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Company update/Electronic bill presentment and payment

LD kiosks kitted out for bill pay with ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide (ACIW), a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with LD Systems, an international provider of ATMs, financial equipment and technology services. This partnership will enable LD Systems’ clients to offer quick, easy and safe bill pay options at kiosks across the United States.

20 January 2015

Company update/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Southern Bank goes mobile with Malauzai

Malauzai Software, a provider of mobile banking SmartApps for community financial institutions, has announced that Mount Olive, N.C.-based Southern Bank has launched a mobile banking program with the company’s SmartApp, including integration with the bank’s online bill pay, as well as mobile photo bill pay through PicturePay.

29 October 2014

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

BBVA Ventures invests in supply chain finance firm Taulia

Supply chain finance outfit Taulia has scored another $13 million in series d funding from BBVA Ventures and Singapore's Economic Development Board.

26 September 2014

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Tungsten completes bank buy-out to move into invoice discounting

Invoice financing roll-up Tungsten is moving into small business lending through the acquisition of the UK arm of First International Bank of Israel (Fibi).

16 June 2014

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Jordan launches national electronic billing and payment system

Jordan has introduced a platform that lets people receive and pay their bills electronically from computers, ATMs and POS terminals.

13 May 2014

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Zapp confident of signing more banks but no word on retail partners

UK mobile commerce outfit Zapp says it is hopeful of bringing more major banks onboard ahead of its launch later this year but has still not gone public with any retail partners.

20 March 2014

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

GoCardless raises $7m in series b funding

GoCardless, the UK start-up promising to simplify the way firms set up and accept online direct debits, has raised $7 million in a series b funding round led by Balderton Capital.

28 January 2014

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

South African banks roll out nationwide e-billing and payment service

Bank-owned clearing house BankservAfrica has teamed up with vendor ebpSource to launch a South Africa-wide electronic billing and payment service.

14 January 2014

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Italian utility Enel connects to EBA Clearing MyBank

Italian utility giant Enel has connected to EBA Clearing's MyBank service, offering customers the option to pay their gas and electricity bills from within a bank Web site.

28 November 2013

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Bill.com raises $38m

Bill.com, a bill payment, invoicing and cash flow management specialist, has closed a $38 million funding round led by Scale Venture Partners and joined by industry giants including BofA and American Express.

12 November 2013

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

CommBank Kaching adds Bpay QR code reader and card and PIN activation

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has released a Bpay QR code reader and card PIN and activation functionality for its popular CommBank Kaching app for iPhone.

30 May 2013

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Finland trails Nordics in e-invoicing uptake

Finland is trailing well behind its fellow Nordic countries in the adoption of electronic invoicing for consumer billing, according to a study from vendor Itella Information.

03 April 2013

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

ECB seeks to improve online payments security

The European Central Bank has outlined plans to improve the security of Internet payments, requiring firms to beef up their customer authentication processes.

31 January 2013

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

ACI agrees Online Resources acquisition

ACI Worldwide has agreed to buy online banking and bill payments specialist Online Resources in an all cash deal for $3.85 per share.

31 January 2013

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

US Bank to offer Mobile Photo Bill Pay

US Bank is to use technology from Mitek to enable consumers to set up bill payments by simply snapping a picture of their paper bill using their camera-enabled smartphone or tablet.

05 December 2012

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

VocaLink reportedly sounding out investors for new mobile bill service

The UK's VocaLink is seeking funding to create a new company that will focus on the development of technology for mobile-enabled electronic bill presentment and payment services for utilities and small businesses, according to Sky News.

27 November 2012

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Hong Kong builds e-bill system; ponders NFC m-payments infrastructure

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has laid out plans for an electronic bill system and promised to explore the creation of an interoperable NFC mobile payment infrastructure.

07 September 2012

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Live: EBAday 2012, day one

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

15 May 2012

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Canadian govt told to take m-payments lead; banks seen as barrier to innovation

Canada's government must work with the private sector to develop a mobile money ecosystem as part of a wider overhaul of the country's payments infrastructure that could save C$32 billion a year in productivity gains, claims a task force report commissioned by finance minister Jim Flaherty.

29 March 2012

News/Electronic bill presentment and payment

Citi slaps down Bank 2.0 rivals in Innotribe face-off

Financial heavyweight Citi has faced off a challenge to old-bank hegemony with a powerful display of its technological prowess that knocked the wind out of a room-full of Bank 2.0 innovation gurus and digital evangelists at an Innotribe session at Sibos in Toronto.

22 September 2011