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Verdict Staff

SBI introduces mobile payment solution for offline transactions

State Bank of India (SBI) has introduced a mobile payment solution, known as mVisa, for offline transactions.

How can you compete with Alipay?

While Alipay holds a massive segment of the Chinese payment market, Tenpay is not far behind. It is the second-largest third-party payment provider in the country with 460 million users. Patrick Brusnahan, with help from Timetric’s research, looks into this firm and how it is managing to stand out and differentiate in this competitive market

Remittance startup Azimo raises $15m to expand across Asia

London-based remittance startup Azimo has raised $15m from Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to accelerate its expansion into Asia.

Align Commerce creates US-Mexico payments corridor

Align Commerce, a US-based payment solution provider, has opened its blockchain-based payment corridor to Mexico that will allow small and medium businesses to send and receive payments to and from the country.

Western Union net income dips 9% in Q1

Western Union has reported a net income of $185.7m for the first quarter of 2015, a decline of 9% from $203.9m reported a year ago.

TIDAL selects Ingenico ePayments for payments processing

Tidal, a music and entertainment platform, has selected Ingenico ePayments, a subsidiary of Ingenico Group, as its exclusive partner to help in processing increasing demand for its services.

Accenture: Payments top fintech deals in Asia-Pacific

Fintech investment in the Asia-Pacific region more than quadrupled to $4.3bn in 2015, which accounts for 19% of global financial activity – according to Accenture’s Fintech and the Evolving Landscape report.

Another coup for US cross-border payments

Cambridge Global Payments, a US-based provider of cross-border payment services, and CSI globalVCard, an electronic payments provider, have collaborated to provide a fully integrated accounts payable (AP) solution for global businesses.

Axis Bank introduces RuPay Platinum debit card

India-based private sector bank Axis Bank has rolled out its RuPay Platinum debit card in collaboration with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

MobiCard, Kirkwood US partner to launch mobile business solution

MobiCard aka Peer to Peer Network has entered into a strategic collaboration and technology license agreement with Kirkwood US to launch an interactive SaaS-based scalable mobile business card software platform.