Ian Putter, Head Unified Finance Development and Innovation, Joins FinAi News 2018
EXCLUSIVE -- Ian Putter, head of unified finance development and innovation at Standard Bank, Africa's largest bank, has joined the...
Payments
Mastercard to Bring QR Codes on FB Messenger for Nigerian Businesses
Payments provider Mastercard will launch a Masterpass QR ‘bot on Facebook Messenger, to allow small businesses to accept QR-based payments,...
FTC Settles with PayPal Over Venmo’s Security Claims
Payments company PayPal has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on claims that its social payments platform...
Mastercard Moves into the Canadian Insurance Payments Space
EXCLUSIVE – Mastercard has teamed up with cloud-based payment processor Dream Payments to provide Canadian insurance group FairFax Financial digital...
Circle Returns to the Center of the Crypto World with Poloniex Purchase
A few years back Circle was the darling of the crypto world, with its clean interface and smooth, un-Coinbase-like onboarding...
U.K.’s Virgin Money to Launch Digital Challenger Bank
Make way for a new digital challenger bank. U.K.-based lender Virgin Money said it will offer current accounts and savings...
ACH Is a Sieve of Fraud That Needs to Be Fixed
EXCLUSIVE - This month, my company, Royal Media, was robbed. This was a civilized heist, mind you. No guns were...
Palmprint-Authentication Planned for Wells Fargo ATMs
EXCLUSIVE – Wells Fargo wants to enable biometric authentication at its ATMs, FinAi News has learned. “Palm prints are more...
Mastercard Wants to Innovate Payments (and Energy) With Solar
EXCLUSIVE—Mastercard plans to use its digital payments technology, combined with solar technology, to bring energy to those in rural areas...
Wells Fargo Has No Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Purchases on Its Cards
EXCLUSIVE – Wells Fargo will not be joining some of the other big banks in banning its customers from purchasing...
