Shoplazza, a shopping-cart technology provider for more than 360,000 merchants, said it will support integration of payments-acceptance capability from Payoneer into its clients’ Web stores.Billing and payment platform Kill Bill and Wovenware, a provider of artificial intelligence and software engineering services, said Wovenware created an open-source plugin that integrates e-commerce processor Adyen to the …
Read More »Eye On BNPL: Affirm and Stripe Team Up, As Do Klarna And Marqeta
In a sign of buy now, pay later’s deepening penetration of digital payments, Affirm Inc. is partnering with payments-technology provider Stripe Inc. to make its Adaptive Checkout application available to Stripe clients in the United States. Launched in 2021, Adaptive Checkout uses Affirm’s decisioning engine to offer consumers personalized bi-weekly …
Read More »Fundbox’s Visa Debit Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/1/22
Visa Inc. has collaborated with working-capital platform Fundbox to launch the Fundbox Flex Visa debit card, issued by Pathward N.A.KindTap Technologies, a payments provider specializing in the cannabis industry, has integrated with Dispense, an e-commerce platform, to allow merchants using Dispense to accept credit card and automated clearing house payments …
Read More »Paysafe Targets High Rollers by Raising Its iGaming Wager Limits
To expand its iGaming business and revitalize its digital-wallet business, Paysafe Ltd. on Monday announced it is increasing the wagering limit for high-stakes online gamblers using its Skrill USA wallet to fund their iGaming accounts. The feature is expected to appeal to high rollers who make five- and six-figures wagers. …
Read More »Wirex Lists a New Stablecoin and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/31/22
Cryptocurrency-based payments platform Wirex listed a new stablecoin, NXUSD, on its platform and added support for it to its digital wallet.In related news, Asia-based crypto-investment platform Bit.Store said it is extending a partnership with crypto-based payments provider Alchemy Pay to add mobile wallets and domestic instant-transfer capabilities to Bit.Store alongside existing credit card and …
Read More »An Acquiring Deal With BNP Paribas Helps Propel Cross-Border Traffic for PingPong Payments
The explosive growth in e-commerce has not been contained within national borders, which creates a market for processors capable of handling cross-border payments. PingPong Payments, a specialist in this market, early Friday announced an acquiring agreement with Europe’s largest bank, BNP Paribas, that the U.S.-based processor expects will reinforce its …
Read More »Beyond Routine: Research Indicates Digital Payments Are Now ‘Second Nature’ for Consumers
Payments players have suspected for the past two years that digital payments were becoming increasingly routine, but now research is indicating they may have become “second nature.” That’s the term Marqeta Inc., the card-issuing platform, used Thursday in announcing the results included in its latest research paper, entitled “2022 State …
Read More »BNPL’s Move Into Bigger Tickets Leads Players to Seek Slicker Outreach And Tighter Vetting
As the buy now, pay later trend moves upstream to higher-ticket markets, the assumption of bigger debt loads brings with it a need to communicate more closely with consumers. Point-of-sale credit, which took off in e-commerce during the pandemic, is reaching markets like health care, and on Wednesday a customer-communication …
Read More »CFPB Targets Card Issuers and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/26/22
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent a letter to the chief executives of JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, Discover, and American Express asking them to explain the practice of omitting data about consumers’ monthly credit card payments when sending information to credit-reporting companies. The CFPB contends the …
Read More »Eye On BNPL: Adyen Partners With Radial; WooCommerce Woos Affirm; Splitit Recruits BlueSnap
In a move to streamline its payment options for enterprise clients in the United States and Canada, Belgium-based omni-commerce logistics provider Radial Inc. is rolling out Adyen for Platforms, Adyen NV’s end-to-end payment solution for peer-to-peer marketplaces, on-demand services, and crowdfunding platforms. Adyen for Platforms is aimed at enabling platform …
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