All articles by Imogen Rayfield

Imogen Rayfield

Polish banks team up for mobile payment system

Six prominent Polish banks have teamed up to expand a mobile payments system that could rival the business model of credit card companies Visa and MasterCard.

PFS launches Pocket to Pocket mobile app

London based prepaid solutions provider Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) is to launch a Pocket to Pocket mobile application for Apple devices.

DataCash teams up with Tryzens

MasterCard’s payment service subsidiary DataCash has collaborated with digital solutions provider Tryzens to offer merchants a series of e-commerce solutions with multi-channel payment processing services.

Gemalto partners with Chunghwa Telecom for NFC trial

Taiwanese network operator Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has chosen Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC SIM software to provide security for its NFC payment programme.

Intuit to sell IFS division for $1bn

Financial solutions provider Intuit has agreed to sell its Financial Services division (IFS) to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for just over $1bn.

Monitise partners with Telefónica

Mobile payments provider Monitise has entered into a five year partnership with telecommunications provider Telefónica Digital as part of its Buy Anything mobile commerce initiative.

Cash flow stunts UK SME growth – RBS & NatWest

Poor cash flow management is stunting the growth of UK SMEs with one in four companies missing out on a business growth opportunity due to access to funds, according to a survey released by RBS and NatWest.

PayPal to launch payments in space

Electronic payment giant PayPal has launched PayPal Galactic, an initiative to plan how commerce should work in space.

Contactless payments are on the rise in New Zealand

A survey has found that contactless and mobile phone based payments are being favoured by 18 to 34 year olds in New Zealand, with 50% preferring this form of payment.

Lloyds Bank makes deal with Monitise

Lloyds Bank has joined forces with mobile payments provider Monitise to develop a range of mobile card acceptance solutions for small businesses in the UK.