All articles by Verdict Staff
Verdict Staff
Contactless soars ever higher in the UK
It seems almost cliché to say that contactless payments have taken the United Kingdom by storm. However, that does not make it any less true. Over 2015, contactless card payments trebled in the UK. With research from Timetric, Patrick Brusnahan writes on this seemingly immortal trend sweeping the nation
Barclays to offload Barclaycard business in Portugal and Spain
Barclays has signed an agreement to sell its Barclaycard consumer payments business in Spain and Portugal to Spanish online bank Bancopopular-e.
MasterCard Q1 net income down 6%
MasterCard has a reported a net income of $959m, or $0.86 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2016, a 6% decrease compared to $1.02bn, or $0.89 per diluted share, for the prior year quarter.
Bitcoin exchange CEX.IO announces instant withdrawals to Visa, MasterCard cards
CEX.IO, a bitcoin exchange, has launched instant withdrawals to Visa and MasterCard’s payment cards in US dollars, Euros and Russian Rubles.
Xoom enters into 13 new markets
Xoom, a PayPal service, has launched its digital money transfer service in 13 new countries since the beginning of 2016.
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Ericsson partners with Trriple to provide mobile wallet solutions in UAE
Swedish multinational company Ericsson has signed a multi-year collaboration deal with digital platform provider Trriple to deliver managed mobile wallet solutions for the UAE’s banking and smart city sectors.
WorldRemit launches remittance services to Niger
WorldRemit, a UK-based remittances start-up, has launched its instant money transfers to Airtel Money wallets in Niger.
Mobile payment firms SumUp and payleven agree to merge
Mobile payment firms SumUp and payleven have announced that they are merging, creating a business with one million clients in 15 nations.
The winners are in for the 2016 Prepaid Middle East and Africa Awards
The Prepaid Summit: Middle East & Africa conference, hosted in Dubai, concluded with 15 of the best and brightest in the region receiving awards for their efforts over the past 12 months
ICBC rolls out its first US credit cards
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) USA has launched its first US credit cards in New York to target people who travel frequently between the two countries.