Allied Payment Debuts Bill-Payment Tech and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/20/19

Online and mobile bill-payment provider Allied Payment Network announced what it says is a “first of its kind” real-time digital bill-payment technology. The company developed the product in collaboration with Finastra, a software provider to financial institutions.
Payments provider International Bancard said it was named the official credit card processor of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, a PGA Tour event scheduled to start June 25 in Detroit. It will provide payments services within the event and the processing for ticket and merchandise sales.
Gift-card processor Givex said it acquired Giftcertificates.ca, an online gift-card site in Canada. Terms were not disclosed. The site had been a division of merchant processor Moneris Solutions Corp.
Equifax Inc. announced an alliance with identity-technology provider Giact Systems.
Payments provider Net Element Inc. said that starting July 1 its Aptito payment service, which is aimed at the hospitality industry, will start accepting all “major” cryptocurrencies.
The U.S. Faster Payments Council hired Kimberly Ford, most recently with First Data Corp., as its first executive director.

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