teller machines (ATMs) to Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a world leader in enabling connected commerce for millions of consumers each day.

07 June 2018

Company update/Cards

Paysafe enables cash-based payments in Google Play Store

Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, announces a new partnership with Google.

07 June 2018

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Revolut launches in Russia

Digital banking startup Revolut is entering the Russian market after inking a deal giving it access to the payment infrastructure of local player Qiwi Bank.

07 June 2018

Company update/Cards

VyStar Credit Union picks Fiserv for app overhaul

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, and VyStar Credit Union, the 17th largest credit union in the United States ranked by asset size, today announced that VyStar has become the first Fiserv client to implement an enhanced mobile banking platform that includes new alerting and card control functionality for its debit card users.

06 June 2018

News/Cards

Mastercard Send to launch in UK

Mastercard has enlisted Starling Bank as the settlement agent for the forthcoming debut of its P2P and B2C disbursement service Send in the UK.

06 June 2018

Company update/Cards

Interac and Bambora to offer cross-border e-commerce payments

nterac Corp. (“Interac”) announced its work with international payment service provider Bambora to soon allow Canadians to use Interac Debit to pay for e-commerce purchases from merchants domestically and cross-border.

06 June 2018

Finextra TV/Cards

Championing the diversity agenda

Ann Cairns, Vice Chair, Mastercard, talks at Money20/20 about the forefront areas of innovation today, what they key elements drivin this innovation are and where her focus will be in her new position as Vice Chair.

05 June 2018

News/Cards

Goldman Sachs joins funding round for card issuing outfit Marqeta

Open API card issuing and processing platform Marqeta has raised $45 million in a funding round led by Iconiq Capital and joined by Goldman Sachs.

05 June 2018

News/Cards

UK politicians round on Visa over breakdown

UK politicians are calling Visa to account for the hardware failure on Friday that left people across the UK and Europe unable to use their cards to pay for goods and services.

05 June 2018