Google Pay, a digital wallet and payment platform, has added about 30 new U.S. credit unions and banking institutions to its platform this month, according to a report. The list of banks added to the list has been growing recently, including international ones as well....
Forty countries: That’s how many places either have real-time payments programs in progress or live. That’s progress. Yet, there is more work to be done. In the latest edition of the PYMNTS DataDrivers podcast, Karen Webster talks with George Evers, senior vice president of real-time...
Mastercard and Next Retail Concepts announced a new way to shop online this holiday season, with a new digital environment that lets shoppers browse and buy as if they were in a physical store. In a press release, the two companies announced they are launching...
Last year, the European Payments Council (EPC) debuted the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme, where credit transfers are done in 10 seconds — or less — across SEPA. Javier Santamaria, EPC chair, tells PYMNTS in the latest Monday Conversation that the embrace by PSPs and banks...
NMI, a commerce enablement company, implemented and installed contactless donation points in Bristol for a charity event, and raised 309 percent more money than they did a few years ago without them, according to a press release. The company collaborated with Wallace & Gromit’s The...
SWIFT, a payment messaging firm based in Belgium, began implementing its SWIFTNet Instant service for the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) service on Friday (November 30), when the first banks using it went live, according to a report by the company. The service allows...
Alternative Airlines, a website that allows customers to search for airline flights, and Amazon Pay, which allows people to pay using their Amazon payment information, have teamed up to provide a new payment option, according to a press release by the airline search company. Rather...
NovoPayment, an enabler of digital financial services, announced Wednesday (November 28) the expansion of its Developer Hub to include new partner-integrated application protocol interfaces (APIs), enterprise customer functionalities and an enhanced user experience. In a press release, the company said its Developer Hub is “the first...
Venmo, the digital money transfer service owned by PayPal, suffered payments fraud earlier in 2018 that played a role in the company posting losses that were higher than forecasted for the first quarter of this year. The Wall Street Journal, citing internal documents it reviewed,...
