2006 2007 2008
Faster Payments service goes live on VocaLink Real-Time platform
London, 27 May 2008: VocaLink, the payment transaction specialist, announced today that the Faster Payments service has gone live with the first transactions processed successfully this morning
VocaLink sponsors local teenager to sail around the world single-handed
22 May 2008: VocaLink, the Rickmansworth-based payment transaction specialists, today announced it will be sponsoring Michael Perham, a 16 year old Hertfordshire boy, in a record-breaking attempt to sail around the world single-handed
VocaLink to process Sweden’s payments
London/Stockholm 15 May 2008: VocaLink, the payment transaction specialist, has today signed a contract with the Swedish national processor, BGC, to process the majority of Sweden’s automated payments
May 2008 take home pay index press release
7 May 2008 – VocaLink’s latest take home pay index for April shows a considerable rise to 4.2%, driven by the income tax changes introduced in Gordon Brown’s final budget as Chancellor
VocaLink appoints Patricia Pittomvils as Sales Director for Europe
22 April 2008 - VocaLink, the specialist provider of transaction services, today announced the appointment of Patricia Pittomvils as Sales Director for Europe
VocaLink announces appointment of Richard Hooper CBE as independent member to Board of Directors
11 April 2008 - VocaLink, the specialist provider of transaction services, today announced the appointment of Richard Hooper CBE to its board as senior independent director effective 1 May 2008
April 2008 take home pay index press release
8 April 2008 – This month’s VocaLink take home pay index saw another slight rise from 3.4% to 3.6% in March, continuing the upward trend for 2008
March 2008 take home pay index press release
5 March 2008 – This month’s VocaLink take home pay index rose to 3.4% despite a dramatic fall in take home pay growth in the manufacturing sector. This follows on from last month’s index which reported the lowest recorded figure since 2006
February 2008 take home pay index press release
6 February 2008 – The VocaLink take home pay index saw a big decline this month falling to 2.8% in January having been at 3.4% at the end of December. Figures reported last month for 2007 showed the lowest annual pay growth for two years and this trend looks set to continue in 2008
VocaLink Euro CSM goes live with first SEPA transaction
28 January 2008: VocaLink announced today that it has processed its first SEPA transaction
New euro payments market comes into effect as VocaLink processes first transaction
28 January 2008: Today saw the introduction of the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA), a regulatory change which will create a single payments market across 31 countries in Europe
VocaLink announces deal to operate HSBC ATMs in convenience stores
17 January 2008: VocaLink, the transaction specialists, has secured a three year outsourcing contract with HSBC. Under the terms of the deal VocaLink will deliver the end-to-end operation of HSBC’s new remote ATM estate. The estate will be located in convenience stores throughout the UK and will be free to use for consumers
VocaLink transmits more than 2 Billion payments over SWIFTNet
London, 10 January 2008: VocaLink, the payment services provider and international Clearing and Settlement Mechanism (CSM), will transmit more than two billion transactions over SWIFTNet in 2008. VocaLink is now one of SWIFT’s biggest transaction customers
June 2008 take home pay index press release
4 June 2008 – The VocaLink take home pay index registered 4.1% growth in May, the second consecutive month which has shown annual pay growth of above 4%.
January 2008 take home pay index press release
8 January 2008: The VocaLink take home pay index increased to 3.4% in December from 3.2% in November. Despite this month’s slight increase, 2007 has proven to be the weakest year for pay growth since the inception of the VocaLink take home pay index in 2005