Fintech, Finance, Technology, Banking Highlights – 22 February 2018
NMI Agrees to Acquire Creditcall to Expand EMV and Omnichannel Capabilities
Creditcall, an omni-channel payment gateway and EMV solutions provider, announces it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by NMI, a leading provider of payments enablement technology for independent sales organisations (ISOs), independent software vendors (ISVs), value-added resellers (VARs) and Payment Facilitators.
“We are excited to join forces with NMI as our solutions are highly complementary and will create a unique payment technology company,” commented Lars Pedersen, chief executive officer of Creditcall. “By combining our EMV technology and card-present expertise with NMI’s market-leading card-not-present white-label payment gateway platform, we will become a one-stop-shop for omni-channel solutions for our partners and customers.”
The acquisition will bring together NMI’s nearly two decades of ecommerce and mcommerce expertise with Creditcall’s industry leading support for EMV chip card, swipe and contactless enabled payment devices. It will also create the payment industry’s most versatile omni-channel payment gateway platform across North America and Europe. This will increase choice, accelerate time to market and remove payment complexities for integrators and their merchant customers.
Inpay announces Eurogiro acquisition
The leading postal payments network Eurogiro A/S, has joined forces with the licensed FinTech company Inpay A/S, which will bring continuity, innovation and exciting growth opportunities to all Eurogiro members.
Michel Stuijt, CEO of Eurogiro A/S, says: “Inpay has a great track record in offering cross-border payment services and solutions to financial institutions. I am very excited to bring these benefits to all our members and place them in pole position for the future developments in the financial industry.”
Jacob Tackmann Thomsen, CEO and Founder of Inpay A/S: “Eurogiro is a very strong strategic fit with our business in which we successfully serve financial institutions. Inpay is extremely committed to ensuring the continuity and growth of Eurogiro and to bringing innovative products and services to its members.”
Moving forward, Eurogiro will continue as an independent company with its distinctive postal identity and maintain its strong postal brand while evolving into a truly global non-exclusive open platform.
Atos partnes with blockchain startup Zonafide
Zonafide, the mobile app leveraging blockchain and collaboration technology to ensure Activities are secure and legitimate, announces a partnership with Atos to help combat identity theft and cybercrime.
The partnership will see Atos assist their clients in the use of Zonafide’s blockchain-based technology in order to drive efficiencies and improve security when processing life events such as marriage and deaths. Atos’ clients span all major industries and sectors, including £3 billion of UK Government contracts ranging from the NS&I to the BBC.
Zonafide helps prevent fraud and cybercrime by securing Activities – an important transaction such as a house purchase payment or updating personal details with a bank – using blockchain technology. Ultimately, Zonafide prevents things happening unless the individual wants them to, ensuring that Activities are secure and legitimate.
As well as helping fight identity theft and cybercrime, Zonafide reduces the friction in verifying transactions and increases efficiency.
