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Period: 12 Oct 2004 - 17 Apr 2024

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LogicaCMG partners with Voca for Sepa testing

LogicaCMG partners with Voca for Sepa testing

LogicaCMG has launched the Sepa Test Factory, designed to reduce the cost for banks of preparing and managing a test environment for credit transfer and direct debit programmes under the forthcoming single euro payments area.

Bacs glitch leaves 400,000 UK workers without pay

Bacs glitch leaves 400,000 UK workers without pay

Around 400,000 UK workers will not receive their monthly salary payments as expected today because of a glitch with the Bacs automated clearing system.

Voca and Link to merge

Voca and Link to merge

UK payments and clearing network Voca is merging with Link, operator of the country's cash machine network, to form a European payments processor that will handle over eight billion transactions a year.

Lloyds TSB introduces online bill payment service

Lloyds TSB introduces online bill payment service

UK bank Lloyds TSB has added a new online bill payments application to its Web banking site that is powered by OneVu, the electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) service set up by Voca and CheckFree.

Voca turns to SwiftNet for European expansion

Voca turns to SwiftNet for European expansion

Payment services provider Voca has unveiled plans for a multi-purpose SwiftNet channel to expand connectivity choices for its customers as payment infrastructure consolidation talks get underway in the UK.

Voca and Citi to develop international remittance platform

Voca and Citi to develop international remittance platform

Payments body Voca is working with Citigroup to develop a low-cost international remittance platform for banks in the UK.

Voca hires ECB Sepa expert Erik Månsson

Voca hires ECB Sepa expert Erik Månsson

UK payments network Voca has hired Erik Månsson, who was formerly senior market infrastructure expert at the European Central Bank (ECB), to lead its Sepa initiatives.

Digital Payments inks Carphone Warehouse payments deal

Digital Payments inks Carphone Warehouse payments deal

Digital Payments - a joint venture set up with the aim of extending direct debits to new media channels - has been selected by UK mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse to provide a service that will allow customers to buy air time via the Web or sms text messages using direct debit.

Voca and Link win UK e-payments tender

Voca and Link win UK e-payments tender

Clearing house Voca and cash machine network operator Link have won a contract to supply a new near-real-time e-payments clearing system for the UK banking industry.

UK banks tender for new e-payments system

UK banks tender for new e-payments system

The UK's banks are on the verge of selecting a new clearing system that will cut the time it takes to transfer electronic payments between accounts.

European businesses failing to influence Sepa debate

European businesses failing to influence Sepa debate

European businesses are largely unaware of and unprepared for the introduction of a Single European Payments Area, despite persistent complaints that cross-border transaction costs are damaging their competitiveness, according to research by UK payments house Voca.

Voca overhauls payments infrastructure in preparation for Sepa

Voca overhauls payments infrastructure in preparation for Sepa

UK payments network Voca is overhauling its payments infrastructure in preparation for the introduction of the European Union's Single European Payments Area (Sepa) in 2008.

Banks braced for Sepa challenge

Banks braced for Sepa challenge

The introduction of the Single European Payments Area (Sepa) has risen to the top of the agenda for payments professionals, says UK automated clearing house tech outfit Voca, with integration and delivery issues uppermost in participant's minds.

Voca teams with ReD and MiPay to launch new direct debit venture

Voca teams with ReD and MiPay to launch new direct debit venture

UK payments network operator Voca is teaming with card fraud prevention outfit Retail Decisions and mobile services group MiPay to launch a new joint venture company, Digital Payments, with the aim of extending direct debits to new media channels.

OneVu turns to Web simulation to promote EBPP service to banks and billers

OneVu turns to Web simulation to promote EBPP service to banks and billers

OneVu, the electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) service set up by Voca and CheckFree last year, is using Web site simulation technology from VeriSIM in a bid to persuade more banks and billers to sign up to the scheme.

Bacs rebrands as Voca

Bacs rebrands as Voca

Bacs Limited, the UK's automated clearing house, has changed its name to Voca. The move is designed to reinforce the 2003 re-structure of Bacs, which has seen it take a more commercial focus. Bacs Payment Schemes Limited remains as the UK's membership-based industry body for promoting and supporting the direct debit and direct payment schemes.

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