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By Jim Daly@DTPaymentNews Having made peace with Visa Inc. in July, PayPal Holdings Inc. announced a similar agreement Tuesday with MasterCard Inc. that further extends the online payments leader’s reach at the point of sale. But PayPal’s new accord has some differences from the one it reached with Visa, most …
Read More »Hutton Hotel Finds POS Malware and other Digital Transactions News briefs
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts, which earlier said it had been notified by the U.S. Secret Service about a possible card-data breach at its Ocean Key Resort & Spa, said it has found through an investigation that card data may have been compromised at 11 other hotels, restaurants, and …
Read More »After Striking VeriFone, the U.S. EMV Revenue Bug Hits Ingenico
By Jim Daly@DTPaymentNews If misery loves company, then VeriFone Systems Inc. can make room for its arch-rival, France-based Ingenico Group. Ingenico reported Tuesday that a “sudden and significant” decline in U.S. EMV-related revenues, along with weak sales in Brazil, had forced it to lower its revenue and profit forecasts for …
Read More »Digital River Releases Subscription Payments Paper and other Digital Transactions News briefs
• E-commerce services provider Digital River Inc. released a white paper, “The Subscriptions Generation,” which offers guidance for e-commerce decision-makers and product marketers considering online subscription-based business models. • The Western Union Co. announced it is offering free money transfers from agent locations in most countries to more than 450 agent …
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Read More »Stockpile Prepares to Take Its Gift Cards—And Stock Ownership—To the Retail Rack
By John Stewart @DTPaymentNews Gift card marketers have dominated the holiday season and other gift-giving occasions in recent years, but now a card is coming to thousands of those checkout-lane racks that will let budding investors buy or give away shares of stock in a favorite company.
Read More »Boku Raises $13.75 Million in Funding and other Digital Transactions News briefs
• Hotel operator Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants said its point-of-sale system at several of its properties was breached earlier this year, from Feb. 16 through July 7. Kimpton began its investigation after receiving a report on July 15 of unauthorized charges after consumers used their cards at the restaurant in …
Read More »Could Quick Chip Tech Mean More Mobile-Wallet Usage?
When Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. demonstrated their streamlined EMV technology at some West Coast groceries last month, the payments industry focused on the potential for speedier checkouts and happier cardholders. But another implication of Visa’s Quick Chip and MasterCard’s M/Chip Fast technology is that it could boost the number …
Read More »CVS’s Rx for Mobile Wallets: Loyalty And Privacy
Slowly but surely, the big merchants that make up the stalled Merchant Customer Exchange LLC retailer consortium are finding their own way in mobile payments. The latest example is MCX stalwart CVS Health Corp., which in mid-August announced the launch of its CVS Pay mobile wallet. The Woonsocket, R.I.-based chain …
Read More »Stuck at a Toll Booth With No Cash Or Transponder? Now There’s an App for That
By John Stewart @DTPaymentNews For drivers passing through the Chicago area, there’s now an app that will handle payment on the 292-mile-long ribbon of toll roads snaking through 12 counties in Northern Illinois. FastToll, from a Las Vegas-based developer called Pragmistic LLC, arrives just ahead of the Labor Day weekend, …
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