Category Archives: payments

Volante Offers SWIFT Message Validation on AWS

Posted on September 18, 2019 by

– Volante Technologies, a global provider of messaging and payments technology both in-prem and in teh cloud, today announced it has launched financial message validation on the cloud, available as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on the AWS Marketplace. Like … Continue reading →

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Helping Employees Avoid Late Fees, Bounced Checks And Pay Day Lending With Their Own Money

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

PayActiv gives workers access to the money they have earned without requiring them to wait two weeks for their paycheck, said Safwan Shah, the company’s CEO. It advances the money and then is reimbursed by the employer when checks or … Continue reading →

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DHS Updates U.S. Critical Infrastructures Including Payments And Securities Settlement

Posted on June 10, 2019 by

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week released an update to its list of 16 critical infrastructures, which included financial services such as payments and clearing and settlement of securities. “The Financial Services Sector-Specific Plan details how the National … Continue reading →

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Russia’s Yandex.Money’s E-Wallet Goes Multi-Currency

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

Yandex.Money, the largest online payments services in Russia, has introduced a new service for multi-currency accounts and cards. In addition to rubles, the service allows users to keep money and pay in 10 foreign currencies: US dollars, euros, British pounds, … Continue reading →

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Why The Fed Will Create Its Own Real-Time Payments System

Posted on February 27, 2019 by

Prediction — The Federal Reserve will announce before Labor Day that it will build a real-time payment system to offer an alternative to the system that has been started by TCH and Mastercard using the Vocalink technology it acquired when … Continue reading →

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