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PayPoint integrates MultiPay with Carstream gateway

Leading financial services business Cardstream and multichannel payments provider PayPoint Plc (PayPoint) have officially announced their collaboration.

14 August 2024

Company announcement/security

PayPoint issues warning over unauthorised cheque fraud

PayPoint today issues a warning over the risks of Unauthorised Cheque Fraud which last year cost victims in the UK £5.6 million according to the UK Finance Annual Fraud Report 2024.

16 July 2024

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PayPoint invests in Aperidata

British bill payment outfit PayPoint has made a £1 million investment in consumer and business credit reporting and open banking platform Aperidata.

29 May 2024

Company announcement/payments

PayPoint and Switchee target households at risk of fuel poverty

PayPoint today announces a new partnership with Switchee, a data and insights company, which will allow residents to use their cash and energy credit vouchers to top up their energy credit in PayPoint stores.

26 March 2024

Company announcement/payments

PayPoint named open banking supplier to UK central and local government

Digital payments expert PayPoint today reveals it been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Open Banking Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework, used by all public sector buyers seeking official suppliers of Open Banking services.

25 March 2024

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PayPoint to streamline East Anglian Air Ambulance donations

PayPoint today announces they will become EAAA's primary payment partner, signalling a new era of collaboration and innovation in providing multiple payment solutions to support enhancing the donor experience, fundraising and lottery campaigns.

12 March 2024

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PayPoint delivers Pay by Bank

Digital payments expert, PayPoint, has become the first Open Banking provider to offer bank to bank transfers as a Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) to Pay-As-You-Go energy customers with its new Pay By Bank service.

11 September 2023

Company announcement/security

PayPoint adds Payer Name Verification service

Digital payments expert, PayPoint, has launched Confirmation of Payer or Payer Name Verification service to its suite of open banking solutions.

01 August 2023

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PayPoint faces law suit from energy charity

UK-based payment services provider PayPoint UK is facing legal action over alleged anti-competitive practices in the prepayment market

21 July 2023

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PayPoint rolls out next business day settlement

PayPoint today announces the launch of a next business day settlement service for PayPoint One customers signing up to integrated card payments with a PayPoint-preferred acquirer.

06 July 2022

Company announcement/payments

PayPoint launches charitable donation platform

Following the appointment of Jason Levy to lead its Strategic Development and Partnership plans in the charity sector, digital payments expert PayPoint is announcing the launch of PayPoint Donate.

13 June 2022

Company announcement/regulation

Ofgem reads the riot act to PayPoint

Ofgem, the energy regulator, has decided to accept commitments from PayPoint and a donation of £12.5 million to Ofgem’s Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme, following an investigation into whether PayPoint has infringed Chapter II of the Competition Act 1998 (the “Competition Act”).

23 November 2021