The Digital Dollar Project announced benefits such as reduced cost and risk from a recent pilot of a retail central bank digital currency for cross-border transactions. The DDP ran the project in the Philippines in partnership with The Western Union Co., supported by the consulting firm Accenture. Digital-currency platform Circle Internet Financial Inc. launched the …
Read More »PayPal Revenue at $7.3 Billion And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/3/23
PayPal Holdings Inc. reported $7.3 billion in June-quarter net revenue, up 7% year-over-year, as total payment volume grew 11% to $376.5 billion. Payment transactions were up 10%, to 6.1 billion. Total active accounts increased only slightly to 431 million from 429 million a year ago. Net income swung from a loss …
Read More »An AmEx Checkout Integration And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/2/23
Checkout provider Skipify said its technology is launching exclusively with American Express Co. to enable select cardholders to link to eligible AmEx cards to checkout with participating merchants. The integration means consumers will not need to manually enter their payment and billing details, which could help with merchant approval and conversion rates, …
Read More »Verifone’s New Boss And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/1/23
Payments technology provider Verifone Holdings Inc. announced Mike Kohlsdorf has joined the company as chief executive, succeeding Mike Pulli. Kohlsdorf’s background includes CEO positions with eight portfolio companies of Verifone backer Francisco Partners. Pulli has been CEO since 2018. Payments technology firm Weave, a specialist in small and medium-size businesses, announced an expansion …
Read More »Global Airlines And AmEx And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/31/23
Global Airlines, which launched this year and expects its first flight in 2024, announced it is accepting American Express for ticket bookings. The big China-based mobile-payments provider Alipay said its Alipay+ service, which includes marketing support, launched its Premier Partner Program globally with enrollment so far by 30 Asian retailers. Specialty-insurance carrier Blitz Insurance …
Read More »ATMs in Transit And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/28/23
F.N.B. Corp., with its First National Bank unit, agreed to be the sole provider of ATMs for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, said to be the third-largest U.S. rail system. The push-payments platform Checkbook announced an integration with the peer-to-peer payments provider Zelle to enable instant payments for Checkbook users. Transact Campus, a …
Read More »Tap to Pay in North America And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/27/23
Payments-technology provider Aevi said it is working with contactless-technology firm Bleu to offer tap-to-pay functionality in North America and Europe on both Android and iPhone devices. Cross River Bank said it will enable an expanded menu of payment options through open-banking platform Plaid, including instant transfers for payroll and other applications. Payments provider Lightspeed …
Read More »Euronet’s Growth And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/26/23
Payments provider Euronet Worldwide Inc. said its money-transfer segment handled 41.1 million transactions in the second quarter, up 10% from 37.3 million a year earlier. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates national banks, assessed a $15 million civil fine against American Express Co.’s American Express National …
Read More »NCR’s New Names And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/25/23
NCR Corp. announced names for its two major business units once the company spins off its ATM operations, with both retaining the NCR moniker. The digital-commerce business will be called NCR Voyix, while the ATM operations will be named NCR Atleos. FIS Inc.’s Worldpay processing unit launched Revenue Boost, a service based on …
Read More »Mastercard And Virtual Cards And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/24/23
Mastercard Inc. launched Mastercard Receivables Manager, aimed at streamlining the process businesses use to accept and process transactions on virtual cards. The 20-year-old billing platform eLabs announced it has rebranded itself as Vizibill. The Bitcoin ATM network Bitcoin Depot Inc. reported it expects second-quarter revenue to total between $196 million and $198 million, up …
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