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Verdict Staff

OTI ventures into Australian cashless payments market

On Track Innovations (OTI) has forayed into the Australian cashless payments market in partnership with Vend Access, a provider of technology and solutions for vending machine operators, and Card Access Services, a payment gateway and processor for Australian and international businesses.

UnionPay to enhance cross-border mobile payment services in South Korea

UnionPay International is set to launch its ‘upgraded’ cross-border mobile payment service in South Korea.

Blockchain collaborates with Coinify to spur bitcoin adoption

Blockchain, a provider of digital currency and distributed ledger software, has partnered with Danish blockchain payments outfit Coinify to make buying digital cash easier and less expensive.

PwC unveils new digital currency service

Consulting and auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has unveiled a new cloud-based fintech platform to enable use of digital assets for everyday banking, commerce and other personal currency and asset related services.

Ant Financial taps V-Key to secure mobile transactions

Ant Financial, the financial services affiliate of Alibaba Group, has selected V-Key, a Singapore-based provider of digital security platforms, to secure mobile payments against fraudulent activities.

Monitise signs up multiple partners to form new FINKit Partner Programme

It has been some time coming but worth the wait: Monitise’s FINKit has hit the ground running by forming a Partner Programme with founding partners MasterCard, BehavioSec, Currencycloud, Envestnet, Yodlee, Experian, fastacash, FICO, HID, iGeolise, LivePerson, MYPINPAD, Syniverse, and WorldFirst.

Deloitte, SETL, Metro Bank to launch blockchain-based contactless card

SETL, a London-based fintech company, Deloitte, and Metro Bank have developed a contactless card that allows retail payments to be processed and settled using blockchain technology.

UnionPay partners with NBG to expand card acceptance in Greece

UnionPay International and the National Bank of Greece (NBG) have entered into a partnership, whereby both parties will work to enable all of NBG’s ATMs and POS terminals to accept UnionPay cards.

OCBC trials blockchain for inter-bank fund transfers

Singapore’s OCBC Bank has conducted a trial of a blockchain-based payment solution to make local and cross-border payments fund transfers.

Shopko, First Bankcard introduce private label credit card

Shopko, a US-based chain of retail stores, in collaboration with First Bankcard, a division of First National Bank of Omaha and a credit cards issuer, has rolled out its first private label credit card.