Tuesday , December 23, 2025

Competitive Strategies

Two San Antonio Venues Opt for Shift4 for Concession and Ticketing

Shift4 Payments Inc.’s determined push into venue point-of-sale transactions got another win with the announcement the payment company’s products will be used at the Frost Bank Center and Toyota Field venues in San Antonio. The number of Shift4 devices to be used at both locations was not disclosed. The Frost …

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Priceline Picks Affirm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/18/24

Buy now, pay later processor Affirm Inc. said it is expanding its partnership with Priceline to include online travel agency Priceline’s business-to-business platform, Priceline Partner Solutions. Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. announced it has completed the process of going private after five years as a public company. Neon Maple Purchaser Inc., a unit of Advent …

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Online Shoppers Love-Hate Relationship with Generative AI; Sift Releases New Fraud Benchmarking Metrics for E-Commerce

Despite 71% of online shoppers being unaware they are interacting with generative artificial intelligence, about half say they see value in the technology when it comes to personalizing the online shopping experience and would be willing to share personal data to receive a more customized shopping experience, says a recent …

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Mastercard Plans to Tokenize All Online Transactions by 2030

Mastercard Inc. unveiled plans late Wednesday to tokenize card numbers for all online transactions globally by 2030. The move will make the need for physical card numbers, passwords, and one-time codes for online purchases obsolete, the network says. Tokenization masks in-the-clear card numbers with digits that would be indecipherable to …

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PayPal Dives into Shared Funding Efforts

PayPal Holdings Inc. is hoping to enable the power of community with a new funding service that enables multiple individuals to contribute to one account. Dubbed a “pool” by PayPal, the service means contributors can chip in to pay for group gifts, travel, special events, and other shared expenses. Announced …

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Paysafe Beefs up Its Sales Force As It Looks for Merchant Growth

Since he took over as chief executive in 2022, Paysafe Ltd.’s Bruce Lowthers has stressed what he sees as a crucial need for stronger, and direct, merchant sales to effect the turnaround he wanted to see at the international processing giant. Early Wednesday, he noted the company is ahead of …

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Shift4’s Jaguars Tickets Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/13/24

The National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars agreed to use Shift4 Payments Inc. to process ticket sales at its home venue, Everbank Stadium. Buy now, pay later provider Sezzle said retailer Rural King, with 130 stores, will offer the BNPL service. Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. reported third-quarter revenue of $79.1 million, up 6% from the same …

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Shift4 Concedes Some Shortfalls While Posting a 49% Rise in End-to-End Volume

Shift4 Payments Inc. reported a strong third quarter early Tuesday, but by some measures it wasn’t strong enough, and the big processor’s top management frankly admitted as much in a morning call with equity analysts to discuss the results. “We’re clearly number-one in hospitality payments in the world,” said the …

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RTP Network Surpasses 1 Million Payments Per Day; Viamericas Employs RTP and FedNow for Cash-to-Account Transfers

The RTP network has reached a major milestone, averaging more than 1 million payments per day, The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC says. In addition to crossing this threshold, the RTP network, which TCH launched in 2017 as a real-time payments network, also set a single day record of 1.46 …

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Visa Credential Tech Coming to U.S. and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/12/24

Visa Inc. announced it is bringing its Visa Flexible Credential to the U.S. market, starting with Affirm Inc.’s Affirm Card, a debit card that supports buy now, pay later functionality. The network simultaneously is launching the technology in the United Arab Emirates. The flexible credential technology enables users to make payments from a …

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