Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals
- EMVCo reported the number of EMV chip cards in circulation globally has grown by 1.1 billion over the past year to a total of 12 billion. Some 68% of all cards issued are now EMV-enabled and 90% of all card-present transactions use EMV chip technology, according to the global standards body.
- Paysafe Ltd. said that although embedded finance is said to be a hot payments trend, research it has commissioned shows 49% of consumers have never heard of the term and another 23% don’t know what it means. Paysafe’s research included 11,000 consumers in Europe, North America, and Latin America.
- Some 85% of retail executives expect digital-currency payments will be “ubiquitous” within their industries within five years, according to a survey of 2,000 senior U.S. retail executives by consulting firm Deloitte. The survey was conducted in December, with results announced Wednesday.
- U.S.-based payments provider Yapstone is expanding its operations in Brazil and Argentina.
- U.S.-based NMI said Scheidt & Bachmann, a systems provider for mobility, added another NMI payment service for parking pay stations across the United Kingdom.
- Gift card and loyalty provider Factor4 LLC said payments provider Talus Pay will offer its services to Talus Pay merchants.
- Buy now, pay later provider Afterpay said HBX, the e-commerce platform of contemporary culture and lifestyle platform Hypebeast, added its BNPL service as a payment option.
- BitPay, a payments service based on cryptocurrency, said wallet provider Edge has adopted its payment protocol to allow Edge users to spend crypto in-store and online.
- Sila, a provider of application programming interfaces for automated clearing house payments, has been named a preferred partner for ACH Enablement and Payments by Nacha, the governing body for the ACH.
- The Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. announced its intent to develop a standard for Quick Response code management and security, including associated cryptographic key management, for use within financial services.
Related Articles
Check Also
Slope Taps Marqeta for a B2B BNPL Card; Equipifi Partners With Synergent on BNPL
Slope, a provider of buy now, pay later solutions for business-to-business transactions, announced early Thursday …