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Synchrony Financial extends credit card program with Sleepy’s

Synchrony Financial, a consumer financial services firm, has signed a multi-year extension of its private label credit card program with mattress retailer Sleepy’s, The Only Mattress Professionals.

MasterCard to provide tokenisation for commercial credit card issuers

MasterCard has unveiled plans to offer tokenisation services to commercial credit card issuers, enabling corporations and business travellers to load eligible corporate credit cards within participating mobile and digital wallet services.

Computop, CardinalCommerce partner to help retailers reduce e-commerce fraud

German payment service provider Computop has partnered with remote payments firm CardinalCommerce to help retailers improve their authorization rates and reduce their fraud risk.

Swatch teams up with Chinese banking giants to launch contactless payment watch in China

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has teamed up with China UnionPay and Bank of Communications to launch contactless pay-by-the-wrist watch, called Swatch Bellamy, in China.

TSYS, Tangerine sign long-term agreement

TSYS has inked a deal with Scotiabank’s direct banking arm Tangerine to offer processing and risk management services for the bank’s new consumer credit card portfolio.

MasterCard, NDB Bank to offer purchase control solutions to reduce fraud

MasterCard has teamed up with NDB Bank to offer the MasterCard Purchase Control solution in Sri Lanka to minimize fraud.

Synchrony Financial extends credit card agreement with PayPal

Synchrony Financial, a consumer financial services firm, has signed a long-term extension of relationship with PayPal to offer a co-branded dual card credit program for consumers in the US and Puerto Rico.

Forte Oil unveils new payment and membership card

Forte Oil (FO) has collaborated with First Bank of Nigeria and Interswitch to offer a new payment and membership card.

STET to launch instant payment infrastructure for European PSPs

French clearing and settlement agency STET is set to launch a pan-European instant payment service to enable payment service providers (PSPs) to deliver a service compliant with the SCTinst scheme to be defined by the EPC.

Econet Wireless introduces tap and pay cards in Zimbabwe

Econet Wireless has launched a tap and pay function on its EcoCash Debit Card, marking the first contactless offering in Zimbabwe.