Defying Online Fraud Post US EMV Migration
Such is the norm in the payments industry that the fundamentals of fraud are that it doesn’t go away, it just moves to point of least resistance. On Tuesday, March 10, at 1 p.m. (EST), Dr. Thomas Rand-Nash, Director of Operations at Brighterion, Julie Conroy,
- December 12, 2014
- Business
Banking API Standardization Considered By UK Treasury
U.K. banking is soon to feel the brunt of API disruption with moves by the Treasury Department to commence an agenda that will create standardized APIs for the industry. The move is part of a wider U.K. government agenda aimed at ensuring that citizens have
- November 23, 2014
- Business
ACI’s 2014 Analyst Day
ACI Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIW) undertook the November ACI 2014 Analyst Day recently in Naples, Florida. ACI took the opportunity to discuss the current market, its strategic objectives, its evolution and projections of its overarching “UP” strategy, and its financial company
- November 22, 2014
- Business
APIs could unlock much needed banking industry transformation
Banks will need to open up their transactional data via API in order to maintain their foothold in a financial services ecosystem that is halfway through a decade-long industry-wide disruption, PayX CEO Adrian Hausser said Tuesday at the API Academy’s API360 Summit in London. Hausser’s company, PayX, is
- November 22, 2014
- Business
The Future of APIs in the Payments Industry
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have changed the way web applications are built. In the past it used to take months to build a service. Now, through the use of API platforms, these services can be integrated in a matter
- November 12, 2014
- Business
PayX speaks at CA API Summit
This November London will host the latest addition of the API360 Summit. Created by The API Academy of CA Technologies, the API360 Summit provides a gathering place for the world’s top API strategy, design and management experts. The free summit will take a 360-degree look
- November 11, 2014
- Business
Payments APIs – The last mile to realising the Holy Grail in Payments?
Recently, three of the world’s biggest financial services firms—Mastercard, Visa and Citi—have promised to ditch their insular approach and open up their platforms to partners. APIs in Payments has become the forefront of Bank strategies to not only retain but grow market share, grow traction
- September 7, 2014
- Business, Global Payments Knowledge, News Bulletin
FIS acquires Clear2Pay
The Payments Industry acquisition trail continues with yet another large multi-billion revenue player cherry picking off a smaller product company with modern technology and existing complementary tier 1 customer base: Key Facts – FIS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Brussels-based Clear2Pay. – The
- April 27, 2014
- Business, Card Processing, Strategy
Visa Argentina and Banelco alliance further strengthens Payments
In late 2013 announcements were made that Banelco, the large Argentinian Payments Processor, and Visa Argentina had agreed after several months to create an alliance to create new business in the financial marketplace. The changes are about to become reality with the two organisations working
- April 23, 2014
- Business, News Bulletin
Apple said to be ‘serious’ about Payments
Apple continues to hit the rumour mill. The latest article on CNET made me comment with the following: “The question to me is not whether Apple will expand their payments capability, as that seems inevitable, but more the question is whether Apple will dare to