Thursday , March 28, 2024

E-Commerce

Entrust Eyeing Onfido And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/7/24

Minneapolis-based Entrust, a provider of identity technology and data security for payments, said it has entered into exclusive talks to acquire London-based Onfido, a platform for identity-verification based on artificial intelligence technology. Pay-at-table technology specialist Toast Inc. said Choice Hotels International has selected its Toast for Hotel Restaurants portfolio for two Choice chains, Cambria …

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More Salvos Emerge in the Battle Over a Credit Card Networking Bill

Proponents and opponents of the Credit Card Competition Act continue to press their respective cases for passage and rejection of the CCCA by Congress. Late Monday, the Merchants Payments Coalition fired the latest salvo in its campaign to pass the CCCA, a television commercial that literally shows a consumer getting …

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Fiserv Logs Robust Results in Its Merchant Unit As Its Clover Tech Surges Ahead

Fiserv Inc., already a behemoth in merchant processing, is preparing to straddle its twin pillars of acquiring-bank relationships, on the one hand, and its own acquiring operations through a Georgia bank charter, on the other. The charter, which the big processor applied for last month, has “a very specific purpose,” …

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Fleet Card Startup AtoB Signs an Exclusive Network Deal With Mastercard

AtoB, a 4-year-old payments platform for the trucking industry, announced Monday that Mastercard Inc. will be the exclusive network for its commercial card program. AtoB’s platform provides such tools as fleet cards, direct-deposit payroll, and access to bank accounts. The San Francisco-based fintech’s fuel card offers discounts of up to …

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A Bad Start to the Year: Ransomware Spikes 130% in January

Already, 2024 is starting off with an unrelenting wave of ransomware attacks. The number of attacks last month, as registered by cybersecurity firm BlackFog, increased 130% from January 2023. Cheyenne, Wyo.-based BlackFog says the 76 attacks noted this January are the second-highest it has ever recorded. The highest number came …

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Speedy Payouts Most Favored Among Bettors And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/5/24

Sports-betting enthusiasts rank rapid payouts and payment choice most highly when choosing a sportsbook, according to a report from Paysafe Ltd., a payments processor for which gaming is a major market. The research canvassed 3,000 bettors in six states, Canada, and the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy in December. Airwallex, …

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Apple Revenue up 11% And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/2/24

Apple Inc. reported record quarterly revenue of $23.1 billion in its Services unit, up 11% year-over-year, including an all-time high for payments revenue, which Apple did not break out in its December quarter results. This subcategory includes revenue from processing for stores, Apple Pay, and iOS apps. Cannabis wholesale platform Nabis …

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High Costs And Fraud Risk Drive Sellers’ Dissatisfaction With Card Processing, J.D. Power Finds

Small businesses tend to be less satisfied with their credit and debit card processing than they are with processing for alternative payments, according to a study by J.D. Power. Based on a 1,000-point scale, with 1,000 being the highest score, merchant-satisfaction scores for credit card processing averaged 692, while scores …

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Eye on POS: CardFlight Enables Mobile Invoicing; Clover Sport Hits the Ice

Point-of-sale specialist CardFlight Inc. extended the ability to create invoices to its SwipeSimple app, a feature that was previously only available via the Web version. Meanwhile, Fiserv Inc. says the Prudential Center, where the National Hockey League New Jersey Devils play, will adopt Clover Sport point-of-sale hardware and software. New …

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Nuvei’s Cash App Integration And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/1/24

Payments provider Nuvei Corp. announced an integration with Block Inc.’s Cash App, allowing Nuvei merchants to more easily adopt Cash App Pay for online checkouts. Worldpay LLC announced it is now operating as an independent company following the close of an $18.5-billion transaction that saw private-equity firm GTCR acquire 55% of its equity, …

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