Thursday , March 28, 2024

ATMs

Breeze Taps Barclays and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/26/24

Breeze Airways unveiled a credit card cobranded with Barclays US Consumer Bank. The card offers triple points on purchases of airfare and other items, including in-flight items. The Brussels-based financial-messaging body Swift said early testing of its early-stage central bank digital currency shows financial institutions can process a variety of transactions through CBDCs …

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Eye on Crypto: Bitcoin Depot Eyes Big Growth in 2024; BTCS Swings to a Profit

Less than a year after going public, Bitcoin ATM network deployer Bitcoin Depot Inc. on Monday said it is eyeing substantial growth in 2024. Meanwhile, blockchain technology provider BTCS Inc. swung to a profit in 2023 after a loss in 2022. Recent developments from Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot include the purchase …

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Post Worldpay, FIS Looks to Share Buybacks And Growth in Digital Payments

Having completed on Feb. 1 a 55% spin-off of its massive Worldpay processing operation, FIS Inc. is now looking to concentrate on priorities including digital banking, real-time payments, and share buybacks, the company’s top executives said early Monday. Nor is the big Jacksonville, Fla.-based processor ignoring its potential gains from …

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Smaller Issuers Have Better Rates, CFPB Says and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/16/24

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s most recent analysis of card issuing practices found that in the first half of 2023 small banks and credit unions tended to offer lower interest rates than the top 25 issuers. For consumers with scores between 620 and 719, the median annual percentage rate for a large …

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Fiserv Partners With NCR Atleos to Add Self-Service to Its CheckFreePay Bill Payment Network

Fiserv Inc. has expanded its CheckFreePay bill-payment network to include self-service capabilities through NCR Atleos ATMs. CheckFreePay users will be able to pay their bills in cash at thousands of NCR Atleos ATM locations, including top-10 retailers, grocery stores, convenience stores, and pharmacies in the United States. Previously, ATMs that …

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BofA Zelle Users at 21.5 Million And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/13/24

Bank of America reported an all-time high 21.5 million customers now use the peer-to-peer payments network Zelle. BofA customers last year sent and received 1.24 billion Zelle payments totaling $373 billion, both also record highs. In the fourth quarter, Zelle send transactions were double the number of checks written, the bank …

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Worldpay’s Gateway Ranking And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/25/24

Payments research and consultancy firm TSG conferred its Best Performing Gateway award on Worldpay, with Elavon’s Fusebox in second place. The firm monitors gateway performance through its Global Experience Monitoring platform, which monitors credit card transactions across 30 locations around the world. Digital workflow provider ServiceNow announced a five-year agreement with Visa Inc. to …

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KyckGlobal’s Cash Bill-Pay Option And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/6/23

Exceleron, a payments service for utility companies, said it is working with payments platform KyckGlobal to allow persons to pay a utility bill with cash at certain ATMs. Dash Solutions acquired KyckGlobal in August. Payments and loyalty platform Givex announced an integration with Uber Direct to enable merchants to add on-demand delivery service to …

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i3 Verticals’ Revenue Bump And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/16/23

Payments provider i3 Verticals Inc. posted fourth-quarter 2023 revenue of $96.4 million, a 13% increase from $85.3 million for the same quarter a year ago ended Sept. 30. Quarterly income of $3.4 million reversed a $4.4 million loss last year. For the full year, i3 Verticals had a loss of $2.7 million, …

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Klarna Creator Customization and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/13/23

Payments platform Klarna AB added a service in the U.S. market that enables “creators” to open customized online storefronts. PCI Pal, a provider of compliance technology for the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, said it is working with Zoom Video Communications Inc. to launch its services with Zoom Contact Center and Zoom …

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