011413-NRF Recap, Day One: PayPal’s New Deals Steal The Show
January 14, 2013

The National Retail Federation’s tradeshow, Retail’s BIG Show, began in earnest as hundreds of thousands of retail industry professionals flocked to New York City to keep up to date with the latest in the retail industry. In our first installment of our NRF Recap, we...

NRF Recap, Day One: PayPal’s New Deals Steal The Show
January 14, 2013

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MPowa Considers Brazil As Potential Market
January 14, 2013

Speaking to RCR Wireless News, mPowa’s CEO Dan Wagner announced that the company is looking into Brazil as a potential m-payment market. The European m-payments company sees a strong demand in the country, where mobile payments services are just beginning. mPowa plans to replicate their...

Ingenico iPP350 Gets German Contactless Approval
January 14, 2013

The Ingenico iPP350 POS terminal is the first to receive approval for the contactless payment method girogo in Germany. It has been in operation in the girogo pilot region in the German city of Hanover since Mid 2012 and has proved its efficiency in several...

MyCheck Picks DataCash For Self-Checkout App
January 14, 2013

MyCheck has picked payments service provider, DataCash, a MasterCard company, to process its payments. The MyCheck app is due to be launched in London on 15th January, 2013, providing an alternative way to pay without the need for credit cards and cash in restaurants, bars...

CreditCall Names Ian Kerr As COO
January 14, 2013

Payments technology company Creditcall has named Ian Kerr as their new Chief Operating Officer. Specifically Ian will be responsible for expanding CreditCall’s capabilities in its current key markets and accelerating its growth in new territories. Kerr joins CreditCall from Clear2Pay where he was General Manager...

Skrill Partners With Cybits For Online Payments Security
January 14, 2013

Online payment solutions provider Skrill has announced it will be partnering with Cybits, following a share in the company at the end of 2012. Through its subsidiary, Cybits AG, the company’s core product is [verify-U], which offers electronic age and ID verification. [verify-U] is the...

Remittances Service Grows Out Of Yes Bank, TimesofMoney Collaboration
January 14, 2013

TimesofMoney, an Indian e-payments service provider, and Yes Bank, a financial services provider have signed a contract to introduce their own online remittance solution. The service will be named Yes Remit and will allow non-resident Indians to send money to any bank account in India....

Ingenico Partners With Microsoft For Retail Innovation
January 14, 2013

ngenico has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to deliver enterprise-class devices based on the new Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform. Ingenico will collaborate closely with Microsoft to bring fully integrated handheld electronic payment solutions and innovations to the retail industry. By leveraging Windows Embedded 8...