News

July, 2024

• 25 July

  Papaya’s Workforce Software and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/25/24

  

  U.S.-based Papaya Global, which offers platforms for payroll and payments processing, said it will support payroll and other workforce software for Cegid, a Europe-based provider of cloud software for finance and human resources. American Express Co. announced updates to its U.S. Consumer Gold Card, including credits for spending at restaurants included in …
• 24 July

  Fiserv Racks up Growth Via Strength in Merchant Services

  

  Fiserv Inc.’s top brass early Wednesday celebrated a second quarter in which adjusted revenue jumped 7% and adjusted earnings per share grew 18%, but it was new programs and alliances—including one with Apple Inc.—that took center stage as the company presented its second-quarter results. Cash Flow Central, a banking alliance …
• 24 July

  Tap-to-Pay And Value-Added Services Help Fuel Visa As It Pursues a New Interchange Settlement

  

  Growth in contactless and peer-to-peer payments, e-commerce, and value-added services were among the highlights discussed with stock analysts late Tuesday during Visa Inc.’s third-quarter earnings call for the card company’s fiscal year 2024. Visa’s Tap-to-Pay contactless payments technology has penetrated multiple markets, accounting for 80% of all face-to-face Visa transactions …
• 24 July

  Fortis Makes Acquisition and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/24/24

  

  Fortis Payment Systems LLC acquired the NetSuite payments division of MerchantE Solutions Inc. Fortis said the acquisition will boost its position in embedded enterprise resource planning payments. Terms were not disclosed. Mastercard Inc. and JPMorgan Chase are two of eight companies the Federal Trade Commission issued orders to seek information about products that …
• 23 July

  Digital Payments Have Plenty of Room for U.S. Growth, a Marqeta Report Says

  

  Demand for digital-payment and embedded-finance technology is growing in the United States, especially among Gen Z and Millennials, says a report from payments platform Marqeta Inc. The demand is being driven largely by the lower adoption of contactless payments and mobile-banking apps in the U.S. compared to the United Kingdom …
• 23 July

  FedNow Financial Institutions Now Total More Than 900

  

  Of the now 900 financial institutions on the FedNow real-time payments network, 78% of them are community banks and credit unions, the Federal Reserve says. The 900 figure, found in updated data released on the FedNow Web site, comes as the instant payment service marks its first year of service. …
• 23 July

  Sound Payments Makes Equinox Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/23/24

  

  Point-of-sale and payments software provider Sound Payments said it completed an integration with two Equinox Payments POS terminals in Sound’s Quantum Cloud platform. Blaze Solutions Inc., a provider of technology for cannabis sellers, has released new point-of-sale technology for that market, featuring a Web-based POS system and upgraded user interface. A startup …
• 22 July

  Global Insights for Your Business

  

  What can a global payments report tell you about the needs of businesses and their customers in 2024? Quite a lot, actually. While used by multinational corporations to predict payment trends in major markets the world over, the Worldpay Global Payments Report, now in its nineth year, can also shed …
• 22 July

  73% of Hourly Employers Intend To Offer Same-Day Wage Payments

  

  Same-day pay for hourly workers is not only top-of-mind for employees, but many employers—73% in a new Onbe survey—think so, too, enough for many to begin planning for it. Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based corporate payouts platform Onbe says that is one finding from its 2024 Same Day Pay Survey. Released Monday, …
• 22 July

  Why Dynamic Routing Has Become Essential for Online Retailing

  

  Payment processing is vital to online retailers’ operations. A quick and easy checkout experience can be the difference between a completed sale and an abandoned shopping cart. That’s why, with its ability to optimize transaction paths in real time and provide a multitude of benefits, dynamic payment orchestration is critical …