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Verdict Staff

GoSwiff partners with Vera for mobile payments

GoSwiff, a mobile payments and marketing services provider, has formed a global partnership with VERA, new generation cash registers provider, to launch its mobile payments platform in Turkey and in emerging markets in Eurasia, the Middle East and Africa.

Barclaycard launches unlimited cash rewards credit card

Barclaycard, the payments arm of Barclays in the US, has introduced the unlimited cash rewards credit card.

CommBank’s Tap & Pay supports MasterCard, AmEx credit card payments

Australian lender Commonwealth Bank (CommBank) has enabled its Tap & Pay app to support MasterCard and American Express (AmEx) credit card payments.

Entrust Datacard unveils new module to upgrade security of card issuance systems

Entrust Datacard has rolled out the new Datacard MX Series Laser 350 module to improve security of its card issuance systems.

WorldRemit teams up with Tigo Rwanda to launch international money transfers

WorldRemit, a London-based online money transfer service, has partnered with Tigo Rwanda to launch instant international money transfers to Tigo cash mobile wallets in Rwanda.

MasterCard launches new technical specification to support loyalty initiatives

MasterCard has launched the new Loyalty middleware specification in an effort to offer a unified, seamless check-out experience in-store and in-app.

Fintech firms consider regulatory obstacles as biggest impediment to growth in 2016: Survey

Regulatory issues are seen as the biggest hurdle to success over the next year by fintech founders and investors, according to a survey by Silicon Valley Bank.

There’s nobody craftier than a fraudster

While security in the banking world constantly improves, as it should, people tend to forget that fraudsters are developing their methods at a similar speed. In the words of John Marsden, identity and fraud expert at Equifax, ‘fraudsters always think of a way’. Patrick Brusnahan writes

TBC Bank, GoSwiff to launch mobile payment service in Georgia

Georgian universal bank TBC Bank has joined forces with GoSwiff, a mobile payment and marketing solutions provider, to launch of a new mobile payment service for Georgian merchants by the end of November 2015.

SIA collaborates with GFT to launch its P2P money transfer service in Germany

SIA, an Italy-based payments processor, has entered into strategic partnership with GFT Technologies, an IT specialist for the financial industry, to launch its mobile person-to-person (P2P) payment service, Jiffy, in Germany.