Latest E-commerce News: Finextra Research

BlueSnap granted EU payment institution license by FCA

Global payment gateway BlueSnap, one of the leading international payment solutions providers for the card-not-present marketplace, announced today that it has been granted a license by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a Payment Institution under the Payment Services Directive.

06 May 2015

News/E-commerce

European lawmakers agree revised Payments Services Directive

European lawmakers have reached an informal agreement on a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) designed to boost competition and innovation while improving consumer protections.

05 May 2015

News/E-commerce

Visa preps commercial UK launch for V.me digital wallet

Visa Europe has secured the backing of a number of major UK banks and retailers for a widespread summer rollout of its V.me digital wallet for online shopping.

05 May 2015

Company update/E-commerce

SafeCharge forms partnership with SE Asian outfit 2C2P

SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), a leader in advanced payment technologies, announces that it has agreed to enter into a strategic partnership with South East Asia-focused payment services company 2C2P.

04 May 2015

Company update/E-commerce

MasterCard revamps business network site

MasterCard joins the elusive commodities of time and money and helps U.S. businesses save both with the latest version of its popular, professional site, MasterCard Business Network™ 2.0.

04 May 2015

News/E-commerce

PayPal extends One Touch payments to the web

PayPal is extending its One Touch payments system beyond mobile to the web, in a move the firm says will help merchants reduce abandoned shopping cart rates.

28 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Chase Commerce Solutions partners USA Technologies

USA Technologies, Inc. (USAT), a leader of wireless, cashless payment and M2M/IoT solutions for small-ticket, self-serve retailing industries and Chase Commerce Solutions, the global payment processing, merchant acquiring and offers business of JPMorgan Chase & Co., today announced a new strategic relationship.

28 April 2015

News/E-commerce

SIX, UBS and Zurcher Kantonal Bank to launch P2P payments app

SIX, UBS and Zürcher Kantonalbank are to launch a new P2P payment app, Paymit, that enables users to to request and make payment transfers by smartphone across Switzerland from the end of May.

28 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Onpex partners Bank Frick

ONPEX, The Online Payment Exchange, has announced a new partnership with Bank Frick, a leading Liechtenstein private bank and their payment unit; Summit Payment Services.

28 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Australia's Mint Payments targets CNP

Mint Payments (ASX: MNW) (Mint) is pleased to announce the availability of its newest product “Minternet”, a portfolio of online payments solutions to service the “Customer-Not-Present” (CNP) sector of the payments market.

23 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Secure Trading Financial Services forms alliance with Payscout

Secure Trading Financial Services (STFS), a provider of end-to-end acquiring services, has today announced its partnership with Payscout, a US based global merchant service provider (MSP) and payment service provider (PSP).

16 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Paysafecard launches in New Zealand

paysafecard, a global leader in prepaid payments and a member of the international Skrill Group, continues its international expansion by launching paysafecard in New Zealand.

16 April 2015

News/E-commerce

British businesses battling epidemic of CNP fraud

British businesses were hit by card fraud once every 20 seconds in March, with small businesses being the most popular targets.

15 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

I2c appoints ex-MasterCard head Stephen Grice general manager, Europe

i2c, Inc., a provider of payment processing and emerging commerce solutions, today announced that Stephen Grice has joined the company as General Manager, Europe.

14 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Indian e-commerce outfit Snapdeal buys mobile transactions platform FreeCharge

India’s largest online marketplace, Snapdeal today announced that it has acquired FreeCharge, India’s fastest growing mobile transactions platform.

08 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Internet spending accounts for one-third of value of UK card expenditure

New figures published today show that 30 per cent of the value of all spending on cards in January was via the internet, with £15.4bn1 of the £46.5bn total spent in this way.

07 April 2015

Company update/E-commerce

Blippar gets £1.5 million in financing from Barclays

Blippar, the image recognition and mobile augmented reality platform, is getting a £1.5m finance facility from Barclays Bank to support the working capital requirements of the business as it grows.

01 April 2015

News/E-commerce

CBA unveils Albert tablet payment device

Commmonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is making a move into the point-of-sale hardware market, teaming up with German tech firm Wincor Nixdorf and Ideo to launch a seven inch Android-based tablet system dubbed Albert.

31 March 2015

News/E-commerce

UK online banking fraud losses soar 48%

Online banking fraud jumped 48% to £60.4 million in 2014, according to figures put together by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK), which blames the rise on malware and confidence tricksters.

27 March 2015

News/E-commerce

Swift London Business Forum to continue discussions on FinTech innovation

Challenger banks will feature heavily in the upcoming Swift Business Forum in London. Craig Donaldson, CEO at Metro Bank UK, is joined by keynote speaker Sir David Clementi, ex-deputy governor of the Bank of England and chairman of Virgin Money.

27 March 2015