MyECheck Inc., an electronic payment solutions provider, says it has launched a payment platform for real-time transfers between government accounts. MyECheck G-Pay service is the only electronic payment service that is capable of processing fully electronic transfers from government-owned bank accounts, the company said in...
Carrier billing-based mobile payments specialist Boku Inc. and European parking and mobile ticketing services provider sunhill technologies announced they will make direct global carrier billing available worldwide for sunhill’s services. Sunhill provides mobile solutions to customers seeking cashless alternatives for parking. In partnership with Boku, customers can have their...
Merchant Warehouse on March 24 announced the acquisition of Opticard, a company that will help it provide customers a deeper set of mobile coupons, gift cards and loyalty cards. “Prepaid offerings shouldn’t be complicated for the merchant or the consumer,” Henry Helgeson, CEO of Merchant...
UK cash-to-bitcoin transfers through ZipZap have been put on pause. “They (PayPoint, the company that processes ZipZap’s payments) only asked that we halt processing digital currency transactions until they have better legal clarification from government on Bitcoin, which we hope to have within weeks,” explained...
Social media innovator LoopMe has raised $3 million in new finding, the company announced. “The company’s expansion will see LoopMe seek additional opportunities in markets including the U.S. and Asia, where significant success has been seen to date in the gaming sector,” reports Source Wire....
MasterCard has appointed Anna Yip as head of its Hong Kong and Macau operations. Yip will develop MasterCard’s strategy for local markers and promote strong business alliances with customer financial institutions in the region, according to The Asset. Before joining MasterCard, Yip was a managing...
VoiceVault has announced the launch of ViGo, its first, exclusively mobile, biometric platform. “Because hundreds of millions of people use their smartphones or tablets for both business and personal applications, there is very large demand for strong, but simple, log-on or activation,” Dan Miller Sr.,...
Three companies took home the Best Innovation via ACH awards last week in recognition of the unique ways each is leveraging the ACH Network.
Near Field Communication growth received a shot in the arm when Google last fall introduced Host Card Emulation (HCE) in its latest mobile operating system. In doing so, it made NFC possible without the need for a secure element. Though HCE offers cost and time-to-market...
