March 11, 2021
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Marketing, Transaction Processing
Payment-technology provider Galileo Financial Technologies opened its Latin American headquarters in Mexico City, the company’s first office outside the United States. Galileo is a unit of Social Finance.NTT Data Corp. launched Platea Banking, a digital-banking platform aimed at helping financial institutions modernize back offices to support open banking.Payment gateway Exact Payments LLC appointed Ravi Rajamiyer …
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March 10, 2021
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Fraud & Security, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
All eight hotels in The Kessler Collection will accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies under an agreement with digital-currency processor BitPay Inc. Guests will receive an email, from which they may pay using their crypto wallet.Personas Social Inc. launched its Paysonas payment-processing platform, which supports online real-time debit and Bitcoin.Menufy, a provider of online-ordering …
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March 9, 2021
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, E-Commerce, Fraud & Security, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Near-Field Communication (NFC), Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing, Vending
Point-of-sale technology provider Handpoint has agreed to adopt the i-Accept technology from MagicCube Inc. The technology allows merchants to accept card transactions on off-the-shelf mobile devices.Citcon, a provider of mobile-wallet acceptance at the point of sale, has agreed to integrate its technology with that of Agilysys Inc., a vendor of point-of-sale technology …
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March 5, 2021
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Digital Currency, Marketing, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Cryptocurrency can be a volatile store of value and continues to struggle as a medium of exchange, but merchants in some markets are slowly moving to accept it as a faster and cheaper payment method than cards in the face of complications brought on globally by the pandemic or by …
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March 4, 2021
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, E-Commerce, Featured, Marketing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Shift4 Payments Inc. refers to the volume potential it’s trying to tap as a “coiled spring” waiting to be released as Covid restrictions ease. On Thursday, the big payments processor tapped into that potential with its $72-million acquisition of VenueNext Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of mobile payments, point-of-sale …
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March 4, 2021
Acquiring, Automated Clearing House, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Electronic Bill Payment, Fraud & Security, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Payments provider The OLB Group Inc. said its SecurePay gateway can now support cryptocurrency transactions and settlement of funds for merchants, putting crypto on par with credit and debit payments.PayActiv Inc., a provider of earned-wage access technology, said Hancock Whitney is the first financial institution to offer the company’s service.In related news, …
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March 3, 2021
Acquiring, Automated Clearing House, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Mobile marketing specialist Vibes said brands sent 400% more mobile messages for buy online pickup in store and buy online pickup at curbside services in the 2020 fourth quarter than they did in the 2019 fourth quarter. Vibes predicted that both pickup options will continue to grow 45% in 2021.London-based digital payouts …
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March 2, 2021
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Transaction Processing
Payments provider The OLB Group Inc. announced Tuesday that its SecurePay payment gateway will support payment acceptance through social-media applications without requiring consumers to leave the app. To enable payments through such apps as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, TikTok and Skype, OLB is leveraging the application-programming interfaces for social-media platforms to …
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March 2, 2021
Acquiring, ATMs, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
ACI Worldwide Inc. said its ACI Payments Inc. unit will support an Internal Revenue Service initiative to allow taxpayers, including those who are unbanked or underbanked, to make cash payments through a new digital barcode feature from ACI and InComm Payments’ VanillaDirect Pay unit.P97 Networks Inc., a provider of mobile payments …
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March 1, 2021
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, E-Commerce, Electronic Bill Payment, Fraud & Security, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB raised $1 billion in an oversubscribed equity funding round that pegged the company’s valuation at $31 billion. Major U.S. clients include Macys, Etsy, Sephora, Ralph Lauren, and Urban Outfitters.In related news, BNPL provider Splitit Payments Ltd. announced its merchant sales volume increased almost 180% in 2020 to …
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