Payroc World Access LLC announced the acquisition of Worldnet, a payment gateway designed for independent software developers. Terms were not disclosed.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the New York Attorney General have sued MoneyGram International Inc., alleging the remittance company “failed to deliver funds promptly to recipients abroad.” MoneyGram responded by calling the claims …
Read More »Another Arena Adopts Digital Payments As the MLB Nationals Work With FIS-Worldpay
The competition to bring digital-payments capability to sports arenas is getting hotter. FIS Inc. announced early Thursday its Worldpay unit is exclusively processing payments for tickets, concessions, and merchandise at Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park, home of the city’s Nationals Major League Baseball team. As part of the deal, Jacksonville, Fla.-based …
Read More »Visa Ups Its Data Security Game by Spending $9 Billion In Five Years
Visa Inc. has spent more than $9 billion over the past five years to boost cybersecurity and reduce fraud, according to an announcement the network made in a blog post Tuesday. Of that amount, $500 million has been spent on artificial intelligence and data infrastructure. As a result of its …
Read More »Half of Consumers Consolidate Their Financial Accounts into a Single View
Only 50% of consumers in a new MX Technologies Inc. report say they have used a single digital tool to view multiple financial accounts in one view. That means the other half has yet to do so, MX says. Lehi, Utah-based MX specializes in technology that provides access to divergent …
Read More »Vail Resorts Picks Uplift for BNPL and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/20/22
Vail Resorts has selected buy now, pay later provider Uplift to allow Vail guests to pay for a pass over time with monthly installments.Discover Financial Services launched its Online Privacy Protection service on its mobile app. The service allows users of the Discover card and banking services to remove personal information from 10 …
Read More »Crypto Gateway Data Mynt Gives the Bitcoin Lightning Network a Boost
Cryptocurrency payment gateway Data Mynt Inc. on Tuesday announced support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Data Mynt will facilitate payments to and from all Lightning Network-enabled wallets, such as Block Inc.’s Cash App and Strike. The Data Mynt gateway, which says it is agnostic as to wallet, asset, and blockchain, …
Read More »As Regulators Close in, Experts Start to Fill in a ‘Legal Gray Space’ for BNPL
Despite predictions that buy now, pay later loans will account for $680 billion in transactions by 2025, or about 12% of all e-commerce sales, the industry remains on a potential slippery slope when it comes to consumer protections, says a paper issued Monday by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at …
Read More »The Absence of Interest Charges Is What Tweaks Consumer Interest in BNPL Services
The buy now, pay later trend continues to solidify into a permanent part of the payments arena, thanks to consumers who readily adopt the installment-payment service. Now, new research finds that many—82%—are drawn to it because they do not have to pay interest for the installment-payment benefit. New research from …
Read More »Another FI Picks Zelle and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/13/22
Fiserv Inc. said Arkansas Federal Credit Union now offers the Zelle peer-to-peer payment service via Fiserv.Till Payments, an Australia-based payments-technology provider, said it is marking its official debut in the North American market at this week’s Electronic Transactions Association conference in Las Vegas. In January, Till acquired Zips, the payment-processing unit …
Read More »Block’s Square Unveils a Revamped Square Stand As Merchant Needs Evolve Fast
To help merchants manage their business through a single device in a rapidly changing payments landscape, Block Inc. on Monday introduced the next generation of Square Stand, the countertop device that converts an iPad into a point-of-sale system. It is the first redesign of Square Stand since its launch in …
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