Ixaris has announced an alternative approach for banks to bring new payments programmes to market. Banks and other financial institutions will be able to customise payments solutions in an ‘app store’ environment before deploying them to their customers.

Ed Chandler, CEO of Kalixa, has been voted the most influential person in the European payments sector, building on his third place from last year at PayExpo 2014.

Blackberry has announced a new three-year agreement with EnStream LP, a mobile payments joint venture owned by Bell, Rogers and TELUS, to provide a secure platform to support transaction services between leading banks and consumers.

SLA Mobile has announced that Zain, a mobile telecommunications company in Kuwait, has launched ‘Zain Pay’ in partnership with SLA Mobile to provide their customers with direct operator billing capabilities.

Chrome River and Western Union Business Solutions have announced a partnership providing customers operational and cost efficiencies through the integration of online expense reporting and invoice processing coupled with cross-border payment processing.

Green Dot Corporation has announced it has named Joshua Goines as General Manager of GoBank.