Payment Services news and trends

Worldline Gets FCA Greenlight to Expand in UK
Payment Methods // November 28, 2023

Payments services firm Worldline has gotten approval to expand its presence in Great Britain. The company announced Tuesday (Nov. 28) that it had gotten a payment institution authorization from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  “The licensing confirms Worldline’s ambitions to further reinforce its presence in the U.K. and...

Dwolla Expands Platform With Open Finance Integrations
B2B Payments // October 30, 2023

Dwolla, an account-to-account payment services provider, has expanded its Dwolla Connect solution by integrating it with the open finance ecosystem.  This integration allows Dwolla Connect clients to securely transfer open finance data to the Dwolla platform, unlocking new capabilities like bank verification through trusted third-party providers,...

Worldline Introduces Flexible Commissions Payout in North America
Digital Payments // October 12, 2023

Payment services provider Worldline has introduced a flexible payout feature that allows software and independent sales organization partners to choose the frequency at which they receive their revenue-sharing profits. Called FlexCommissions, this feature allows partners to receive profits daily, weekly, monthly, or any other period that suits...

Crunchfish and LISNR Team on Offline Merchants Payments in APAC
Mobile Wallets // September 05, 2023

Crunchfish, a Swedish company specializing in digital cash platforms, has joined forces with LISNR, a data-over-audio technology solutions provider, to enable offline payments for merchants and banks in the Asia Pacific region. The joint solution is fully available offline, enabling effortless recognition of consumers at...

Interviews & Exclusives
Airlines Turn to Orchestration as Consumer Payments Preferences Multiply

March 22, 2023
As talk in payments circles turns more and more to localization and alternative payment methods (APMs), smart routing and payments orchestration is stepping up as a solution to the soft declines and complex billing issues that attend air travel, especially international. To that end, London-based FinTech CellPoint recently announced its latest airline deal, this time with Icelandair, […]

The Key To Open Banking? More Bank Participation

June 06, 2019
It’s not just technology that moves the world. Culture plays a huge role — as well as the sparks that often come from the tension when cultures clash. That promises...

Computers Die, Databases Can’t — So Banks, What’s The Plan?

March 19, 2019
One cannot run a mainframe in the cloud. No one will ever beat the speed of light. Oh, yeah — and no one wants to lose their data to sloppiness, inefficiency...

Braintree Marks Five Years With PayPal, Talks Of Next-Phase Mobile Transformation

December 07, 2018
The past is prologue, right? What has happened before sets the stage. Some famous English writer in the olden days wrote something along those lines. In the case of mobile...

Quick Reads
Micropayment, Tink Partner on Pay-by-Bank in Europe

March 20, 2024
Berlin-based payment processor Micropayment is partnering with Tink, a payment services and data enrichment platform, to enable Europe-based merchants to offer pay-by-bank at checkout. Micropayments works with merchants across industries, including fundraising and nonprofit, digital services, gaming and entertainment, according to a Wednesday (March 20) news release. The company primarily operates in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, also known […]

Worldline Gets FCA Greenlight to Expand in UK

November 28, 2023
Payments services firm Worldline has gotten approval to expand its presence in Great Britain. The company announced Tuesday (Nov. 28) that it had gotten a payment institution authorization from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct...

Dwolla Expands Platform With Open Finance Integrations

October 30, 2023
Dwolla, an account-to-account payment services provider, has expanded its Dwolla Connect solution by integrating it with the open finance ecosystem.  This integration allows Dwolla Connect clients to securely transfer open finance...

Worldline Introduces Flexible Commissions Payout in North America

October 12, 2023
Payment services provider Worldline has introduced a flexible payout feature that allows software and independent sales organization partners to choose the frequency at which they receive their revenue-sharing profits. Called FlexCommissions, this...