Smart Fintech marks a new premiere in Romania, becoming the first third-party provider licensed on both open banking segments. After becoming the first authorized payment institution in Romania under the PSD2 European directive in April, the start-up also received earlier this month authorization as an account information service provider from the National Bank of Romania, […]

Payment service provider Clik2pay unveiled their latest product capability, which allows consumers to securely pay directly from their bank accounts, this new capability gives consumers the option to customize their payment amount, and for merchants to capture additional information, such as name or email address. This new feature enables new uses of the Clik2pay QR Code, […]

Next-gen core banking provider Yobota has announced its move into the Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) market through a new partnership with Chetwood Financial. London-based Yobota has partnered with Chetwood to intermediate a version of the bank’s new BaaS offering. The technology vendor provides the core banking system (CBS) that enables businesses to embed lending and deposit products into their proposition, […]

Splitit has announced that it is offering installment payments options to Discover Global Network Cardholders worldwide.   The addition of Discover, Diners Club International and network alliance cards to the installment payment platform brings another major global card scheme to its growing portfolio of payment partners. Merchants can offer shoppers the ability to use their […]

CARDNET, Japan’s leading credit card payment network, has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to deliver a robust, agile cloud service and support the growing demand for digital payment and settlement services in Japan. The new HPE cloud service will deliver increased performance, capacity and availability to address the unpredictable market movements and the accelerated uptake of […]