EBay Inc. reported some 80% of its on-platform payments volume was processed through its managed-payments service by the end of the second quarter. More than 13 million sellers globally were using the platform.Payment card manufacturer CPI Card Group Inc. said consumers’ shift to contactless cards, which command a higher price than ordinary plastic, helped drive …
Read More »BlackBerry Revs Up the Engine for Connected Car Payments
Vehicle-based payments got a boost Wednesday with BlackBerry Ltd.’s introduction of a new app to enable secure payments from a car’s dashboard. The app, which leverages the concept of the connected car, acts like a mobile wallet that connects to a payment network to enable a variety of transactions, including …
Read More »Merchants Redouble Their Efforts to Push the Fed on Debit’s Routing And Pricing Rules
With a Federal Reserve deadline hitting Wednesday for comments on decade-old debit card regulations, large merchants are firing some last-minute salvos in hopes of influencing the Fed to make major revisions to rules governing transaction routing and pricing. “[M]ajor banks and networks continue to interfere with competition for debit business,” …
Read More »Revel Bags Dave’s Hot Chicken and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/11/21
Cloud-based point-of-sale maker Revel Systems said Dave’s Hot Chicken restaurant chain will use Revel Enterprise for its POS system. In the first quarter, the chain said its newly signed franchisees expanded the number of locations to more than 400.Payments provider Qualpay said it will process transactions for FuelMor, a software platform for propane suppliers.Buy …
Read More »Repay Card Volume up 28% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/10/21
Repay Holdings Corp. said its second-quarter card payment volume of $4.6 billion increased 28% from $3.6 billion in the 2020 second quarter. Revenue of $48.4 million was up 32.6% from $36.5 million a year ago. Repay had a net loss of $13.4 million, an improvement from its $83.2 million loss in …
Read More »A New App Seeks to Make End-to-End Car Buying the Latest E-Commerce Craze
One consequence of the pandemic has been a boom in e-commerce. And now consumers can purchase automobiles online just as easily as they can most any other product. Otoz, a subsidiary of business-services and enterprise-software provider Netsol Technologies Inc., announced on Monday its e-commerce app for Mini auto dealers is …
Read More »COMMENTARY: How EMV Specifications Are Supporting Online Commerce
The increasing digitalization of global economies, along with the unprecedented growth in online commerce, means that consumers and businesses are demanding more from payments. A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston notes that “consumers not only have higher expectations when it comes to online security, but they …
Read More »Apple Cash Adds Mastercard Debit Support and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/6/21
Apple Inc. said Apple Cash users can now send Instant Transfer payments to Mastercard Inc. debit cards, reported 9to5mac.com. The service had been compatible only with Visa Inc. debit cards prior to Thursday’s announcement. Apple also said it is charging a 1.5% fee for Instant Transfer transactions, up from 1%. Instant Transfer …
Read More »Credential Stuffing Remains Fraudsters’ Favored Form of Attack, Says Arkose Labs
Credential stuffing hasn’t lost its appeal as a favored form of attack for criminals looking to commit account fraud, says a report from San Francisco-based fraud-prevention technology provider Arkose Labs detailing fraud trends during the first half of 2021. Credential stuffing accounted for 285 million attacks during the first half of …
Read More »Shift4 Looks to a Revamped Restaurant Platform As It Racks up a Strong Second Quarter
Top executives at Shift4 Payments Inc. said early Thursday the company will launch general availability of a new restaurant platform in the first quarter of next year. The Android-based technology will include a Quick Response-code payments option as well as capabilities for analytics, marketing, payroll, and other features, according to …
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