InterWallet entered into an agreement to place 1,000 of its multi-functional kiosks with Open Payment Solutions, LLC. InterWallet manufactures cutting edge ATM like kiosks capable of providing a multitude of services to mainstream America including access to 10,000 Billers (bill pay), Phone Cards, Pre Paid Debit Cards, Movie and Show tickets as well as the capability to offer a multitude of services to the under banked and un-banked.
i2c, Inc. today announced that Caledonian Bank Ltd., a division of Caledonian Global Financial Services Inc., is leveraging its global platform for next-generation card processing.
CardConnect has deployed Ingenico as their EMV chip-based payment acceptance technology and point-to-point encryption (P2PE) co-development partner to their 50,000 merchant customers in the United States. CardConnect is leveraging the entire value chain of Ingenico’s payment offerings from EMV- and NFC-ready payment devices to highly trusted On-Guard data encryption solution. The all-integrated payment processing solutions will enable merchants to secure cardholder data and conveniently accept all payment means across multiple channels, including in-store, mobile, and unattended transactions.
MoneyGram global money transfer and payment services extended its exclusive relationship with Post Office Limited. This allows customers to send and receive funds at over 11,500 Post Offices across the UK. The Post Office, which serves almost 18 million people a week, has been a MoneyGram agent since 1997. MoneyGram and the Post Office’s network are committed to meeting the needs of consumers who want convenient, reliable and fast money transfer services.
HSBC customers can now open a Loyalty Cash ISA on the go via their HSBC mobile banking app, which rewards customers with a loyalty rate when they pay at least £1 into the ISA each year (currently between 1.4% and 1.6% AER variable depending on the current account they hold). It is the first time the bank has offered an account opening service to mobile banking app users. Customers will be able to apply quickly and easily, transferring money into their ISA as soon as it is open. The application form will be pre-filled with their personal information, and it takes just three clicks to open the account and transfer funds in, all of which happens in real time. All existing app users will receive this feature through an automatic update.
FircoSoft, the leading global provider of watch list filtering solutions, announced today that Rede de Telecomunicações para o Mercado (RTM), a Brazilian Service Bureau, went live with Firco Continuity. Founded in 1997, RTM, a leading service provider in Brazil, offers outsourced SWIFT connectivity to over 35 Brazilian banks. Today, five banks are using the Firco Continuity transaction filtering service provided by RTM and “powered” by FircoSoft to detect and block transactions including listed parties list, and eliminate the risk of processing illegal transactions.
The PayRange system includes Blukey™ hardware, a mobile app and service, and is poised to be the world’s simplest payment solution for machines. When users are in “PayRange””or about arm’s length from the machine”they receive an alert and can then immediately “swipe” their finger on their smartphone’s touchscreen to send payment to the machine via a Bluetooth LE connection.
The Diebold 429 ATM intelligent-powered ATM is designed to use as little as 70 watts of power, consuming up to 40 percent less energy than other models. Currently available in the Indian market, the Diebold 429 ATM could save enough energy annually to power more than 1,200 Indian households. The Diebold 429 offers a solution for financial institutions to better serve people living in areas with limited power. In India for example, approximately 40 percent of the country’s population is underbanked. Diebold was the industry’s only global ATM provider with the ability to deliver a workable solution that met India’s uninterruptible power supply requirements. Diebold is delivering 2,100 Diebold 429 ATMs for India’s Bank of Baroda (BoB), making it possible for BoB to expand self-service options to locations – and consumers – it could not previously reach. The system automatically chooses which power source to draw from – either the internal battery or alternating current (AC) power grid – ensuring that the unit does not exceed 100 watts of power usage.
Visa and PULSE signed agreements to enable financial institutions that issue EMV debit cards on both the Visa and PULSE networks to use Visa’s common debit solution. Visa’s common application identifier (AID) supports U.S. debit regulations requiring the ability to route transactions over multiple, unaffiliated networks. A common debit solution shared among all participants will help to accelerate EMV chip adoption in the United States and provide a uniform platform that will enable network innovation. PULSE will use functionality on Visa’s common AID to facilitate all types of point-of-sale debit transactions on its network. In addition, the agreement enables PULSE to facilitate domestic ATM transactions on its network and provides for issuer choice in the routing of ATM transactions.
USA Technologies enhanced its ePort Connect service that expand and strengthen its menu of value-added cashless payment, telemetry and consumer engagement services designed for self-serve retailing industries such as vending, amusement and arcade, commercial laundry and kiosk. The upgrade includes special enhancements such as secure card tokenization, new capabilities designed to optimize USAT’s loyalty and prepaid program, MORE., in micro-market environments and new operational tools designed to provide customers additional real-time data about the status of their connected devices. Information regarding some of the latest enhancements to ePort Connect® follows.
Sionic Mobile announced it has added and now features the ability to pay with Google Wallet in its ION Rewards® app for Android, available for free in Google Play. For a limited introductory period, users will get paid double ION rewards, two percent of their purchase amount, each time they checkout using the “Buy with Google” option. ION is the first fully digital cloud-based mCommerce platform and may be used at more than 25,000 retail and restaurant locations including Lowe’s, Staples, Sephora and Papa John’s Pizza.
Oink announced that it has partnered with Plinga GmbH to provide a safe, seamless payment technology for their social games. Plinga’s 15 currently published titles are played by more than 30 million users per month, in 16 different languages, and on more than 2,000 social networks and web portals around the globe. Oink is a mobile-first payment technology designed to allow retailers and game publishers to reach consumers in a safe, legal and effective manner compliant with the FTC and other international regulations. The award-winning technology serves as a digital family wallet that is available online or via mobile and allows safe, secure transactions – and can be enhanced with parental controls.
