Vail Resorts has selected buy now, pay later provider Uplift to allow Vail guests to pay for a pass over time with monthly installments.Discover Financial Services launched its Online Privacy Protection service on its mobile app. The service allows users of the Discover card and banking services to remove personal information from 10 …
Read More »Sila’s Instant Settlement Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/18/22
Sila Inc., a software platform for fintechs, launched Instant Settlement, a service that offers immediate access to automated clearing house debits executed on its platform.Canada-based business-to-business payments platform Versapay announced it has closed on its acquisition of U.S.-based DadeSystems, an accounts-receivable software specialist. Terms were not disclosed.Synchrony Financial reported first-quarter net earnings of …
Read More »Data Breaches Soar, Remaining on the Rise For the Third Consecutive Year
After setting an all-time high in 2021, data breaches show no signs of slowing down in 2022. The number of known data breaches in the United States during the first quarter of 2022 totaled 404, a 14% increase from the same period a year earlier, according to the Identity Theft …
Read More »Another FI Picks Zelle and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/13/22
Fiserv Inc. said Arkansas Federal Credit Union now offers the Zelle peer-to-peer payment service via Fiserv.Till Payments, an Australia-based payments-technology provider, said it is marking its official debut in the North American market at this week’s Electronic Transactions Association conference in Las Vegas. In January, Till acquired Zips, the payment-processing unit …
Read More »BridgePay Adopts Visa Tokens and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/12/22
Payments gateway BridgePay Network Solutions LLC said is working with Visa Inc.’s TokenID technology to provide network tokenization to all clients using all processors.Paysafe Ltd. said it is expanding its working relationship with international gaming operator Betsson Group to support traditional and alternative payments for the new Betsafe online sportsbook for Colorado.Everi Holdings …
Read More »Fraud Is Trending Down Overall, But Businesses Must Remain Vigilant In The Fight Against It, AFP Says
Payment fraud continued to decline in 2021 with 71% of organizations reporting they have been victims of payments fraud activity, compared to 74% in 2020 and 81% in 2019, according to the Association for Financial Professionals’ annual fraud report. The 2021 results are the lowest since 2014. The Bethesda, Md.-based …
Read More »Zelle for Retail Payments? and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/6/22
At least a couple of banks—Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co.—are proponents of expanding the Zelle peer-to-peer payments service to retail payments, The Wall Street Journal reported. Owned by Early Warning Services LLC, itself owned by seven of the largest U.S. banks including BofA and Wells, Zelle offers account-to-account payments. The …
Read More »Early Warning Rolls Out an Account-Based Identity Verification Service
In an effort to tackle the growing problem of digital-payment fraud, Early Warning Services LLC on Tuesday introduced Authentify, an account-based identity-verification service for consumers and businesses. When loaded on to a business’s Web site or app, Authentify streamlines the customer identity-verification process by allowing consumers to share their bank-account …
Read More »TouchBistro Adds Marketing Component and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/5/22
Payments provider TouchBistro launched TouchBistro Marketing, aimed at helping restaurants connect and market to customers via custom marketing campaigns. The new system links to TouchBistro’s restaurant-management platform.Innovative Payment Solutions Inc. announced the second phase of its IPSIPay App with approval from Visa Inc. for use of Visa debit cards within the app.PayPal Holdings …
Read More »Open Banking Gains More Ground As MX Eases Money Movement for Qolo’s Platform
The drive towards open banking gained additional momentum Friday with the announcement Friday of a partnership between Qolo, an omnichannel platform provider to fintechs, and open-banking platform provider MX Technologies Inc. The partnership, which formalizes an existing working relationship between the two companies that has produced more than 30 joint …
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