Cards & Payments

InstaReM, Southeast Asia’s digital cross-border money transfer and payments company, has announced the launch of its API-based digital platform that will enable start-ups, fintech companies and enterprises to launch their own branded cards. Designed to operate alongside the successful Visa...

Allied Payment Network, a provider of online and mobile bill payment services to banks and credit unions, has launched new real-time digital bill payment technology. The new technology, Pay Now, is said to be the first-of-its-kind and real-time digital bill...

UK challenger bank Revolut has given its debit card a colourful overhaul for a limited edition version launched in support of Pride celebrations. Revolut is to launch a limited edition rainbow design bank card to show its support for Pride...

The rise of contactless payments in the Czech Republic has driven a surge in overall card transactions in the country, which reached more than one billion in 2018 Contactless payments are becoming the dominant payment option in the Czech Republic,...

P27 Nordic Payments Platform (owned by Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Nordea, OP Financial Group, SEB and Swedbank) and Mastercard have announced a partnership to provide real-time and batch payments across the Nordic markets; building the most advanced, innovative and efficient...

Visa announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the token services and ticketing businesses, formerly Bell ID and Ecebs LTD, from Rambus, a premier silicon IP and chip provider dedicated to delivering data faster and safer. The...

PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (“CIMB Niaga”) and Liquid Group announced a strategic partnership to spearhead cross-border QR payment acceptance between Singapore and Indonesia. The partnership was initiated through their joint participation in Bank Indonesia’s Quick Response Indonesian Standard...