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Visa to buy offers specialist TrialPay

Visa has struck an agreement to acquire American transactional advertising outfit TrialPay. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

27 February 2015

News/E-commerce

Startup profile: VoguePay's African ambitions

With offices in Lagos and London, VoguePay is looking to build a payment processing bridge connecting Africa's one billion people to the global market. Founders Geoffrey Weli Wosu and Michael Simeon speak to Finextra about their startup.

24 February 2015

News/E-commerce

Stripe offers bitcoin payments through a single line of code

Digital payments upstart Stripe has added support for bitcoin, enabling merchants to accept the crypto-currency through just a single line of code.

20 February 2015

News/E-commerce

Greek banks sign up to MyBank

The four biggest banks in Greece are to adopt EBA Clearing's MyBank service to fulfill customer online shopping transactions direct from the banks' websites.

18 February 2015

News/E-commerce

Finextra Future Money returns for 2015

Created as the premier event bringing both the most innovative minds in banking together with the exploding FinTech community, Finextra Future Money returns to London on April 21 and 22 for an exciting two day event.

16 February 2015

News/E-commerce

Finovate Europe 2015 - Day 2 Roundup

The second and final day of Finovate Europe saw 32 startups take the stage to try and impress a packed crowd of fintech VCs, journalists, bankers and experts. PFM, mobile payments and wealth management all made an appearance, often to a critical audience - while other firms attempted to push the boundaries of fintech, causing a huge buzz within Old Billingsgate and on social media.

11 February 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Qiwi and MegaFon to launch co-branded mobile wallet

QIWI plc (QIWI) (QIWI.ME), a leading provider of next generation payment services ("QIWI"), and MegaFon (MFON.L), a leading Russian telecommunications operator ("MegaFon"), announce the start of a strategic partnership aimed at development of high-tech solutions in electronic payments based on a combination of the business expertise of both companies.

11 February 2015

News/E-commerce

Icici unveils Pockets mobile wallet

As it prepares to face a host of new competitors, Icici Bank has set out its pitch to India's millennials with a new mobile wallet called Pockets.

11 February 2015

News/E-commerce

PayPal's offline chief quits

The man behind PayPal's move into the bricks and mortar world, Don Kingsborough, has quit the firm, admitting it has come up short in its efforts to move beyond online payments.

04 February 2015

News/E-commerce

Google Wallet gets first payment platform partner for Instant Buy API

E-commerce payment processor WePay has integrated with Google's Instant Buy API, a service that lets Google Wallet users check out in just two clicks on mobile and web without exposing their sensitive information to third parties.

26 January 2015

News/E-commerce

Half of US retailers unprepared for EMV migration deadline - survey

With only nine months to go until the US EMV migration deadline, more than half of retailers are not ready for the switch, according to a survey from ACI Worldwide.

23 January 2015

News/E-commerce

Kickstarter leaves Amazon Payments for Stripe

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter has ditched long-standing payments partner Amazon and signed up with Stripe in a move designed to make life easier for both project creators and backers.

06 January 2015

News/E-commerce

MBNA to be first UK card issuer to deploy MasterCard digital wallet

MBNA is to be the UK’s first card issuer to offer a MasterPass powered digital wallet to its customers for online shopping.

17 December 2014

News/E-commerce

WorldPay to double US workforce on Atlanta relocation

London-based payments processor WorldPay is to spend $10 million to relocate its US headquarters and 617 employees to Atlanta, amid plans to double its American workforce over the next four years.

10 December 2014

News/E-commerce

Bank-backed QR code-based mobile payments app launches in Belgium

A QR code-based mobile wallet that can be used for in-store, in-app, online and P2P payments has launched in Belgium with the backing of the country's major banks.

08 December 2014

Company update/E-commerce

MasterCard takes digital payments services to China

A cornerstone in the foundation of a fully digitized payment system was laid today as MasterCard announced to Chinese financial institutions the launch of its cloud-based payment services for cross border payments.

05 December 2014

News/E-commerce

Japanese messaging outfit Line launches m-payments service

Japanese messaging giant Line is rolling out its mobile payments service for online and in-store transactions to users around the world.

05 December 2014

News/E-commerce

Braintree brings One Touch mobile payments to international markets

Braintree is rolling out its One Touch mobile payments platform with PayPal to international markets.

03 December 2014

Company update/E-commerce

First Data collaborates with Banco Nacional Ultramarino to serve Macau businesses

First Data Merchant Solutions (FDMS) Macau, First Data’s direct-to-market merchant acquiring business in Macau, and Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU), a leading commercial bank, today announced a strategic alliance to provide merchant services and payment solutions for merchants in Macau.

03 December 2014

Company update/E-commerce

Credorax appoints Maarten Bleijerveld as EU sales VP

Credorax, the digital merchant acquirer, today announced that it has appointed Maarten Bleijerveld as Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Northern and Central Europe.

03 December 2014