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Appetize Payments Served up and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/18/21

  • Appetize Technologies Inc., a provider of point-of-sale technology for the hospitality and entertainment industries, launched Appetize Payments, which combines payment processing with the company’s cloud-based software.
  • Ally Lending, the personal-lending unit of Ally Bank, a subsidiary of Ally Financial Inc., said buy now, pay later provider Sezzle Inc. will offer Ally’s longer-term installment loans alongside Sezzle’s no-interest short-term financing.
  • Payments provider VizyPay introduced Learning For Geniuses, an internal learning program for independent sales agents.
  • Some 69% of the 2.5 billion chip-based payment cards shipped worldwide last year were equipped for contactless payments, up from 59% of shipments in 2019, according to the Smart Payments Association.
  • Payments provider Net Element Inc. reported first-quarter revenue of $23.8 million, up 50.6% year-over-year. The North American market represents 96.2% of revenue.
  • Payments provider i2c Inc. said it is supporting debit and credit card services for Zolve, a fintech that enables financial services for immigrants coming to the United States.
  • Cantaloupe Inc., a provider of payments technology for vending machines and other unattended environments, announced two new touch-screen devices, the ePort Engage and the ePort Engage Combo. The new products are expected to be available starting in September.
  • Health-care payments specialist RevSpring launched SafeMode, a service that enables phone payments in a PCI-compliant manner by removing relevant payment details from an organization’s phone and server systems.
  • Legacy Records said it is the first known record label to pay its artists in cryptocurrency.
  • Payout Networks Inc. named Sandra Blair its chief product officer, a new position. Blair previously held positions at FIS Inc., Vanco Payment Systems, and Vital Processing.

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