All articles by Zak Garner-Purkis

Zak Garner-Purkis

BoAML brings reporting service to APAC

Bank of America Merril Lynch’s (BoAML) has taken its reporting service Cash Pro Accelerate to the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

WorldPay partners with Secret Escapes

Payment processor WorldPay will take charge of payment transactions of online travel club Secret Escapes.

Mobile platform Weve adds Vodafone

Vodafone has been integrated into mobile advertising and commerce platform Weve, a joint venture (JV) which also includes EE and 02.

One year to go and SEPA compliance remains small

It is exactly one year until all electronic payments in the Eurozone require full SEPA compliance and only 30% of credit transfers and 2% of direct debits have been migrated to the new standards, research from Experian has revealed.

Ingenico acquires Ogone

French POS giant Ingenico has announced that it has agreed a deal to acquire online payment provider Ogone for EUR360m (USD487).

Welcome Real-time launches analytics portal

French loyalty scheme specialist Welcome Real-time has launched a new analytics service called Welcome Analytics Portal.

Intelligent Environments upgrades Ikano’s platform

Digital money software provider Intelligent Environments has provided retail finance and loyalty specialist Ikano with a system that gives customers of partners New Look and IKEA a full summary of their store card accounts

Late payments force SMEs to turn away business

Over a fifth of SMEs in the UK turned away future business from customers because of late payments in 2012, according to research conducted by Barclays

Yalamanchili provides payments platform for Indian biometric project

Payment provider Yalamanchili will supply the payments platform for the Indian biometric payment service Saral Money.

RIM uses Bell ID software for NFC mobile payment facility

Blackberry mobile phone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) will use Dutch software company Bell ID’s Token Manager Software in its security systems for NFC mobile payments.