Thursday , February 12, 2026

Digital Currency

Square’s Dorsey Reconsidering His Africa Relocation and other Digital Transactions New briefs from 3/6/20

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and chief executive of Twitter Inc. who also is the CEO of merchant processor Square Inc., told an investor conference he is reconsidering his plan to spend much of his time this year in Africa because of Covid-19, the coronavirus, “and everything else going on,” Bloomberg …

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Shazam To Offer TCH’s Real Time Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/3/20

Debit network Shazam Inc. said it will offer The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s Real Time Payments service to its member financial institutions.POS Supply Solutions said it acquired Paper-Net, a point-of-sale consumables supplier, earlier this year. Terms were not disclosed. Paper-Net will take on the POS Supply Solutions branding.Professional Data Solutions Inc. (PDI), …

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Cash App Helps Drive Growth for a Surging Square

Cash App may be turning into the product that ate Square Inc. The company on Wednesday reported a big fourth quarter for the 4-year-old product as officials pointed to a strong performance overall for the full year. “2019 was a very good year for us,” Square chief executive Jack Dorsey …

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Shopify Joins Libra, Defying a Wave of Defections From the Cryptocurrency Venture

The controversial Libra cryptocurrency project gained a new member Friday with Shopify Inc.’s announcement it will join the Libra Association, the governing body for the fledgling venture. Shopify’s decision comes in the face of a string of eight high-profile defections from the association since October, including decisions by Mastercard Inc., …

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Green Dot Dollar Volume Up and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/20/20

Prepaid card and banking services provider Green Dot Corp. reported $10.6 billion in gross dollar volume on its products for the fourth quarter, up 8% year-over-year. Green Dot also announced a multi-year extension of its contract with Apple Inc. for issuing the Apple Cash card.ATM network operator Cardtronics plc said Amazon.com customers can now add cash to …

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WooCommerce Adds CBD-Specific Features and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/13/20

E-commerce platform WooCommerce said it is offering CBD-selling merchants new services for monitoring security issues, printing shipping labels, and automatic tax calculation.Acadia POS and merchant-services provider GCG Consulting Inc. said they handled nearly 50,000 transactions on 77 PAX Technology point-of-sale devices at the recent Waste Management Phoenix Open.Business-payments firm Biller Genie said its clients are …

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RILA Urges Lower Durbin Debit Cap and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/11/20

The Retail Industry Leaders Association issued a statement calling on Congress to press Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell to “set a true rate” for debit card transactions that would reflect the intent of the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act. The amendment regulates debit card transaction pricing for large issuers. Powell is scheduled …

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Nacha Is Building Phixius, a Trusted Conduit for Payment-Related Information

A platform to help ensure payments are made to the proper entity is preparing for a May debut. Dubbed Phixius, the Nacha-developed platform will provide a way to enable the secure sharing of payment-related information. That’s important because the platform, announced this week, could save businesses time in vetting new …

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Brink’s Makes a Significant Investment in MoneyGram

MoneyGram International Inc. is proving adept at attracting diverse investors. Cash-management provider The Brink’s Co. announced Thursday that it has invested $9 million in MoneyGram stock for a 4.95% stake in the company. The Brink’s investment comes in the wake of the $50 million Ripple Labs Inc., developer of the …

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Delay in Clover Park Opening and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/7/20

A $57 million renovation at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Fla., the spring-training home of the New York Mets recently renamed from First Data Field, won’t be completed by Monday when pitchers and catchers report for preseason workouts, a local newspaper reported. St. Lucie County, which owns the stadium, now hopes …

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