Global Payments Completes Its AdvancedMD Acquisition and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/5/18

The Electronic Transactions Association launched the ETA Self-Regulation Program, which aims to improve security and reduce risk in the payments industry by identifying and acknowledging underwriters via an attestation process.
Merchant processor Global Payments Inc. completed its previously announced $700 million acquisition of medical software provider AdvancedMD.
Payments provider CCBill announced an integration with the WHMCS Automation Platform, which provides automated services for web-hosting companies.
The state of Idaho has enhanced its Prompt Pay service to allow government entities to send payment links for invoices in bulk via text message and email.
Varo Money said it received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national bank charter, putting the fintech on track to become the nation’s first all-mobile national bank.
Ant Financial Services Group’s Alipay mobile-payment service said it will recruit more merchants in Japan to serve the Chinese tourist trade in advance of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020.

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