RwandAir has partnered with Wirecard for its online card payment processing services. Wirecard will enable customers that wish to book their flights online to pay with Visa, MasterCard, Diners/Discover, JCB, China UnionPay or Maestro cards. The Wirecard Group supports all sales channels with credit card acceptance. Wirecard is a principal member of Visa and MasterCard,…
Vantiv is now offering CardFlight’s SwipeSimple mobile POS solution to its merchants. SwipeSimple is a turnkey mobile payment acceptance platform that includes an EMV-enabled mobile chip card reader, a mobile application for iOS and Android, and a back office reporting portal for business owners to take payments and manage their business. The solution will be…
Atlanta-based Global Payments (GPN) reported fourth calendar quarter (4Q/16) [fiscal second quarter ending 11/30/16] gross revenues grew 30.4% year-on-year (YOY), while net income declined 37.2% YOY. Revenues for North America increased 16.1% YOY. GPN says the particularly strong performance was driven by the integrated payments businesses, OpenEdge and Ezidebit, and from its software led solutions…
Wix, a major cloud-based web development platform with more than 97 million registered users worldwide, is integrating with Square to give Wix merchants and entrepreneurs in North America a new way to accept online and in-person credit card payments. Wix’s Square integration improves payment processing and allows both online and in-person payments, via mobile device…
Applied Merchant Systems (AMS) has expanded its senior credit facility with Goldman Sachs and Business Development Corporation of America through a Strategic Transaction with Blue Square Resolutions. Blue Square’s founder, Sabin Burrell, has become a significant shareholder; while also continuing to serve as CEO of BlueSquare. AMS now has 17,500 merchant accounts that contribute over…
Wirecard’s Star Global Currency Exchange received an upgrade of its license issued by Reserve Bank of India to Authorized Dealer in Foreign Exchange (Category II). The earlier license was a Full Fledged Money Changers (FFMC) Licensee with limited authority to deal only in buying and selling foreign currencies, traveller cheques and prepaid cards for travel…
Among this year biggest payments innovations and product introductions is First Data’s new Clover Go “All-In-One” reader. It is the first fully integrated payment card reader that accepts payments via card swipes, EMV and NFC transactions (including Apple Pay, Android Pay & Samsung Pay) all through a single device. Beyond its convenient all-in-one functionality,…
Wirecard is now responsible for payment processing and risk management for Casando, Holz-Richter’s online shop. This means that Wirecard integrates a wide range of payment solutions into the Europe-wide timber merchant’s online shop: global payment processing for all common local and international payment methods, card acceptance, alternative payment methods and a comprehensive risk management facility…
Chase crossed the $1 trillion mark in year-to-date merchant processing volume, a first in the firm’s history on December 11th at 11:06 p.m. eastern time. In 2014 the firm launched ChaseNet, a proprietary closed-loop network, and Chase Pay, the firm’s digital wallet, launched in November 2016. Merchant processing volume at the firm has grown annually…
Wirecard has teamed with food retail specialists Gastro-MIS, a company that already integrated software solutions in more than 4000 cash registers in Germany. Today, card payments are already an integral part of the food service industry. Consumers are increasingly used to carrying less cash and prefer to use more flexible alternatives in restaurants, bars and…
China UnionPay processed a total transaction volume of 881.9 billion yuan during the 7-day National Day holiday (Oct 1-7) and the total transaction number reached 570 million, growing by 36% and 14% year-on-year respectively. As for the use of UnionPay cards for tourism, the transaction number for domestic attractions tickets and hotels grew by 46%…
NY-based eHopper Services has unveiled multi-store support for the eHopper POS. It now provides full visibility into all locations with the convenience of accessing all management features, functions and data all from one place. Article – NY-based eHopper Services has unveiled multi-store support for the eHopper POS. It now provides full visibility into all locations…