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Competitive Strategies

PayPal Completes Synchrony Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/3/18

Token, a provider of contactless payment terminals tailored for events, launched its Mini-Serve EFTPOS system, which allows attendees at events or venues to top up their wristbands or badges with payment cards or mobile wallets. In an expansion of a relationship that dates back to 2004, PayPal Holdings Inc. has …

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Ethiopian Airlines Adopts a Platform From Carrier-Payment Specialist Cellpoint Mobile

Ethiopian Airlines, which flew more than 8.7 million passengers in 2017, will use the Cellpoint Mobile payment platform across its domestic and international operations for tickets and related transactions, Miami-based Cellpoint Mobile announced Sunday. In addition to common payment acceptance, the deal also will enable Ethiopian Airlines, which flies 100 …

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Despite Growth in Mobile and Online Payments, Longstanding Payment Patterns Persist

The latest findings from a long-running survey of consumers’ payment choices show that new technology is driving a growing number of transactions, but overall usage patterns for credit cards, debit cards, and cash remain stable. The simultaneously released 2016 and 2017 Surveys of Consumer Payment Choice from the Federal Reserve …

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Mobile POS Devices To Reach 27 million by 2021 and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/2/18

Mobile-commerce technology provider Shopgate Inc. said it has joined the Shopfiy Plus Technology Partner Program, which will allow Shopify Plus merchants to access Shopgate’s mobile-app platform. The installed base of mobile point-of-sale devices in the United States will grow to 27.7 million by 2021, compared to 3.2 million in 2014, …

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NCR Opts for Bluefin Tech and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/29/18

Payments-technology provider Bluefin Payment Systems said NCR Corp. is using Bluefin’s point-to-point encryption service at merchants deploying NCR’s Counterpoint Retail Solution to process payments through NCR Secure Pay. Payments provider Merchant Consulting Group, which was founded in 2005, changed its name to Paystri. Credit-union processor PSCU said its new Lumin …

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A Low-Friction Online Payment Button Debuts To Aid Nonprofits And Journalism Sites

LaterPay Inc. released its LaterPay button as a tool to decrease payment friction, especially for nonprofit organizations and journalism sites, the company announced Thursday. Munich-based LaterPay, which has a U.S. office in New York City, says the button is designed to be a low-friction way to enable consumers to make …

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Eye on Crypto: Fit Pay Readies Its Flip; Expedia Cancels Bitcoin; Lightning’s Woes; Facebook’s About-Face

It has been a busy week in the cryptocurrency business. On Thursday, technology vendor Fit Pay Inc. announced it is closer to shipping a contactless coin-shaped device called Flip that allows consumers to convert their Bitcoin to U.S. dollars so they can make purchases. Earlier, news emerged that the online …

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NCR Integrates Fraud Prevention Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/28/18

ATM manufacturer NCR Corp. said it integrated AFS TrueChecks, a service from Advanced Fraud Solutions for preventing check fraud, into its platform for interactive teller machines. Shift4 Payments announced an integration with Megasys Hospitality Solutions, developer of the Portfolio HMS software application for lodging businesses. AvidXchange, a startup providing payment-automation …

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TrustCommerce Announces an Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/27/18

Captiva MVP Restaurant Partners LLC, operator of the PDQ fast-casual chain, reported that a hacker accessed its computer system through a technology vendor’s “remote connection tool” and may have compromised an undisclosed quantity of payment card numbers, cardholder names, expiration dates, and verification values. The breach, which affected all but three …

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Venmo’s New Debit Card Is About More Than Cashing in on Interchange Fees

While the opportunity to earn interchange on transactions made on its new Venmo debit card seemingly answers the oft-asked question of how PayPal Holdings Inc. plans to leverage its free peer-to-peer payment service, the full answer runs much deeper. Interchange is only one piece of the puzzle. A much larger …

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