Mitek Systems Inc., a provider of digital identity-verification technology, said it has acquired ID R&D Inc., a provider of voice and face biometrics technology, for up to $49 million in Mitek stock and cash.Payments processor Fleetcor Technologies Inc. closed on its acquisition of cross-border payments specialist Associated Foreign Exchange Inc. The deal, …
Read More »E-Commerce Platform Wix Integrates Paysafe’s Skrill Services To Expand Online Payments
With small and medium businesses looking to establish or expand their e-commerce presence, Wix.com Ltd., an Israeli-based provider of cloud-based Web-development services, is adding Skrill, a digital wallet and payments gateway operated by Paysafe Group Holdings Ltd., to its platform. Integrating Skrill will enable Wix merchants to accept credit and …
Read More »Deluxe Closes on First American Payment Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/1/21
Deluxe Corp. has closed on its $960-million cash deal for payments provider First American Payment Systems, announced in April. The acquisition doubles Deluxe’s payments revenue to $600 million annually, driving its share of the company’s overall revenue from 17% to 29%. Authentication-technology provider LoginID Inc. said it has received an undisclosed investment from Visa …
Read More »Consumers Soon Will Be Able to Fill ‘er Up With Crypto at Sheetz Stores
Consumers traveling with cryptocurrencies busting out of their digital wallets will be able to spend some of that at select Sheetz convenience stores later this summer. Sheetz says it is the first c-store chain to accept crypto. In an announcement Friday, the 622-store chain says it will enable crypto acceptance …
Read More »Shopify Recruits Google and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/28/21
Shopify Inc.’s 1.7 million-plus merchants will have access to Google Cloud technology in more regions under a new agreement.Buy now, pay later provider Klarna Bank AB said its U.S. user base more than doubled in April year-over-year, to 17 million. The user base worldwide totals 90 million.The big France-based processor Worldline S.A. has agreed to …
Read More »As Consumers Crowd Into E-Commerce, Square Looks to Ease Seller Listings on Google
With merchants of all sizes looking to get in on the rush to e-commerce triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, Square Inc. announced Thursday morning a service that lets sellers set up a product listing on Google. The new program, aimed at merchants using Square for Retail, aims at simplifying online …
Read More »SpotOn Sponsors Guy Fieri Special and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/27/21
SpotOn Transact Inc. said it will offer its point-of-sale services free for one year to aspiring restaurateurs under a program with the TV show “Guy’s Restaurant Reboot.”In related news, SpotOn said it has raised $125 million in Series D funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The round values the company at …
Read More »As Consumers Revisit Stores, J.P. Morgan Teams Up With ACI to Expand in Europe And the U.K.
With consumers becoming more comfortable returning to in-store shopping as Covid-19 vaccinations roll out, J.P. Morgan is partnering with U.S. processor ACI Worldwide Inc. to enable merchants in Europe and the United Kingdom to offer in-store payment acceptance. The deal expands J.P. Morgan’s omnichannel processing presence by giving merchants a …
Read More »Fortis Acquires EpicPay And Change Merchant Solutions to Add Integrated Payments Swagger
Fortis Payment Systems LLC is the latest acquirer to build up its integrated payments position, announcing Wednesday the acquisitions of EpicPay International LLC and Change Merchant Solutions LLC. The two deals will boost Fortis’s options for independent software vendors and developers, the company says. “Technology partners will be able to …
Read More »Repay’s Online Cash Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/26/21
Payments-technology provider Repay Holdings Corp. said it has struck a deal with processor Paysafe Group to allow Repay merchants to receive cash payments at any of 60,000 retail locations linked to Paysafe’s eCash service.Liv.rent, a platform for apartment tenants to pay rent, introduced a capability allowing tenants to pay in Bitcoin while landlords receive …
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