Psp news and trends

Equals Group to Introduce A2A Payments After Roqqett Acquisition
Faster Payments // November 28, 2022

Equals Group is set to acquire Roqqet in a deal subject to regulatory approval. In a press release announcing the acquisition Monday (Nov. 28), the U.K.-based FinTech Equals said the purchase of the open banking payments firm will enable it to offer its merchant customers...

ACI Worldwide Pairs With Payment Manager NORBr on eCommerce Tools
Commerce Connected // May 12, 2022

Real-time payments firm ACI Worldwide is partnering with NORBr, a payment services distributor platform for digital merchants, to facilitate merchants’ connection to ACI’s solutions.  Nigel Reavley, country manager of France, ACI Worldwide said in a press release on Thursday (May 12) that the company’s merchant...

Consumer, Merchant Appetite For Efficiency Drives 2nd Wave Of Payment Orchestration
Payment Methods // August 03, 2021

Payments regulation can feel like a new entrant on to the global scene, given the sheer number of headlines it has suddenly started turning up in over the last few years. But the truth of the matter, Payoneer Chief Operating Officer Keren Levy told Karen...

Sponsor Banks Face Pressure To Keep ISOs, PayFacs On Board
Digital Payments // July 06, 2021

David O’Brien, CEO of Agreement Express, told PYMNTS in a recent Masterclass interview that when it comes to sponsor banks, the heat is on. At a high level, the sponsor bank is responsible for getting the funds that are paid by end consumers to the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Circle Says Lack of Direct EMI Access to EU Central Bank Accounts Stifles Payments Innovation

May 19, 2023
To access central bank accounts in the European Union (EU) today, electronic money token (EMT) issuers, and by extension all electronic money institutions (EMIs), have no choice but to rely on banking partners. That lack of direct access to fiat settlement affects stablecoin issuers like Circle — the regulated FinTech behind the USD coin (USDC), […]

Consumer, Merchant Appetite For Efficiency Drives 2nd Wave Of Payment Orchestration

August 03, 2021
Payments regulation can feel like a new entrant on to the global scene, given the sheer number of headlines it has suddenly started turning up in over the last few...

Sponsor Banks Face Pressure To Keep ISOs, PayFacs On Board

July 06, 2021
David O’Brien, CEO of Agreement Express, told PYMNTS in a recent Masterclass interview that when it comes to sponsor banks, the heat is on. At a high level, the sponsor...

Data Sharing: The Magic Merchants Need To Smooth The SCA Speed Bumps

January 22, 2020
The rollout of PSD2’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) has been a bit bumpy, to say the least. A year ago (when the rollout was still officially on the calendar for...

Quick Reads
Equals Group to Introduce A2A Payments After Roqqett Acquisition

November 28, 2022
Equals Group is set to acquire Roqqet in a deal subject to regulatory approval. In a press release announcing the acquisition Monday (Nov. 28), the U.K.-based FinTech Equals said the purchase of the open banking payments firm will enable it to offer its merchant customers the ability to accept account-to-account (A2A) payments. It added that […]

ACI Worldwide Pairs With Payment Manager NORBr on eCommerce Tools

May 12, 2022
Real-time payments firm ACI Worldwide is partnering with NORBr, a payment services distributor platform for digital merchants, to facilitate merchants’ connection to ACI’s solutions.  Nigel Reavley, country manager of France,...

EBA CLEARING Advances R2P Infrastructure Solution

September 18, 2019
Pan-European payment infrastructure provider EBA CLEARING is rolling out a new request to pay (R2P) solution supported by 26 payment service providers (PSPs) from 11 countries, the company said in...

PPRO, Klarna Partner To Expand European POS Credit

November 15, 2017
PPRO Group, the cross-border ePayment company, and the European bank Klarna announced Wednesday (Nov. 15) a partnership that will enable payment service providers (PSPs) to offer credit-based payments to European merchants...