Square, the point-of-sale and e-commerce unit of Block Inc., Wednesday announced the launch of Tap to Pay on Android for merchants in the United States, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The technology will enable Square merchants to accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, such as …
Read More »Darwinium Evolves to San Francisco And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/19/23
Darwinium, a fraud-prevention platform serving payments providers and fintechs from global offices in London and Sydney, announced its expansion into the U.S. market, including relocation of its corporate headquarters to San Francisco. Some 65% of treasury officers reported their organizations were victimized by attempted or actual fraud last year, the …
Read More »GoDaddy Enables Small Merchants to Ditch the Dongle With the Addition of Tap to Pay for iPhone
Web registrar GoDaddy Inc. continued its push into payments Monday by adding Apple Inc.’s Tap to Pay on iPhone to the GoDaddy Mobile App. The inclusion of Tap to Pay on the GoDaddy app will enable small businesses to accept contactless payments on an iPhone without a dongle. Merchants need …
Read More »Chargebacks911 Responds to Allegations it Undermined Chargeback Disputes
Responding to allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and Florida’s attorney general that it used multiple techniques to prevent consumers from winning chargeback disputes, chargeback-management company Chargebacks911 on Friday released a statement saying the charges are unfounded. The FTC and Florida attorney general Ashley Moody sued Chargebacks911 on Wednesday alleging …
Read More »Affirm Extends Stripe Agreement to Canada And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/14/23
Buy now, pay later provider Affirm Inc. said it is extending to Canada its processing agreement with payments platform Stripe Inc. Payments fintech Alacriti said it will provide identity verification for real-time payments through fraud-solutions provider Socure. Payments-technology provider Central Payments renewed an agreement with Galileo Financial Technologies LLC to process for Central’s Open*CP Fintech API …
Read More »Garmin Pay on Another Watch And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/12/23
Garmin Ltd. launched its latest smart watch, the $450 Instinct 2X Solar, which like most of its devices includes Garmin Pay, the company’s contactless-payment capability. ParkHub, a specialist in digital payments for parking, announced an agreement under which it will process payments at three venues owned by sports and live-entertainment company …
Read More »Capital One Is Likely to Weather Its Loss of the Walmart Card Portfolio
Even if Walmart Inc. is successful in terminating its contract with Capital One Financial Corp. to issue private-label and co-branded cards on the retail behemoth’s behalf, the loss is not likely to have a major impact on Capital One’s business, says a research note from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. The …
Read More »POS Veteran Verifone Launches a Barrage of Cloud-Based Tech for C-Stores
Consumers have been returning to physical stores as the pandemic wanes, and that’s spurring point-of-sale technology providers to bring fresh products to market. The latest example is Verfone Inc., which said Tuesday it is rolling out a panoply of new devices and services for the highly competitive petroleum and convenience-store …
Read More »Walmart Sues Capital One Over an Alleged Failure to Properly Service Credit Card Holders
Upset with the customer-service aspects of its cobranded card-issuing deal with Capital One Financial Corp., Walmart Inc. has sued the bank, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. Among the allegations brought by Walmart is that Capital One failed to replace lost cards or post some transactions to customers’ accounts …
Read More »Domino’s Adds Tap to Order to CarPlay In-Car App
Ordering ahead for a Domino’s pizza from your car just became a little easier for iPhone users with the release Monday of an order-ahead app for CarPlay, the in-car infotainment app from Apple Inc. The Domino’s Pizza Inc. app now enables consumers to Tap to Order or Call to Order …
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