The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Europe-based PAYSTRAX was looking for a comprehensive solution that would help their merchants prevent chargebacks, expand their list of value-added services, and improve transaction acceptance. Want to learn how? Check out our latest case study. Thank you PAYSTRAX for a fruitful partnership!”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

PYMNTS got that answer, among others, in our just-published The Key To Optimizing Merchant Services Report , done in collaboration with technology firm Endava. . The answer to that cliff-hanger opener, incidentally, is value-added services (VAS) — the growing assortment of benefits that MSPs provide to their merchant clients.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Overcoming cost and interoperability hurdles through innovative solutions will be key to sustaining this momentum and delivering on the promise of faster payments. Collaboration across the payments ecosystem will be pivotal to achieving ubiquity and resolving interoperability challenges.

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Faster Payments Council

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Strategies for leveraging ISO 20022 messages to develop profitable value-added services. Webinar Focus: Understanding the strategic importance of actively sending instant payments to maximize institutional growth. Catering to corporate customers as the primary revenue source for instant payments.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Mastercard introduced a new product innovation, Mastercard Move Commercial Payments, that will enable banks to facilitate near real-time, predictable and transparent commercial cross-border payments. Large clearing banks can extend the service to their institutional customers with minimal changes to their current processes.

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Faster Payments Council

AUGUST 23, 2024

Strategies for leveraging ISO 20022 messages to develop profitable value-added services. Webinar Focus: Understanding the strategic importance of actively sending instant payments to maximize institutional growth. Catering to corporate customers as the primary revenue source for instant payments.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 10, 2025

With card-not-present fraud posing a greater threat to merchants than card-present transactions, the adoption of innovative fraud prevention solutions like network tokens will become necessary.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Nearly 90 percent of MSPs consider offering value-added services (VAS) such as alternative payment acceptance and data analytics to be “very” or “extremely” important to their success. Our analysis reveals a wealth of insights on what’s driving the MSP innovation agenda and the role core processing plays in these plans.

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Faster Payments Council

AUGUST 16, 2024

• Strategies for leveraging ISO 20022 messages to develop profitable value-added services. Webinar Focus: • Understanding the strategic importance of actively sending instant payments to maximize institutional growth. • Catering to corporate customers as the primary revenue source for instant payments.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 10, 2025

The report, available for access here , details the forces that are reshaping the acquiring industry, driven by regulatory shifts, the explosion of electronic payments and the rise of innovative payment methods. By 2030 success will depend on future-proven and cloud-native systems that empower merchants.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 26, 2025

at the forefront of premium API payment innovation in Europe and will enable its partners — which include tier 1 banks and payment services providers — to access advanced payment capabilities and new business models through the German Banking Industry’s (DK) pioneering giroAPI scheme. By joining giroAPI, Token.io

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The technology leverages Finzly’s pre-wired, tested, and certified connections to the Fed to keep banks and other financial institutions a step ahead when it comes to implementing Fedwire, complying with ISO 20022 standards, and launching new value-added services. billion in assets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Increasingly, those value-added services are not only focusing on speed of payment, but also enhancing the data that end-users can access about their transactions, with new solutions from Bank of America and Scotiabank some of the latest to bring real-time rails to corporates. Visa Talks Payment Rail Innovation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

The current climate of innovators appears to be up for the challenge, however. Whether innovators develop new payment rails or create solutions that wield existing ones, they must take an ecosystem approach to easing friction. Accelerating Ecosystem Innovation. “It’s just so inefficient.

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Fintech News

APRIL 28, 2024

The banking industry is shifting towards innovation, collaboration and customer-centricity, driven by the adoption of technologies including cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), changing customer preferences, and a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, a new report by Amazon Web Services (AWS) says.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This enables merchants to run their businesses, accept payments seamlessly across multiple channels, and leverage value-added service capabilities to expand their revenue streams. Over 70% of the merchants surveyed see this as an opportunity to reach more customers, drive innovation, and promote growth.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Instant payment innovation cutting costs for businesses The research anticipates the adoption of ISO 20022 , a universal standard for instant payments’ financial messaging. The study predicts it will drive third-party providers to build additional value-added services that create efficiencies for businesses.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 27, 2025

a leading provider of innovative payment solutions, is pleased to announce a technology integration with Cybersource , an open, network-agnostic ecosystem from Visa Acceptance Solutions , that offers modular payments services that can be linked to an app store for sellers. QorPay Inc.,

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The expanded partnership will see the continuation of existing projects, as well as the introduction of new, innovative products and services for Intesa customers. Consumers will also be able to enjoy brand new payments innovations, including wearable technology. Stoppani , country manager Visa Italy.

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Finextra

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Reflecting on insights from last month’s Visa Payments Forum, Tareq Muhmood, SVP, Value Added Services, Europe, Visa, addresses the dramatic rise in global fraud—from $800 million in the early '90s to $33 billion in 2023.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 12, 2025

This partnership is a testament to our shared vision of enabling financial inclusion and innovation, said Hassan Reda , co-founder and chief product officer at CredibleX. ”We are proud to collaborate with Al Etihad Payments to facilitate access to financial services and empower more people to reap the benefits of the digital economy.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

SWIFT , a global provider of secure financial messaging services, announced Wednesday (Sept. Over the next two years, the Belgium-based cooperative said the initiative will provide transaction management services. The new approach promises to create new value-added services to support business growth.

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The Payments Association

APRIL 23, 2025

While the path ahead presents challenges, SEPA Instant offers all banks a strategic opportunity to truly innovate and differentiate themselves from the rest. Banks that approach this mandate with vision will transform it from an obligation into a strategic opportunity for leadership.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 31, 2025

Societ Benefit , a leading developer of digital payment infrastructures, innovative services, and open finance ecosystems, announces the approval of share capital increase of approximately 24 million by its Shareholders during the Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today. CBI S.c.p.a.

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The Payments Association

MARCH 18, 2025

Open finance is transforming financial services by enabling broader data-sharing, fostering competition, and driving innovation in payments and financial products. Europe is driving regulatory-first frameworks, while Asia is spearheading market-led innovation. Why is it important? What’s next?

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

barq , an innovative Saudi financial services startup, has partnered with Mastercard to empower its customers with a range of industry leading payment acceptance solutions through Mastercard Gateway. It provides its partners with the reach, security and innovation to compete in the world of digital payments.

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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This innovation has put banks on the defensive, as fintech presents an increasingly real and immediate threat to the banks’ share of the payments market. These fintech players are not only targeting the merchant services space.

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Fintech News

MARCH 27, 2024

Visa announced the expansion of its value-added services by introducing three new AI-powered solutions aimed at bolstering fraud and risk prevention. A notable innovation is Visa’s real-time fraud prevention service for immediate payments, such as P2P digital wallets and instant payment systems operated by central banks.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With the acquisition, Visa hopes to boost its 'network of networks' strategy, reducing the time to market and costs for issuers and processors who need to access innovative operating solutions, the release says.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 26, 2025

Merchants across Europe will be able to process payments using their Android mobile or tablet devices using new technology unveiled today by Trust Payments , the disruptive leader in frictionless payments and value-added services for merchants.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 7, 2025

We are excited to add value to Airtels capabilities, continue driving the success of Mobile Network Operators, and contribute to financial inclusion across the continent. Together, we will pave the way for more citizens to gain access to the continent’s growing digital economy.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Antony Cahill Antony Cahill, Global Head of Value-added Services at Visa, said, “Providing our clients with solutions that can adapt to and anticipate the changing threat landscape is of the utmost importance. The deal is expected to be finalised in 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It will allow payment service providers and merchant acquirers in Japan to accelerate speed to market with new innovative payment services, modernize merchant and consumer payment experiences, and lower the total cost of ownership.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The additional capital will enable AFS to expand its operations, enhance its product offerings, and drive innovation in the digital payments landscape. AFS’s commitment to innovation is evident in its development of advanced digital solutions, such as AFS Pay and AFS One, which caters to a diverse range of merchant segments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

Innovation takes many flavors and paths, and that’s especially true when it comes to merchants who sell retail products and companies that sell retail services. Service merchants are very much focused on their profession and giving great customer service — that’s difficult to do online.”. Innovation Role.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Banks are now at the center of some of the world’s most exciting and vital innovations and disruptions — new ecosystems are being created as technology progresses and consumer habits evolve. Banking As A Service. We can provide better, cheaper and faster services,” Perez said. Legacy Concerns.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Since its inception out of Cambridge University’s engineering department, Featurespace has developed innovative algorithmic-based solutions to analyze transaction data and detect even the most elusive fraud cases. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.

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