National Retail Solutions, a POS platform provider for independent convenience stores, is reselling an EMV at the pump retrofit kit from Sound Payments Inc. under its own brand that can significantly reduce station owners’ EMV compliance costs. NRS is calling the technology the NRS EMV EZ Pump Solution. The retrofit …
Read More »Discover Is the Latest to Activate the Common Buy Button As Consumers Go Online in Droves
Discover Network on Tuesday became the latest of the Big 4 card networks to launch the Secure Remote Commerce technology the systems settled on last year to simplify and secure online transactions with a single buy button that works with all participating networks. The move comes as hordes of U.S. …
Read More »Ria Inks Kroger Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/27/20
Ria Money Transfer, a unit of Euronet Worldwide Inc., said its services will be available in more than 2,000 Kroger stores. Ria also announced that Fiesta Mart, a grocery chain based in Texas with 59 stores, will offer its money-transfer services.A survey from daVinci Payments found that 52% of women intend to spend …
Read More »Gmail Gaining Shopping and Purchasing Capabilities and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/23/20
Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit announced it is enabling shopping and purchasing within its Gmail email service via an agreement with Skipify Inc., a payments provider that relies on artificial intelligence technology.North Lane Technologies, formerly Wirecard North America Inc., and daVinci Payments have banded together to create Syncapay Inc., a holding company for payment-technology …
Read More »PayPal Dips into Crypto and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/21/20
PayPal Holdings Inc. announced a service that allows account holders to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly from their account. The company also said it will make cryptocurrency available as a funding source for purchases at the 26 million merchants worldwide that accept PayPal.Payments provider FIS Inc. said it added pharmacy chain Walgreens …
Read More »QR Codes Reach the Next Stage of Development for Payments: Fraud Detection
With merchant adoption of contactless payment solutions accelerating due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Incognia, a provider of fraud-detection applications, announced an app Tuesday to detect Quick Response code fraud. The application uses location behavioral biometrics to create a digital fingerprint for the consumer’s identity. It uses the buyer’s real-time and …
Read More »Covid-19 Prompts the PCI Council to Take a Flexible Approach to Its Security Standard
Because of Covid-19, many employees who have access to payments data are working from home, making it awkward if not impossible for data-security assessors to conduct onsite inspections. In response, the PCI Security Standards Council says it plans to make the next version of its data-security standard more reflective of …
Read More »In a Crowded Field, Afterpay Brings Its Buy Now, Pay Later Service to the Cash Register
Afterpay Ltd. is making its previously online-only buy now, pay later service available to U.S. consumers in stores. Australia-based Afterpay, fresh off a deal with mall developer Simon Property Group to support its service in stores, announced the in-store service Tuesday. As with online purchases, Afterpay users make four equal payments …
Read More »PCI Pal Links with Stripe and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/13/20
PCI Pal, whose services enable businesses to collect payments in accordance with the PCI Security Standards Council data-security rules, announced a link-up with payments provider Stripe Inc. to allow Stripe clients to more quickly deploy PCI Pal’s technology.Paya Inc. said UtilityBilling.com, a subscription billing and payment platform, integrated Paya’s processing service.PlusPass, …
Read More »Columbia Sportswear Processing with Adyen Now and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/9/20
Adyen NV said it has become the primary payments provider for Columbia Sportswear Co., an apparel retailer.Fireblocks Inc. announced it will supply wallet and network-infrastructure products as its client Revolut Ltd. launches new cryptocurrency services for its 13 million global users.Fraud-prevention technology provider Feedzai Inc. reported a strong first half as fraud attempts rose …
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