Marketing

The return of travel following the impact of the pandemic is testing airlines in various ways, not the least of which is their openness to payment methods beyond cards in what for them is a global market. That new emphasis, combined with a need to work with multiple acquirers, is …

Papaya Global Ltd., a specialist in payroll, said it has agreed to acquire Azimo Ltd., a cross-border payments platform. Terms were not announced.Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. said it will provide acquiring and gateway services, along with support for more than 530 alternative payment methods, for Aircash, a mobile wallet based in Croatia.In …

Ransomware payments exploded last year, with the average payment rising 78% year-over-year to $541,010, according to data compiled by cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks.Blackbaud Inc., a cloud software company serving nonprofits, said clients of its Blackbaud Merchant Services unit can now accept payments via both PayPal and Venmo in the United …

The Brink’s Co. said its BLUbeem point-of-sale cash-management platform is now available through the Clover POS technology from Fiserv Inc.Paysign Inc., a provider of prepaid cards for the health-care industry, reported $8.8 million in fourth quarter 2021 revenue, a 21% increase year-over-year. Purchase volume in the quarter rose 13.2%. Cardholders totaled 4.3 million at …

POSaBIT Systems Corp., a payments provider for the legal cannabis industry, today added Texas and Georgia to its roster of states in which the fintech operates. The expansion provides further confirmation of growing demand for electronic payments in marijuana dispensaries. Kirkland, Wash.-based POSaBIT said in a news release that it …

The buy now, pay later concept is nothing new, but it took on momentum during the pandemic and may now undergo unstoppable growth in the next few years, according to RBC equity analyst Dan Perlin, who analyzed data on BNPL contained in the 2022 Global Payments Report recently released by …

Payments provider Trust Payments launched Stor, an e-commerce platform for small and medium-size businesses, and is inviting independent sales organizations, banks, and other third-party players to market the service to merchants. The new product is based on technology Trust Payments acquired earlier this year.NoFraud, an online fraud prevention service, released NoFraud Checkout, …

A new, $1-million limit takes effect on Friday for same-day processing of automated clearing house transactions. The new cap, 10 times higher than the former one, is expected to open the ACH for faster processing of more large-value transfers and is seen as a landmark move toward faster payments as …

Cannabis-payments platform CanPay said it has passed half a billion dollars in transactions, processing for more than 800 merchant locations in 31 in states.A cryptocurrency-investment platform called BitStore introduced a Mastercard-branded prepaid card that allows users to make payments at merchants with their crypto assets. Processing is handled by Alchemy Pay.Payments provider PayTrace Inc. announced it …

RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc., a provider of payment technology for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has finalized the integration of its payment solution with ACI Worldwide Inc. The integration to ACI’s Secure eCommerce platform will enable ACI’s more than 80,000 merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments with no processing fees. The partnership between …