Category: Payments

Barclaycard teams up with TouchBistro POS solution
August 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Barclaycard teams up with TouchBistro POS solution

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, announced today that it has teamed up with TouchBistro, a global iPad-based POS solution for restaurants and pubs. Through the partnership, Barclaycard’s payment solution is now integrated with TouchBistro, unlocking improved speed and accuracy of the bill-paying process for both restaurants and…

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B2Broker's Trader’s Room expands payment options for clients
August 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

B2Broker's Trader’s Room expands payment options for clients

Liquidity and tech provider of solutions for the crypto and FX industry, B2Broker, just announced that it has integrated 5 new payment systems into its Trader’s Room platform. The new payment systems, Ikajo, PayRetailers, Simplex, Einstein and GreenBox make the total number of payment systems integrated by default to more than 20, through which customers…

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Nuvei completes acquisition of SafeCharge for US $889m
August 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nuvei completes acquisition of SafeCharge for US $889m

Montreal-based payment technology firm and provider of global payment solutions, Nuvei, announced that it has completed the acquisition of SafeCharge International Group Limited for approximately US $889 million. LeapRate reminds that the Financial Conduct Authority has approved the proposed change in control of SafeCharge Financial Services Limited last month. The acquisition creates a global payment…

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Paysafe: 57% would use voice to pay for low value goods
July 24, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe: 57% would use voice to pay for low value goods

According to global payments provider Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS)'s latest research, over half of consumers (57%) would use voice-activated technology, such as Amazon’s Alexa, to pay for low-value goods and services. One in ten (11%) have already used voice to confirm their identity when purchasing goods online. Commenting on the research, Danny Chazonoff, COO, Paysafe…

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YouTube adds Paysafe's online prepaid solution paysafecard
July 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

YouTube adds Paysafe's online prepaid solution paysafecard

Payment systems provider Paysafe Group (LON:PAYS) announced that it has teamed up with the world’s biggest video streaming platform YouTube. LeapRate reminds that Paysafe and Google formed a partnership last year, when paysafecard was announced as a payment method across the Google Play store, in June 2018. Few months later, Google added the paysafecard payment…

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July 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

SafeCharge teams up with Visa Direct

Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has announced that it has teamed up with Visa Direct, Visa (NYSE:V)’s real-time push payments platform.The partnership has been made in order to help power faster payouts for insurance-as-a-service company Setoo. Visa Direct is a real-time push payments platform that allows for funds delivery directly…

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June 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paxful teams up with The White Company to provide liquidity in the crypto market

Paxful, a peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, informed that it has teamed up with the blockchain and cryptocurrency products developer The White Company. The partnership aims to deliver the benefits of global payments to emerging markets, allowing Paxful customers to exchange their bitcoin into Visa or MasterCard prepaid cards in 10 fiat currencies (USD, GBP, EUR, INR,…

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Berkshire Bank offers real-time payments with Finastra
June 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Berkshire Bank offers real-time payments with Finastra's Fusion Global PAYplus

Berkshire Bank of Massachusetts announced a few days ago that it has teamed up with payments solution company Finastra. The partnership aims to upgrade the Bank's payment technology to Finastra’s flagship payments solution, Fusion Global PAYplus. This way Berkshire Bank will be among the first regional banks in the Northeast to offer real-time payments capabilities. Berkshire…

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Ripple's partner MoneyNetint teams up with PXP Financial to enable cross border payments processing
June 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ripple's partner MoneyNetint teams up with PXP Financial to enable cross border payments processing

PXP Financial announced that it has joined forces with Ripple's partner MoneyNetint to provide frictionless cross-border payment processing in the US and EU. Borderless commerce experts MoneyNetint offers a wide range of secure global payment services, from Multi-Currency E-Wallet, FX Conversions, send direct-to-bank-account transfers using local payment networks or SWIFT, to credit card processing, capture…

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Blockchain payment system Terra expands across Southeast Asia and Singapore
May 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain payment system Terra expands across Southeast Asia and Singapore

The next generation blockchain payment system, Terra, announced that it has earned a strategic investment from LuneX Ventures, the crypto-focused investment arm of Golden Gate Ventures. This investment will enable Terra to further its expansion through Southeast Asia and Singapore. Terra’s growth owes to an ever-growing eCommerce alliance across Asia. This alliance holds a collective annual…

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