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Verdict Staff

First Tech Federal Credit Union, MasterCard testing ‘Selfie Pay’ system

US-based First Tech Federal Credit Union has implemented a pilot program with MasterCard to test out biometric authentication for online transactions.

UK Treasury’s interchange cap response

International FS and fintech law specialists Chris Finney and Nicole Gow of legal firm Cooley extract the most important points from the recent regulation by the European Parliament interchange fees, coming into effect at the end of 2015, and the government intentions, as set out by HM Treasury

Agricultural Bank of China partners with MoneyGram for remittance service

Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) has partnered with MoneyGram, a money transfer company, to offer money transfer services for customers in the country.

CCV selects NCR’s Authentic software to deliver zero down-time payment services

European payments provider CCV has selected Authentic, an intelligent payments platform from Alaric, a unit of NCR Corporation, to improve quality of payments services for 200,000 retail customers across ten European countries.

Visa installs its payWave application on Russia’s Qiwi e-wallet

Visa has integrated its payWave’s contactless technology into Russia’s Qiwi e-wallet, enabling e-wallet users to use their smartphones to pay anywhere Visa payWave contactless cards are accepted.

Earthport opens distributed ledger gateway for bank clients

Earthport, an open global bank payment network, has enhanced its global gateway by enabling real-time cross-border payments via distributed ledger protocol for use by banks.

CellPoint Mobile launches new payment gateway for airline industry

CellPoint Mobile, a payment solutions company, has launched a new platform called, Converged Payment Gateway, for the global airline industry.

TripFactory introduces new travel card

India’s online holiday store TripFactory has introduced a new travel card, targeted at budget travellers.

Kenya’s National Bank launches in-house card personalisation facility

Kenya’s National Bank has introduced an in-house card personalisation facility, which will help the bank issue high security chip cards to its customers quickly.

Citi, MasterCard ink 10-year agreement to extend relationship in Middle East

Citi has signed a 10-year agreement with MasterCard to expand their relationship in the Middle East region.