Thursday , November 7, 2024

Marketing

Blackhawk Network Launches Digital Cards With Its Visa And Mastercard Branded e-Gift Products

The Blackhawk Network has entered the digital card space with the launch of Visa- and Mastercard-branded e-gift cards that can be used in-store and online. The launch builds on consumers’ growing preferences for QR-code and tap-to-pay technology, the prepaid card company says, as both technologies help streamline the payment process …

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Eye on Digital Wallets: Ingenico Supports Crypto Acceptance Via Axium Terminals; Mastercard Launches Local Pay for Digital Wallet Providers

The push to make cryptocurrency a mainstream payment option got a boost early Tuesday as terminal maker Ingenico announced it is partnering with cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com to accept cryptocurrency through its Axium Android terminals. Merchants accepting cryptocurrency through the Ingenico terminals can settle transactions through their Ingenico merchant wallet in …

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FIS Restarts Its M&A Engine As It Looks to Its Worldpay Stake for a Payoff

More than a year after spinning off a majority interest in the massive Worldpay merchant-processing platform, FIS Inc.’s top brass said early Monday the move is already paying off. And the company is revving up its acquisition engine again, with $1 billion committed to do deals this year. For now, …

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Eye on E-Commerce: USDA Approves Gopuff To Accept Online SNAP Payments; Affirm Launches In The U.K.

Gopuff, the online food and beverage delivery platform from GoBrands Inc., is now accepting SNAP payments (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) for online orders nationwide. The deal makes Gopuff the first online delivery platform provider to receive approval from the United States Department of Agriculture to accept SNAP payments. As part …

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Shopify Taps Coveo’s AI and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/1/24

Artificial intelligence platform Coveo said it will provide AI commerce services to Shopify Inc. enterprise customers. NCR Atleos Corp. announced Rontec, a Shell and Esso BP station operator in the United Kingdom, has extended its agreement to use Atleos for ATM operations at 267 gas stations. The Access Group, a United Kingdom-based developer …

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How Embedded Finance Programs Are Finding New Outlets

Talk of embedded finance, the marrying of financial services with unrelated applications for businesses, threaded through the Money 20/20 conference this week in Las Vegas, as fintechs and financial institutions devise initiatives that extend beyond simple credit and debit card acceptance. Among the latest of these is Shopify Finance, a …

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New Clover Devices Debut and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/31/24

Fiserv Inc. announced enhancements to its Clover point-of-sale technology set, including new devices; integrations such as payroll; and financial functions such as cash discounting, cash advances, and same-day funds transfers. Holders of Visa Inc.’s Infinite Privilege cards can book scarce reservations at popular restaurants in several Canadian cities through the card network’s collaboration …

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PayPal’s CEO Looks to Kickstart Growth With Initiatives Like Fastlane and Complete Payments

PayPal Holding Inc.’s top management early Tuesday wasted no time extolling the early returns on several initiatives the payments company has launched in recent weeks to reinvigorate growth at the 26-year-old company. Chief executive Alex Chriss, in office for barely more than a year, made it clear he is exercising …

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Hallmark Greeting Cards Line Now Has Digital Gift Cards Via InComm Payments

As the Christmas holiday shopping season nears, Hallmark Cards Inc. is readying a new greeting card line that is available with digital gift cards. Kansas City, Mo.-based Hallmark says the launch of its Gift Card Greetings Web site enables consumers to purchase a physical greeting card that comes with a …

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Eye on Pay by Bank: Dwolla Readies Plaid Integration; Trustly Forecasts 33% Americas Growth

Account-to-account payments provider Dwolla Inc. is readying itself for more pay-by-bank business with an expanded integration to open-banking platform Plaid Inc. Des Moines, Iowa-based Dwolla says the integration, which is scheduled to go live in early 2025, will make Plaid’s instant account-verification and risk-assessment services available in Dwolla’s pay by …

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