All articles by Ellie Chambers

Ellie Chambers

Atos plans 2014 IPO for Worldline

French IT services firm Atos is planning a 2014 IPO for its e-payments business, Worldline.

Less than 20% of UK SMEs understand overseas transfer charges – YouGov

Less than 20% of managing directors or owners of UK SMEs understand the charges they pay their banks for overseas money transfers, a YouGov survey has found.

MTN and Visa partnership to launch in Ghana

MTN and Visa have partnered to allow MTN customers to pay through Visa, with a launch in Ghana planned for the end of the year.

Increase in number of community banks offering mobile payments – Independent Community Bankers of America

The number of US community banks offering mobile payments has risen to 37% according to a survey by the Independent Community Bankers of America.

Wirecard partners Orange for mobile payments

French telecoms giant Orange will partner with Wirecard to launch its new NFC mobile payment service, Orange Cash.

Hackers seize $1.2m in Bitcoins from digital wallet service

Hackers raided a digital wallet service and stole $1.2m worth of Bitcoins, in the latest of a series of scandals to plague the digital currency.

Sentenial takes on extra staff as SEPA scramble begins

Irish fintech player Sentenial is to hire 110 extra staff as the run-up to SEPA gives its business a boost.

Delays to Safaricom’s M-Pesa upgrade

Kenya’s Safaricom has admitted that improvements to its M-Pesa service have been delayed.

Half of US foreign transfer users want to use mobiles for real time payments

Over half of US consumers transferring money abroad want to be able to use their mobile phones for real time payments, a study has shown.

Bring your own credential: the solution to all those usernames and passwords?

In a payments market where we are all increasingly burdened by multiple usernames and passwords, Ellie Chambers meets SecureKey – the Canadian company that’s letting you log in how you want, when you want, and keeping your personal information safe and private at the same time