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The federal court overseeing a $5.54-billion settlement between millions of card-accepting merchants, on one hand, and Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc., on the other, over interchange costs recently took several steps that ultimately could get payments out to merchants. But checks still won’t be in the mail for some time. …
September, 2023
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15 September
How Amazon Looks to Boost Order Size And Conversions Using Buy With Prime Cart
Amazon.com late Thursday unveiled Buy with Prime cart, a new feature of the e-commerce giant’s Buy With Prime benefit intended to increase order sizes. Buy With Prime users can now place multiple items in their shopping cart, whereas they were previously limited to a single item per order, Amazon says. …
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15 September
An ARC Pay API for Air Travel And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/15/23
Airlines Reporting Corp. announced it has started processing payments through its ARC Pay application programming interface for the online travel agency Business Travel Group LLC’s Business Class brand. The Western Union Co. announced it will offer free money transfers for funds consumers around the world send to Libya in the wake of severe …
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14 September
GoTab Inc. Dives Deeper Into Restaurants With a Mobile Terminal And Self-Service Kiosk
GoTab Inc., a provider of digital ordering and payment solutions for the hospitality industry, has introduced Pocket POS, a mobile point-of-sale terminal about the size of a mobile phone that enables servers to take orders, manage tabs, process payments, and communicate with hosts and hostesses, as well as kitchen staff, …
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14 September
Cross-Border Options Are Among Factors Driving Real-Time Payments Growth, a Study Finds
A growing volume of cross-border transactions is fueling the development of real-time payment services, according to a new report from Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and research firm Datos Insights. The report also says businesses stand to lose if they’re slow to invest in real-time payments. Some 80% of …
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14 September
FreedomPay’s Cross-Border Platform And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/14/23
Commerce platform FreedomPay said it will begin offering point-of-sale devices from Pax Technology Inc. in the second quarter next year. Visa Inc. announced it will deploy its real-time payments network, Visa Direct, to allow users of United Kingdom-based money-transmission platform Paysend to route payments to eligible Visa cards in 170 countries and territories. …
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13 September
Evolving your payments strategy for the new consumer experience
Steven Velasquez, Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Business Development – Elavon, Inc. Delivering payments that meet consumer demand As AI, ChatGPT, and the increased adoption of instant payments become more prevalent in our day-to-day lives, the impact of truly connected payments is upending the traditional consumer experience. The …
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13 September
Intuit Makes a Bid for More Small-Business Payments With a New Combo Service
Intuit Inc., developer of the QuickBooks accounting software and related services for small businesses, embedded itself further into the payments business on Wednesday when it unveiled QuickBooks Money. The free product allows businesses to send invoices accepting payment choices including credit, debit, automated clearing house, PayPal, Venmo, and Apple Pay …
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13 September
Shift4 Agrees to Process for Timeshare Rental Marketplace RedWeek.com
Shift4 Payments Inc. has reached an agreement to become the processor for timeshare rental and resale marketplace RedWeek.com. Under the terms of the deal, Shift4 will process RedWeek.com’s timeshare rental and membership transactions, handle direct customer billing and recurring payments, and manage chargebacks, fraud, and reporting capabilities. A competitor to …
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13 September
Fitli Taps Usio And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/13/23
Fitli, an independent software provider for fitness professionals, has selected Usio Inc. for payments processing. Prepaid card specialist Blackhawk Network has agreed to launch “Gift Card Malls” inside airport and casino shops operated by WH Smith North America. Three unnamed central banks are testing a method from international money-transfer platform Swift to enable interoperability …
