P2P payments

French Startup Lydia Says It Wants To Take On PayPal
French Startup Lydia Says It Wants To Take On PayPal
February 16, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

A new startup is taking aim at PayPal. This time, it’s French startup Lydia, which recently raised a $16.1 million round (€13 million). According to...

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Zelle Reports New Account Openings Of 100K A Day
Zelle Reports New Account Openings Of 100K A Day
January 30, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

Zelle, the mobile payment service of U.S. Bank, says that close to 100,000 customers sign up for the payment app on average each day. According...

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Fiserv: Payments Must Be As Fast As ‘Speed-Of-Life’
Fiserv: Payments Must Be As Fast As ‘Speed-Of-Life’
December 05, 2017  |  Payment Methods

The digital economy is here. People are participating in it every day with direct deposits, eWallets, same-day ACH transfers, PayPal, Zelle and myriad other platforms...

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More EU Countries Get Instant Credit Transfers Through SEPA
More EU Countries Get Instant Credit Transfers Through SEPA
November 22, 2017  |  Europe

The European Payments Council has announced the launch of its Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst), which enables nearly 600 payment...

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Apple Cash Beta Released
Apple Cash Beta Released
November 08, 2017  |  Apple

Apple Cash, the Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker’s peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service has launched in a beta form in the U.S. According to a news report...

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Facebook Messenger P2P Expands To UK, France
Facebook Messenger P2P Expands To UK, France
November 07, 2017  |  Facebook

The big challenge with peer-to-peer (P2P) payments has always been ubiquity. Many platforms have made like-to-like transfers fast, easy and secure. But when users need...

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Visa Launches Real-Time Payments In Europe
Visa Launches Real-Time Payments In Europe
November 03, 2017  |  VISA

Visa, the payments company, announced news on Thursday (Nov. 2) of the European launch of Visa Direct, a real-time international payments platform. In a press...

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US Bank Gets Corporates On Board With Zelle
US Bank Gets Corporates On Board With Zelle
November 02, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Zelle, the peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform deployed by more than a dozen financial institutions to take on competing offerings like Venmo and Square Cash, is...

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IBM And Zelle Announce P2P Payments Partnership
IBM And Zelle Announce P2P Payments Partnership
October 24, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Launched about a year ago, Zelle represents an attempt by the biggest banks in the nation to jump on and ride the P2P payments wave...

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