Displaying items by tag: Payments solutions

Chinese mobile payment platform Alipay has joined forces with the National University of Singapore to launch a new initiative aimed at supporting digital technology innovation throughout Southeast Asia.

Accounting software company Xero is partnering with online payments provider Stripe to expand its payment solution with automated reconciliation.

Payments technology company Square has launched a virtual terminal that allows businesses to accept payments directly from a Web browser on the Square dashboard.

Global payments technology company, Adyen, has deployed its infrastructure in Equinix data centres in both Sydney and Melbourne.

The New South Wales government’s Service NSW agency has become the first government agency in Australia to adopt Google’s Android Pay service.

The Commonwealth Bank and online Point of Sale software system provider Kounta have partnered to add a new point-of-sale app to CommBank’s EFTPOS tablet, known as Albert, to integrate a range of business, payment and POS processes on a single mobile device.

Westpac Bank has launched an online supply chain management platform that it says allows businesses to facilitate payments and manage international suppliers, saving valuable time and freeing up cash flow.

Many Australians think Australia will be one of the first countries in the world to go “cashless” due to the continuing introduction of digital-only payments, according to a newly published survey.

Eftpos provider Tyro Payments has raised $100 million to fund the next stage of its expansion and accelerate new product development.

Subscription sales of its SmartPay solution in China are booming for Australian-listed mobile and online payments platform and logistics software provider SmartTrans.

The Commonwealth Bank has copped a spray from Tyro over the latest of a string of outages of its online services, with the upstart payments provider saying it’s about time Australia’s banking system adopted world’s best practice and invested in state of the art systems required for the 21st century.

Visa has formed a strategic partnership with mobile and online payment provider Stripe to support new technologies and online payment experiences for merchants, developers and consumers worldwide.

PayPal’s recent acquisition of P2P remittance provider Xoom is part of its post-eBay global strategy to expand its payment capabilities and geographic spread, according to market analysts.

PayPal has extended its instant checkout service One Touch to merchants using the Bigcommerce e commerce platform.

EFTPOS Payments provider Tyro Payments wants the fees banks and other financial institutions charge each other for processing credit and debit cards to be abolished.

New Zealand’s ‘first’ mobile wallet has been launched by local company Semble in a collaboration with mobile phone network operators 2 degrees, Spark and Vodafone.

Payment solutions provider PayStand has released the next-generation of its mobile app which it says is the first all-in-one mobile point of sale (mPOS) solution in the US to enable credit card, cheque and Bitcoin payments.

PayPal is to launch a new Tap and Go enabled version of its popular PayPal Here Chip and PIN card reader which it says has been engineered specifically for Australian small businesses, service providers and casual sellers who need to accept card payments on-the-go.

Australian-listed payments solutions provider Emerchants (ASX:EML) has appointed Peter Martin as chairman to replace Bob Browning who has stepped down from the position but will remain on the company’s board.