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December, 2022

• 16 December

  Mobile Fuel Service EzFill Adds a One-Time Payment Service

  

  EzFill Holdings Inc.’s specialty is sending one of its mobile fuel trucks to a driver’s location, thus eliminating the hassle to the driver of having to get to a gas station to fill up the car or a fleet of vehicles. Now, EzFill has launched a new one-time payment service …
• 5 December

  Cantaloupe Expects Its $41-Million Deal for 32M To Net More Locations And Improve Margins

  

  Vending and unattended payments specialist Cantaloupe Inc. has closed on its $41 million acquisition of Three Square Market, known as 32M, and intends to use it as a springboard for expansion and improved profit margins. Three Square Market, with headquarters in River Falls, Wis., will generate an estimated $19 million …

November, 2022

• 18 November

  Visa’s Kelly Will Step Aside as McInerney Prepares for the CEO Role

  

  Payments giant Visa Inc. announced Alfred F. Kelly Jr., a former American Express Co. executive who joined Visa in 2016 as chief executive, will leave that role as Ryan McInerney, Visa’s current president, assumes the title Feb. 1. McInerney came to Visa in 2013 having held the chief executive of …

October, 2022

• 17 October

  Green Dot’s Henry Gone as the Prepaid Card Provider Appoints CFO as New CEO and President

  

  Dan R. Henry, who took over as chief executive and president, from Green Dot Corp. founder Steven Streit in March 2020, is out. Green Dot announced Monday Henry, who previously held executive positions at Euronet Worldwide and Netspend, was “terminated” Oct. 14. That’s when Austin, Texas-based Green Dot named George …
• 14 October

  Samsung Eyes 13 New Markets for Samsung Wallet

  

  Consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics is looking to expand to 13 new markets for its Samsung Wallet service. Announced Friday, the expansion of the digital-wallet platform will more than double its presence from the eight nations where it is already available. Samsung Wallet is the new brand for the combined …

September, 2022

• 28 September

  As Consumers Boost Mobile Shopping, Square Messages Gets Some Key Enhancements

  

  As consumers rely more and more on their mobile phones and other digital platforms, Square unveiled on Wednesday several new enhancements to Square Messages, its artificial-intelligence-based digital-communications platform. Square is the payment-processing unit of San Francisco-based Block Inc. Square Messages allows merchants and consumers to communicate through a single platform …
• 27 September

  46% of All Ransomware Attacks Happen in the United States, NordLocker Says

  

  One country—the United States—accounts for 46% of all ransomware attacks, a sobering statistic revealed in a new report from NordLocker, a European cybersecurity provider. Yet, within the 50 states, not all have the same propensity for the nefarious attacks, NordLocker says, which analyzed multiple databases of ransomware incidents that affected …
• 15 September

  POPcodes And Arcum Take on ISO Attrition Rates with Targeted Messaging

  

  Having made a sale, independent sales organizations and merchant acquirers are loath to lose merchants to a competitor but they must contend with this turnover, called attrition, every day. POPcodes Inc., a smart point-of-sale terminal service provider, and Arcum Partners, an artificial intelligence firm, say they are working on reducing …
• 1 September

  Retailers Are Getting Better at Managing Gift Card Programs, a Report Finds

  

  Grocers and home-improvement retailers may have something to take pride in. These two merchant categories are among the most improved in terms of managing their gift card programs. That’s the insight from the fifth 2022 Merchant Gift Card Omnicommerce Evaluation–U.S. Edition released by Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. The rankings of …

July, 2022

• 8 July

  EMS Expands Service Offerings By Taking a Majority Stake in Paysley

  

  Merchant processor Electronic Merchant Systems announced Thursday that it has taken a majority stake in Paysley, a contactless payments software specialist that enables merchants to send payment requests and QR codes to customers’ mobile phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but EMS chief executive Dan Neistadt tells Digital Transactions …