July 30, 2012
Card Fraud Continues To Rise In Europe
The European Central Bank in its recent report on bank card fraud in Europe announced that although overall levels of fraud has been decreasing, Europe is currently witnessing a rise...
July 30, 2012
Avoiding SEPA Is Not An Option, Says Commerzbank
As of February 1, 2014, bulk payments throughout Europe must be processed in accordance with the regulations for SEPA Credit Transfers and SEPA Direct Debits. The fundamental parameters of and...
July 20, 2012
Bank CEO Brings CFPB Suit To Washington
Members of the House Committee on Financial Services were familiar with Jim Purcell’s background prior to his appearance at a hearing last Thursday: Purcell is CEO at State National Bank...
July 13, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: July 12-13
Square Issues Cease And Desist On Mobile Payment Competitor mPowa: Hands Off Our Hands Picture GE Energy Teams Up with PayPal to Make Electric Vehicle Charging Payments Simple and Secure...
July 12, 2012
Money Transfer Startup Raises $3M To Disrupt Cross-Border Payments
The Currency Cloud raised $3 million to support development of its cloud-based currency conversion and international payments platform for B2B transfers, TechCrunch reports. Today’s $3 million raise will be added...
July 11, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: July 10-11
China beats out U.S. to be largest smartphone market, Apple share grows eCommerce: 16,000 interviews in 16 countries show developing nations are more digital than us Chase Launches Reloadable Card...
July 10, 2012
Earthport Delivers Cross-Border Payments to Russia’s Yandex
Earthport will provide expanded international payment options to users of Russia’s Yandex.Money, an e-wallet service with more than 11 million accounts as of mid-2012. E-wallet use in Russia has grown...
June 26, 2012
Earthport Enables Cross-Border Payments in Asia-Pacific
Cross-border payment specialist Earthport has partnered with the Decillion Group, an NEC subsidiary, to power remittances for a “160-strong banking customer base” in the Asia-Pacific region. Earthport Executive Director Paul...
June 20, 2012
Dodd Frank’s Remittance Regs: Addressing 1073 with Minimal Disruption to...
Thank you for joining us for the Earthport webinar event! If you missed out on the live event, Dodd Frank’s Remittance Regs: Addressing 1073 with Minimal Disruption to Your Business is...
Real-time payments in the EU are on the verge of achieving their instantaneous promise, with a new rule from the European Council requiring instant fund transfers to be available within 10 seconds. In this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores this development along with other advancements unfolding across the global real-time payments landscape.
Many eCommerce merchants in the United States seek growth in international markets but encounter significant friction in cross-border transactions. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study, “Cross-Border Sales and the Challenge of Failed Payments,” a collaboration with Nuvei, draws on insights from 300 executives to identify the key challenges of cross-border payments and how to solve them.