Thursday , March 28, 2024

Kiosks & Ticketing Machines

Consumers Are Paying Record High Out-of-Network ATM Withdrawal Fees

ATM owners are charging consumers a record high $3.15 per transaction for making out-of-network withdrawals, up slightly from $3.14 a year ago, according to Bankrate.com. The new high is also the 22nd time in the last 25 years that out-of-network fees levied by ATM owners have hit a new high. …

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Shift4 Grows Its Sports Portfolio By Signing the NHL’s St. Louis Blues

Shift4 Payments Inc. has expanded its stadium-pay domain by signing a deal with the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues to provide payment processing at the Enterprise Center, the team’s arena, and the adjacent Stifel Theater. Shift4 will also provide software for the Blues’ loyalty program, mobile wallet, and ordering …

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Mastercard And Virtual Cards And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/24/23

Mastercard Inc. launched Mastercard Receivables Manager, aimed at streamlining the process businesses use to accept and process transactions on virtual cards. The 20-year-old billing platform eLabs announced it has rebranded itself as Vizibill. The Bitcoin ATM network Bitcoin Depot Inc. reported it expects second-quarter revenue to total between $196 million and $198 million, up …

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Olo Adds Kiosk Payments And Other Features for Restaurants

Olo Inc., a software-as-a-service platform provider for restaurants, rolled out several enhancements, including the ability for customers to place orders and pay for them using the Olo Pay application at in-restaurant kiosks. Enabling in-restaurant payments at kiosks marks the first availability of card-present payment processing through Olo Pay. Olo developed …

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NCR Moves Forward With Its Planned ATM Spin-Off

Leading ATM manufacturer NCR Corp. took a big step Monday toward its goal of splitting into two independent companies with the filing of a registration statement for the spin-off of its ATM business. After a strategic review that included the possible sale of the entire company, Atlanta-based NCR announced the …

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Tyfone Readies for FedNow And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/21/23

Digital-banking platform Tyfone Inc. said it will work with One Credit Union to offer a real-time payment service certified for FedNow, the national real-time payments system that the Federal Reserve is expected to launch next month. Jane Technologies Inc. introduced a point-of-sale system customized for cannabis stores. Smart Pay has launched its Smart Pay …

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Senators Cramer And Menendez Take Aim Again At Protecting Cash Purchases

For decades, payments providers have sought to displace cash by attempting to move merchants toward card-based and digital payments, arguing that they are faster, more convenient, and more secure to accept than cash. Now they are finding that proponents of cash acceptance are pushing back. Late Thursday, legislation was reintroduced …

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Cantaloupe Enlists Amazon to Add Potency to Its Cloud-Based Platform

Cantaloupe Inc., a specialist in micropayments, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) to use AWS cloud services and make AWS its preferred provider to handle transaction volume flowing through Cantaloupe’s merchant network. Cantaloupe, which specializes in payments technology for vending machines and self-service marketplaces, handles …

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Cantaloupe Launches Smart Technology for Grab And Go at Self-Service Environments

Cantaloupe Inc. is rolling out Cantaloupe Go, a line of self-service apps and kiosks that rely on artificial intelligence to enable consumers to purchase products in self-service retail locations, such as micro-markets. Cantaloupe Go comprises Cantaloupe’s line of self-checkout kiosks. which vary in cost, features, and payment-acceptance capabilities; Smart Store …

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Klarna’s Loss Widens And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/28/23

Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB said its 2022 loss of 10.47 billion krona ($1 billion) grew on its 2021 loss of 7.1 billion krona ($680 million). This comes amid growth in 2022. The United States became Klarna’s largest market in December. Also, Klarna will begin collecting late fees from United Kingdom consumers who miss a payment, …

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