Search Results for: digital payments
Fintech revenues might double to $2.4 bn by 2020
June 10th, 2016
Growing smartphone penetration, evolving e-commerce ecosystem and customer expectations to give the big push The market for financial technologies (fintech) software in this country is estimated to double to $2.4 billion by 2020 from around $1.2 bn at present. This would ...
Global financial solutions provider GoSwiff appoints new CEO
May 31st, 2016
GoSwiff International, a global financial solutions provider headquartered in Singapore, announced today the appointment of Mark Patrick as their new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Patrick is an accomplished leader, with a track record of managing global, high-growth fintech businesses. ...
Pizza Hut partners MasterCard to trial robot cashiers
May 25th, 2016
Spotty teenagers could soon be losing their jobs to robots thanks to a tie up between MasterCard, Pizza Hut and Softbank that will see humanoids take orders and mobile-based payments at some Asian fast food joints. Softbank’s 48 inch ...
‘Bitcoin is dead,’ says prominent fintech exec
April 21st, 2016
Exactly three months ago, a well-known bitcoin developer, Mike Hearn, wrote a post on Medium that rocked the community of people who believe in the future of the digital currency and its technology. Bitcoin, he wrote, has failed. “It has failed ...
Bitcoin graduate Circle launches free social payment app in UK with Barclays
April 6th, 2016
Circle, the leading digital payments company which uses the blockchain as a settlement rail, is launching a social payment app in the UK with the help of Barclays. It’s the first time the Financial Conduct Authority has granted an ...
Commonwealth report calls for clearer legislation for virtual currencies
February 5th, 2016
Virtual currencies offer countries a cost-effective, fast and accessible alternative to settling financial payments, but unclear laws and regulations are preventing their responsible development and encouraging their exploitation by criminals, says a new Commonwealth report. Virtual currencies, which allow ...
The Cashless Society Cometh: European Nations Such As Sweden And Denmark Are ‘Eradicating Cash’
December 28th, 2015
Did you know that 95 percent of all retail sales in Sweden are cashless? And did you know that the government of Denmark has a stated goal of “eradicating cash” by the year 2030? All over the world, we ...
How Payment Giants Are Embracing Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech
October 30th, 2015
MasterCard‘s participation in Digital Currency Group’s undisclosed funding round sent ripples of excitement across the crypto-sphere earlier this week. While this is MasterCard’s first crypto-related investment, the multinational corporation is not the first mainstream finance company to dip its toe in ...
PayPal Reports Strong Third Quarter Results
October 29th, 2015
Revenue of $2.3 billion and growth of 15%, foreign currency neutral revenue growth of 19% on a non-GAAP pro forma basis GAAP operating margin up 80 basis points to 15% and non-GAAP operating margin up 200 basis points on a pro ...
MasterCard to Tokenize MasterPass for Online and In-App Shopping
October 20th, 2015
Consumers to Benefit from Increased Security and Convenience When Using Their MasterPass-Enabled Bank-Issued Wallets MasterPass has increasingly been making shopping easier and safer for consumers and merchants in 24 countries around the globe. Today, MasterCard announced it will integrate a fully tokenized ...
