Paym has announced as of Tuesday, April 29, you can pay using your mobile number. Customers of participating banks and building societies can start to register their mobile number to receive payments through Paym as soon as the service is live.

Gemalto has announced that Banco Santander, through its Santander Universities Global Division, is issuing the Optelio Contactless microSD solution in Spain, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, as part of their University Smart Card programme.

FIS and its NYCE Payments Network have announced a licensing agreement to make the Visa EMV debit solution available to all NYCE participants.

Online payments solution, PayStand, has launched its service enabling organisations to easily accept multiple payment options online, all without transaction fees to the merchant. This is on the back of USD1m seed funding.

The USD10 million round, was led by Ceyuan, a Chinese earliest venture capital firms, followed by Madra Capital, VenturesLab, and numerous high-profile angel investors.

Credorax has appointed Koen Vanpraet as its Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Vanpraet will continue to build and enhance Credorax’s business growth and market share in Europe, Asia and North America.