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Two of the busiest trends in payments are quick-response (QR) codes and cryptocurrency, and now payments players are finding ways to blend the two. Social Life Network Inc. on Friday said its Decentral Life unit has added a QR code application for its platform supporting digital wallets and payments. The …
May, 2022
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23 May
EVO Payments Acquires North49 and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/23/22
Payments provider EVO Payments Inc. announced it has acquired North49 Business Solutions Inc., to enable integrated payment services for businesses using the Sage accounting system. Terms were not announced.Restaurant specialist SpotOn released a report on the impact of inflation on restaurants that found the biggest average price increase was in seafood restaurants, up 19% …
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20 May
Open Banking in the U.S. Is Moving Ahead, But Not Without Some Debate About Standards
With open banking fast becoming the backbone of today’s payments landscape, the need for an industry standard to ensure protection of consumer data is moving front and center. In the United States, where no such standard currently exists, the payments industry is at odds over whether the country should adopt …
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20 May
Outdoorsy Picks PayPal’s Pay in 4 and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/20/22
Outdoorsy, a company that arranges rental of recreation vehicles, said it will accept payments through PayPal Holdings Inc.’s buy now, pay later service, Pay in 4.Klarna AB initiated a three-day event called “Dream Deal Days” to observe hitting 150 million users and 400,000 merchant partners. The event, held across 19 markets around …
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19 May
Square’s New Tools Aim to Keep Restaurants a Step Ahead in the Technology Arms Race
Block Inc.’s Square unit late Thursday unveiled a suite of hardware and software tools the company says is aimed at helping restaurants manage orders, payments, and their overall business more efficiently as they wrestle with worker shortages and other fallout from the pandemic. The new technology also comes as competition …
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19 May
The Bahamian Sand Dollar Is the First CBDC to Use Facial Recognition to Verify Users
Central bank digital currencies are still a relatively new payment method around the world, but now they’re starting to address the issue of user authentication, and at least one is doing it with facial-recognition technology. PopID Inc. on Thursday announced holders of the Bahamian Sand Dollar, one of the first …
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19 May
How Mobile Apps Have Become the Preferred Shopping Channel for Young and Old
When it comes to shopping, it’s becoming a mobile world. A report released on Thursday by omnichannel-platform provider NewStore Inc. reveals that 88% of consumers surveyed have at least one shopping app on their phone, 50% of respondents have more than four shopping apps, and 9% have more than 10. …
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19 May
SpotOn Raises $300 Million in Funding and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/19/22
SpotOn, a payments-technology provider serving restaurants and retailers, raised $300 million in a Series F funding round led by Dragoneer Investment Group LLC. The round, which comes just eight months after a Series E funding, values the company at $3.6 billion.Sphere, a healthcare payments and security software company, launched a …
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18 May
Eye on Fraud: Fraudsters Earn More Than CEOs; Fraugster Launches BNPL Risk Model
Criminals are cashing in on cybercrime in a big way. A new report from Arkose Labs reveals that experienced or “master” fraudsters can pull down up to $7.2 million annually and that rookie fraudsters can earn as much as $20,000 per month with an investment of as little as $5 …
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18 May
Mastercard Will Tackle Biometric Payments at the Point of Sale, Sans Card or Phone
Mastercard Inc. says the future of payments at the point of sale includes the ability to make a point-of-sale payment using a facial image without having to present a credit or debit card or a mobile device. Under its new Biometric Checkout Program, Mastercard has begun testing the service, the …