Latest E-commerce News: Finextra Research

MasterCard simplifies controls for small businesses

Further delivering on its commitment to fight fraud, MasterCard today launched Simplify Controls, allowing small- and medium-sized businesses to control, prevent and monitor e-commerce transactions in real time.

23 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Lemon Way appoints Kimberly Ryan head of sales, UK

Lemon Way—#1 French FinTech company—announced the appointment of Kimberly Ryan as UK Head of Sales. Kimberly Ryan takes over the management of all local business with immediate effects.

19 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Wirecard reports strong first quarter

Following the positive start to the current fiscal year, continued dynamic growth of Wirecard AG is expected during the course of the year.

19 May 2016

News/E-commerce

Google turns Android Pay attention to in-app, ATM and web payments

Google has moved to make it easier for developers to integrate Android Pay for in-app and web payments with "just a few lines of code".

19 May 2016

News/E-commerce

Android Pay launches in the UK

Google's Android Pay has launched in the UK, enabling millions of Brits to make contactless instore and in-app payments with their handsets.

18 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Tender Armor launches CvvPlus to combat CNP fraud

Tender Armor, a fraud prevention payments solution provider, launches CvvPlus, in Europe. CvvPlus is a new innovative real-time, dual-factor, out-of-band fraud prevention solution that authenticates cardholders conducting card-not-present (CNP) transactions.

18 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Emergence of ‘serial returners’ hinders growth of UK businesses

New research from Barclaycard reveals that consumer demand for free and easy returns when shopping online is placing increased pressure on retailers and impacting their bottom line.

18 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Cross-border payment developer Yian Tongbao inks cooperation deal with ChinaPay and Yiwu China

China Public Procurement Limited (the "Company" or “CPP”, HKEx stock code: 1094) is pleased to announce that, on May 12, Beijing Yian Tong Bao e-commerce Limited (“Yian Tong Bao”), which is the Company intends to acquire and is principally engaged in electronic platforms for clearing and settlement service, has entered into a tripartite cooperation framework agreement with Shanghai ChinaPay Electronic Payment Services Co., Ltd. and Yiwu China Commodities City Information and Technology Company Limited in relation to cross-border online settlement business.

17 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

BNP Paribas and Carrefour test mobile payments and couponing app

BNP Paribas and Carrefour are about to test an application that will enable customers to pay for purchases with their mobile phones, automatically combining standard loyalty services with the payment facility, whatever bank or bank card they use.

17 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

'Digital mall' app Kwiksy launches

Kwiksy Inc. today announced the launch of its app Kwiksy, which serves as a ‘digital mall’ for on demand services. Including functions that allow users to offer and request on-demand services, send messages and make peer-to-peer payments, as well as other services, Kwiksy lowers costs and boosts security in online transactions.

11 May 2016

News/E-commerce

Canadian banks sign on for Apple Pay

Apple has finally struck deals with Canada's banks to bring its mobile payments services to the country's Visa, MasterCard and Interac cardholders.

10 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

I2c upgrades card control and real-time alert features

I2c Inc., a global provider of smarter payments and integrated commerce solutions, today announced new enhancements to card control and real-time alerts built into its payment processing platform.

05 May 2016

News/E-commerce

Europeans ready to quit banks over out-of-date technology

As they increasingly bank online and through their mobiles, many Europeans say that they would leave providers that do not offer up-to-date technology, a survey from Fujitsu shows.

04 May 2016

Company update/E-commerce

World First opens up to Japan

Award-winning, international FinTech payments and currency experts, World First, is launching a new service in Japan providing access to a new market for online sellers worldwide.

03 May 2016

News/E-commerce

Turkey launches national payments system

Turkey has gone live with its own card payment system, dubbed Troy, as it seeks to boost electronic money and usher in a cashless society by 2023.

29 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Klarna checkout comes to EKM online stores

The UK’s largest hosted eCommerce provider, EKM, which hosts 1 in 5 British online stores using its cloud-based solution, is partnering with Klarna, the innovative Swedish payments startup that processed around £6 billion in payments last year, to transform the efficiency and profitability of the “online high street”.

28 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Pitney Bowes launches cloud-based payments engine for shipping and e-commerce platforms

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI), a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced the launch of its cloud-based payments engine designed to integrate with third party shipping and ecommerce platforms to deliver payments processing as part of a seamless digital experience that offers terms, a consolidated invoice and flexible payment options.

26 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

First Data launches Clover online store

For many people, their first interaction with a company is a virtual connection. That first impression – typically in the form of a website – says a lot about a business and must convey professionalism, competence, and security.

20 April 2016

Company update/E-commerce

Payments platform Zooz forms partnership with Nodus Technologies

Payment technology provider Zooz announced today that Nodus Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to incorporate their integrated eCommerce, EBPP, CRM & ERP payment solutions into the Zooz platform.

20 April 2016

News/E-commerce

Powa founder Wagner professes shock at payment firm's failure

Powa founder Dan Wagner has declared himself "bemused" by the failed payment firm's slide into administration, even as details emerge of its massive losses.

18 April 2016