Bank of Valletta is accepting pledges from third parites to help first-time buyers who pass the affordability criteria but do not have the minimum upfront contribution.

“This is the first time a product has been designed to give such buyers the opportunity to acquire their property with the assistance of a family member or a third party,” said Edward Grech, executive head consumer finance.

Through Home Loan Assist, customers may obtain financing with the assistance of a third party who is prepared to pledge the amount required to make up for the shortfall in the upfront contribution. The pledge will be released as soon as the home loan is reduced by the equivalent of the amount.

A new term deposit account for the pledged amount is also being offered with a preferential rate to the party assisting in the home loan.

www.bov.com

Veteran iGaming partner for MiGS conference

[attach id=338197 size="medium"]New partner Sue Schneider.[/attach]

Veteran iGaming conference organiser Sue Schneider is joining the Malta iGaming Seminar team, who are preparing for the annual conference being held in November.

Her River City Group has organised conference shows in North America, Europe and Asia.

The organising partners are BMIT, Capstone Group, Re/Max Malta and AliQuantum Gaming.

The event targets top management from the iGaming industry. Last year’s event attracted almost 300 delegates from Europe, America, Africa and Asia.

Interested partners and sponsors can get more information from www.maltaigamingseminar.com.

Fox Sports channel now available on Melita TV

Fox Sports and Fox Sports HD are now available on the Melita TV line-up. The sports channel, which includes coverage of competitions such as the National Football League, Major League Baseball, NCAA Basketball and Nascar, will be launched for the first time in Malta only on Melita TV.

Marketing director Michael Darmanin said: “With coverage of some of the biggest American sports events and other key European competitions, Fox Sports promises to be a welcome addition to our line-up.”

The channels will also cover the PGA EuroPro Golf Tour, extreme sports such as the sea master sailing, fights sports, including the King of Kings event, and more.

The channels have been added for free to the Melita XL TV package line-up. The HD version is available to Home Entertainment Pack customers.

www.melita.com

Virtual prepaid payment cards for small businesses

Payments solution provider Ixaris has launched a payment system based on a virtual prepaid card under the Visa and Mastercard schemes.

Two payments solutions are currently being offered within the EntroPay Business suite. EntroPay Purchasing allows users to manage multiple virtual prepaid cards in a single account.

EntroPay Payout enables businesses to instantly send money to anyone, anywhere in the world with an e-mail address, perfect for small payments to casual workers, or international payments to employees or customers.

Mark Anthony Spiteri, EntroPay product manager at Ixaris, commented: “Corporates and consumers already enjoy online payments products suited to their needs. However, small and medium-sized businesses have so far lacked flexible and cost-effective payments solutions which address their pain points. We created EntroPay Business to be a one-stop shop for the payments needs of small businesses so that they can enjoy control, lower costs and time.”

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