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Santander Becomes First Uk Bank To Launch Voice Banking Technology
March 22nd, 2016
PHASE ONE WILL ENABLE CUSTOMERS TO TALK TO THEIR SANTANDER SMARTBANK APP AND ASK ABOUT THEIR CARD SPENDING Secure, simple to use, helps people easily keep track of their cash Eliminates the need to manually search through statements to ...
Why Latin American economies are turning to bitcoin
March 17th, 2016
The economic prospects for Latin America in 2016 are grim. With political instability in some of the region’s largest economies, as well as a general slump in prices in oil and other commodities, businesses and consumers are facing a depression and, in the ...
Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?
March 16th, 2016
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max Tannahill, a business change and implementation manager at ANZ It ...
Worldpay Group earnings climb 8 pct in debut annual results
March 8th, 2016
Underlying earnings (EBITDA) up 8 pct to 406 mln pounds First interim dividend due late 2016 (Recasts, adds share price performance, company comments) British payments processor Worldpay reported an 8 percent rise in underlying earnings to 406 million pounds ...
Standard Chartered goes global with ‘bank on an iPad’
March 8th, 2016
Standard Chartered is to equip staff worldwide with an iPad-based sales and service tool that “brings the bank” to the client. Retail Workbench, initially launched in Korea in 2014, enables sales staff to open an account for a client ...
MWC 2016: Mastercard rolls out selfie ID checks
February 25th, 2016
Credit card firm Mastercard has confirmed it will accept selfie photos and fingerprints as an alternative to passwords when verifying IDs for online payments. It follows a trial of the software carried out in the US and Netherlands last ...
Visa Checkout Launching Across Europe and India
February 23rd, 2016
Merchants and Consumers in Six New Markets Can Take Advantage of Safe Easy Online Payments in Just a Few Clicks Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), announced that its leading online payment service, Visa Checkout, will be available to merchants and consumers ...
PayPal Eyes Growth in New Alliances With Vodafone, America Movil
February 22nd, 2016
Mobile carriers are gateway to 740 million potential customers Payments business looks beyond e-commerce for revenue PayPal Holdings Inc. forged new mobile-wallet partnerships with telecommunications giants Vodafone Group Plc in Europe and America Movil SAB in Latin America, ...
MasterCard contactless transactions in Europe Surpass 1 Billion; Impressive 150% year on year growth
February 19th, 2016
Impressive 150% year on year growth for MasterCard and Maestro contactless transactions, as merchants and issuers capitalize on opportunities Europeans continue to opt for contactless technology when making payments, with the total number of MasterCard and Maestro processed transactions ...
VimpelCom will pay to resolve probes in the second largest global anti-corruption settlement in history
February 19th, 2016
Amsterdam-based telecommunications operator VimpelCom Ltd on Thursday said it would pay $795 million (£555 million) to resolve U.S. and Dutch probes into a bribery scheme in Uzbekistan, in the second largest global anti-corruption settlement in history. The settlement was ...
