Social Loyalty Program
ShopSocially and FSAstore.com have teamed to launch its FSA rewards program. Powered by ShopSocially, the program aims at offering loyalty awards to customers not just for purchases, but for all-round engagement.
UK Payments Council Announces Board Appointments
The Payments Council (15 July 2014) announces the appointment of three new independent directors to its Board. Sarah Chambers, Christine Farnish CBE and Robert Lerwill bring a wide range of experience in consumer policy, financial services and regulation to the Board. They join Clare Spottiswoode CBE as one of the Board’s four independent directors. Sarah is an expert in regulation, competition and consumer policy. Christine has wide experience of financial services, public policy and regulation. Robert Lerwill is a chartered accountant. The Payments Council Board is made up of 15 voting directors, a voting independent chairman and an observer from the Bank of England. In addition to the independents, 11 directors are appointed by the industry to represent a cross section of the Payments Council membership.
Evolution1 Advances in Prepaid Benefits Card Industry
1Pay by Evolution1 continues to receive industry recognition, most recently winning a 2013 Paybefore Award for benefits card innovation for its Benny Prepaid Benefits Card. 1Pay is a suite of payment solutions offered by Evolution1 with innovation ranges from patented card processes to flexible automated provider payments and reimbursements that use best-in class web, virtual payment, printing, and mobile technologies. With the Prepaid Benefits Card from Evolution1, participants experience seamless, hassle-free, and highly paperless processing of their HSA, HRA, and FSA claims and reimbursements – all without complicated IT costs, transaction fees, and extra work for administrative staffs. Use of the card helps eliminate mounds of paperwork and countless hours of tedious processing. Claims are submitted and substantiated automatically, payments are made directly to providers, and consumers pay no out-of-pocket expenses at the time of service. Evolution1 and its Partners saved its customers and their employees more than $2 billion in 2012 through annual healthcare cost reductions and tax savings.
Aeriandi Enlists Adapt on PCI Compliance
Aeriandi differentiated financial solutions selected Adapt independent managed services to support its business growth. Adapt will deliver critical infrastructure to support Aeriandi’s flagship offering, PCI Circle, which helps organisations meet compliance obligations quickly, cost effectively and securely. Aeriandi creates innovative technology that delivers superior business results for organisations across a number of industries. PCI Circle is Aeriandi’s team of highly experienced engineers, developers, consultants and managers that share deep expertise in delivering successful, PCI-DSS compliant solutions across every industry from multi-channel retailers to utilities, major high street banks and financial institutions.
Oxygen8 Expands mPayment Service Globally
Oxygen8 Group, provider of integrated mobile solutions, announced the global expansion of its “Bridge” mobile money transfer hub. Connecting even more Mobile Network Operators and Remittance Organizations to mobile wallet markets around the world, the rollout marks the beginning of a significant investment in 2013 that will drive the company further into the innovative mobile payments space. It is also compatible with all M-wallet systems and supports integration with money sending and receiving organisations other than mobile operators, such as Payment Service Providers (PSPs), cash-in or cash-out agents and financial institutions such as banks.
Transact24 Transfers Prepaid Card Portfolio to CashFlows, Offering Issuing
Transact24 migrated its three unique Visa prepaid card programs in partnership with CashFlows, improving the services that the T24 Prepaid division can offer to its valued customers and partners and widening the geographical area from which applications for our prepaid cards can be accepted. These include the T24 Black prepaid card, offering priority pass and international travel insurance. The T24 BlackShield offers a unique travel protection membership program allowing medical and travel claims can be paid directly to the prepaid card, thereby streamlining procedures for the business to consumer sector. The T24 PayVault – a dedicated corporate pay-out / payroll product with a custom designed and automated back office, offers full integration to corporate clients.
Ultra and Realex Payments to Showcase Cloud Contact Solution
Ultra Communications and Realex Payments are teaming up to demonstrate the live Ultra Cloud-based contact centre with PCI DSS compliant payment handling and full performance monitoring capabilities. The live demonstration, called ‘Ultra Live’, will showcase Inbound call management; automated dialling, including predictive, preview and power/progressive; PCI compliant payment handling; Contact recording; and Realex “RealControl.” As well as the Ultra Live demonstration, Ultra and Realex Payments consultants will be on hand at stand E20 to show visitors how to transition to the latest Cloud-based contact centre services and implement PCI solutions more effectively.
Payza and Intelligent ID Launch ID Confirm
Payza, one of the largest payment platforms for e-commerce, corporate disbursement and remittances, announced that it has partnered with Intelligent ID (IID), a powerful user activity management system, which will further enhance Payza’s ability to perform real-time identity verification of its members in the United Kingdom. It is also a critical requirement to conduct anti-impersonation and anti money laundering (AML) checks to ensure Payza is engaging with the “true” individual and that the individual has not previously been exposed to sanctions or corruption. IID utilizes global sanctions, law enforcement and regulatory watch lists to screen all applicants.
Paychex Launches Mobile Smartphone App
Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses, today announced the launch of its Paychex Mobile smartphone application for iPhone®, Android™, and BlackBerry®. The app provides Paychex clients powerful tools for instant management and increased productivity, while offering their employees on-the-go access to personal payroll, benefits, and retirement information.Paychex Mobile provides an optimized screen for easy viewing that allows users to connect to a customized dashboard of favorite tasks that include a variety of employer- or employee-focused features. The Paychex Mobile dashboard provides a navigation point into the app’s various features, and allows users to configure and customize the dashboard with their preferences. Additionally, scrolling navigation at the top of the subsequent screens allows users to move freely to other parts of the application, without toggling back to the main menu.
VoiceTrust and Speed Remit Partner
VoiceTrust digital payments and voice biometric solutions partnered Speed Remit Money Transfer. VoiceTrust is launching its remittance service in partnership with Speed Remit Money Transfer, allowing cardholders to remit money through 197 Speed Remit agent branches. Cardholders will receive discounted transfer fees by presenting their VoiceTrust/Speed Remit loyalty cards. VoiceTrust will simultaneously launch Cash Back for its payroll corporate customers. Cash Back will be earned on every remittance transaction completed by their employees, therefore helping the companies to reduce their monthly costs on the payroll card.
Advanced Payment Solutions appoints Non-Executive Director
Advanced Payment Solutions (APS) Appointed Simon Knight as Non-Executive Director, to also serve as Non-Executive Director for AFL, regulated by the FSA as an Electronic Money Issuer and wholly own subsidiary of APS. Bringing with him 25 years experience in the consumer financial services industry in both the United Kingdom and internationally, Simon first became a Managing Director (of Private Label Mortgage Services Limited) in 1990. His career since includes CEO of GMAC-RFC Limited, a top ten UK residential mortgage lender, and of GMAC Rescap lending businesses in Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Prior to this, he held Board level positions in a range of businesses in both the UK and USA.
Hockey Canada Chooses Optimal Payments
Optimal Payments is pleased to announce that Hockey Canada has selected the NETBANX service to provide online payment processing for its Hockey Canada online registry system (HCR). The HCR system manages registrations for more than 565,000 players and 180,000 registered participants in thousands of associations governed by its thirteen members branches – the British Columbia…