In Other News: INGENICO (Nera); GEMALTO (Coesys); WEX (Ypsilon); and APRIVA (ITC). INGENICO – Ingenico has completed its acquisition of Nera Payment Solutions, a subsidiary of Nera Telecommunications, a company listed on the Singapore stock exchange. GEMALTO – Gemalto has won a major contract to supply Posten Norge, Norway’s national post and logistics service, with…
Visa announced the opening of the first international campus of Visa University at its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. The purpose-built facility in Singapore features flexible classroom space, breakout rooms for small-group learning and lounge space for informal networking. It also boasts cutting edge video conferencing technology, which extends the reach of Visa University Singapore…
MoneyGram and Walmart have beefed-up their online money transfer platform with the new MTaaS platform powered by MoneyGram. The new platform offers customers new features and a streamlined experience when sending money through Walmart.moneygram.com. The upgraded Walmart.Moneygram.com site is built on MoneyGram’s MTaaS platform (Money Transfer as a Service). MTaaS extends the same innovative and convenient…
Last Friday at the close, shares in Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America Corp. ended 0.13% higher at $16.00. The stock recorded a trading volume of 100.74 million shares, which was above its three months average volume of 90.30 million shares. The Company’s shares have advanced 11.01% in the last one month and 10.71% in…
UnionPay International reports consumers can now pay with UnionPay cards at about two million merchants in Europe. In particular, over 70% of the merchants in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain, the six major tourist destinations, accept UnionPay, which satisfies tourists’ payments needs in Europe. UnionPay acceptance footprint also expands from duty free…
China UnionPay is make a big move to assist Chinese students who study overseas are going abroad and over 2,000 educational institutions outside mainland China accept UnionPay cards for tuition payment, and UnionPay payment service system has covered all aspects of students’ daily study and life in major destinations. Now, 18 million merchants and 1.3…
Nearly all the ATMs in the US accept UnionPay cards for cash withdrawal and over 80% of the local merchants accept UnionPay credit cards. In tourists’ favorite destinations such as New York, Hawaii, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orlando and Chicago, UnionPay’s acceptance coverage in well-known shopping centers and Outlets has exceeded 90%. With one UnionPay…
In Other News: UNITY (Nobel); QIKSERVE (Platform); FLEETCOR (acquisition); and APS (ACA) UNITY – NC-based Unity FI Solutions has partnered with Nobel Learning Communities, a network of more than 200 private schools in 19 states and Washington, D.C., to launch an online platform that allows Nobel Learning’s schools to accept electronic payments from parents at…
Uber and Visa have announced Uber Local Offers, a new way for riders to earn discounted rides by simply using the same Visa credit card on file with Uber at their favorite local merchants. With Uber Local Offers, Uber riders get more out of shopping and dining, while merchants get a simple new way to…
CashOnCell is shaking up the traditional payday loan industry by offering small convenient loans that can be added to your monthly cell phone bill — no credit check, collateral, or bank account needed. The demand for short-term loans has constantly increased year after year since the early ’90s. In spite of the huge success of…
In Other News: BLUEFIN (P2PE); SHIFT4 (EMV); LEVEL 3 (PCIDSS); and USAT (VendPro) BLUEFIN – Bluefin Payment Systems, the leading provider of PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) solutions for retail, healthcare and education, announced the availability of the PCI PTS-approved P2PE POI PAX S300 & S500 devices for stand-alone and semi-integrated applications with EMV on the…
China UnionPay is make a big move to assist Chinese students who study overseas are going abroad and over 2,000 educational institutions outside mainland China accept UnionPay cards for tuition payment, and UnionPay payment service system has covered all aspects of students’ daily study and life in major destinations. Now, 18 million merchants and 1.3…
