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Mastercard Inc. launched its Open Banking for Account Opening program, aimed at U.S. issuers of consumer and small-business debit cards and issuers of consumer prepaid cards. The program aims to verify account ownership, reduce account abandonment, and cut non-sufficient funds returns. Brivo, a provider of technology for building access, has added …
February, 2024
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27 February
With Appetize and Finaro on Board, Shift4 Plots Expansion in the U.S. and Europe
Having closed on two key acquisitions, the big processor Shift4 Payments Inc. is looking to expand its business in Canada and Europe and build on its new beachhead in sports arenas, top management said early Tuesday. With its $100-million deal last fall to acquire Appetize Technologies Inc. from SpotOn Transact …
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27 February
Dwolla Launches Open Banking Services With A2A Payment Focus
Payments-technology provider Dwolla Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of its open-banking service for mid- and enterprise-sized businesses. The service streamlines businesses’ ability to embed open-banking capabilities within existing applications through a single application programming interface, as opposed to relying on connections to multiple vendors. To further reduce the complexity of …
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27 February
Par Revenue up 10% And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/27/24
Payments-technology provider Par Technology Corp. posted fourth-quarter 2023 revenue of $107.7 million, a 10.2% increase from $97.2 million in the corresponding 2022 quarter. It had a quarterly loss of $18.6 million, up from a loss of $13.5 million the year prior. For all of 2023, Par had $415.8 million in revenue, a …
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26 February
You Can Attribute Google Pay’s Demise to Weak Market Share And Google Wallet’s Popularity, Experts Say
Alphabet Inc.’s decision to discontinue Google Pay in the U.S. market, including its peer-to-peer payments capability, effective in June is not entirely an unexpected move, experts say, as the app has a more popular sibling in Google Wallet. And, they note, it lacks the market share of competing digital wallets. …
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26 February
Post Worldpay, FIS Looks to Share Buybacks And Growth in Digital Payments
Having completed on Feb. 1 a 55% spin-off of its massive Worldpay processing operation, FIS Inc. is now looking to concentrate on priorities including digital banking, real-time payments, and share buybacks, the company’s top executives said early Monday. Nor is the big Jacksonville, Fla.-based processor ignoring its potential gains from …
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26 February
Visa and GSMA In Education Tie-up And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/26/2024
Visa Inc. and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation launched Digital Finance for All, a five-year program aimed at increasing access to digital finance for some 20 million persons in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. RevSpring Inc. launched a new scoring model for its Engage IQ service that evaluates the quality of …
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23 February
Consumers Are Paying Off Sooner on Holiday Purchases Financed With BNPL Loans, Klarna Finds
Shoppers financing purchases during 2023’s Black Friday weekend are paying off their loans sooner than they were a year ago. Some 30% of BNPL purchases made during that period in the United States were paid off early, compared to 24% a year earlier, according to BNPL provider Klarna AB. Overall, …
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23 February
Block’s Dorsey: Cash App Is Your New Bank, And Square May Enlist ISOs
Block Inc. posted double-digit increases in net income for its December quarter and for 2023, but its co-founder and chief executive let it be known late Thursday the company has work to do. “Across the board, we’ve been going through an exercise in how we work so we can move …
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23 February
Google Pay’s U.S. Sunset And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/23/24
Alphabet Inc. will discontinue Google Pay, including its peer-to-peer payments capability, in the U.S. market on June 4, though it will maintain a Google Pay website. In the place of Google Pay, which launched amid much fanfare in 2011, Alphabet is promoting Google Wallet, which appeared in 2022 with wider functionality than payments, …
