Square announced early Tuesday its first integration in the United Kingdom of Clearpay, a buy now, pay later service known as Afterpay outside the U.K. and Europe. Square, the point-of-sale payments unit of San Francisco-based Block Inc., said the latest move is also its first major integration of BNPL in …
Read More »Dutchie POS Launches And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/23/22
Dutchie, which develops technology for cannabis retailers, unveiled Dutchie POS, which includes a hardware terminal and point-of-sale software.In related news, point-of-sale technology vendor POSaBIT Systems Corp. announced an agreement to license its point-of-sale technology to an unnamed “large cannabis technology partner.” The agreement calls for a one-time fee to POSaBIT of $500,000, …
Read More »No Going Back as Digital Payments Transformation Has Cemented Itself, Report Suggests
Digital identity, new ways to move funds, the speedy pace of innovation, and changing consumer payment preferences are all quickly altering the payments arena, suggests the latest payments report from Deloitte Consulting LLP. “The things that really stood out the most for us when we looked at the data is …
Read More »Aurus Bring Real-Time Fraud Detection to Its Merchants Through a Riskified Partnership
Fraud-management platform Riskified Ltd. is partnering with Aurus Inc., a payments-platform provider. The deal will enable merchants relying on the Aurus platform to know in real time across multiple sales channels whether to accept or reject an order, which in turn can potentially increase approval rates and reduce fraud costs, …
Read More »CFPB Wants More from Block And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/22/22
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a petition with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to require Block Inc. to fully comply with the CFPB’s demands for information related to Block’s Cash App product, according to Bloomberg. Block said it is “disappointed” with the action and …
Read More »BNPL Is Eating Into Credit Card Usage, J.D. Power Finds
Consumers are spending significantly less on their primary credit cards, says J.D. Power’s 2022 U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study. Overall, credit card holders are allotting 42% of their monthly spending to their primary credit cards, down from 47% in 2021 and 2020, and down from 50% from 2019. That decline …
Read More »Adyen Embraces POS Hardware with New Devices and a Development Focus
Adyen Inc., a long-time online payments provider, is further boosting its in-store payment acceptance options with the addition of two new point-of-sale devices. Both were designed by Adyen. Dubbed the NYC1 and AMS1 devices, they complement a suite of other POS terminals launched in January. The NYC1 device is designed …
Read More »Sezzle And Klaviyo Team Up To Make BNPL a Tool To Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment
To help e-commerce merchants reduce shopping cart abandonment, Sezzle Inc. is partnering with customer platform provider Klaviyo. The deal will allow Klaviyo merchants to offer online shoppers a buy now, pay later loan when they abandon their shopping cart. Shopping cart abandonments are a nettlesome problem for e-commerce merchants, with …
Read More »Eye on BNPL: BigCommerce Goes Big With Affirm; Telispire Dials up Splitit’s BNPL Option
E-commerce platform BigCommerce Pty. Ltd. is expanding its deal with installment-payment provider Affirm Inc. to now include merchants of all sizes. Additionally, the broadened deal affords merchants the ability to offer custom payment options, such as bi-weekly and monthly options for eligible customers on purchases ranging from $50 to $17,500. …
Read More »Choice Hotels Adds Choice Direct Pay Billing Option And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/16/22
Choice Hotels International Inc. launched Choice Direct Pay, which allows businesses to make reservations for employees and guests at multiple properties with billing through a centralized invoice. The service works with more than 5,000 U.S. properties.Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. announced customers can order groceries for delivery from nearly 400 stores via online-delivery …
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