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CelllPoint Digital, a specialist in payments orchestration, will expand the payment methods available through SabreSonic and Radixx, services offered by Sabre Corp. a travel-technology company. U.S. payments platform Spreedly Inc. said it will work with Ebanx, a payment-service provider, to support alternative payment methods for international firms operating in Latin America. Payments …
April, 2025
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7 April
Forter Unveils a New Routing And Fraud-Fighting Enhancement for Its Platform
Forter, a provider of identity-intelligence technology, announced early Monday several enhancements to its Payment Optimization technology aimed at increasing authorization rates and detecting account-takeover attempts. Forter is testing what it calls a predictive-payment routing app that recommends when and how to use payment authentication, as well as the best processor …
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7 April
Blaqclouds Puts Crypto on the Menu for Restaurants
Cryptocurrency is coming to restaurants, a market that has already become hotly contested by a range of payments companies. Blaqclouds Inc., a crypto platform based in Los Angeles, announced on Friday DineWithCrypto, aimed squarely at consumers looking to order meals for delivery or pickup. DineWithCrypto has already connected to 190,000 …
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7 April
Kuba’s Sacramento Fare System and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/7/25
The Sacramento Regional Transit District launched Tap2Ride, a contactless open-loop fare system from Kuba that enables users to use a contactless credit or debit card or a mobile wallet to pay for rides, said Kuba, a transit fare system provider. Floorzap, a developer of business-management tools for flooring retailers, announced a …
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4 April
The Zelle App’s Role May Be Changing, But It Is Not Going Away, the Network Says
Zelle, the peer-to-peer payments service from Early Warning Services LLC, took steps late Thursday to clear up misperceptions concerning its decision to limit the capabilities of the Zelle standalone app. As of April 1, app users can no longer transact or enroll in Zelle. Instead, the app will become more …
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4 April
Stripe, Adyen, and Toast Gain Among Top Acquirers, TSG Finds
While the top 10 roster of the largest merchant acquirers in the TSG Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers shows little variation from last year—JPMorgan Chase & Co. is still No. 1 at $2.61 trillion in volume in 2024—smaller players are moving into the upper ranks. Adyen NV, a Netherlands-based processor …
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4 April
CapOne, Discover Deal May Have Justice OK and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/4/25
The Department of Justice approved Capital One Financial Corp.’s $35-billion proposal to acquire Discover Financial Services, noting it does not see strong enough competition concerns to scrub the deal, which was first proposed by the two parties in February last year. PointsKash Inc. said it has concluded an agreement with Discover Network to issue …
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3 April
The Cost of Fraud Continues to Rise for Merchants, LexisNexis Finds
Fraud costs merchants in the United States $4.61 for every $1 of fraud incurred, up 32% from $3.16 in 2022, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ annual True Cost of Fraud Study. In Canada, fraud costs merchants $4.52 for every $1 of fraud incurred. Driving the increase is that criminals are …
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3 April
Visa Rethinks Authorize.net And Adds Unified Checkout, Fraud Protection Service
Visa Inc. will launch an updated Authorize.net, in what it calls a “reimagining” of the venerable gateway. Announced Thursday, the updated version will be available in the second quarter in the United States and in other markets later this year. Visa’s announcement was one of three it made, including a …
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3 April
Shoplazza’s Checkout Update and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/3/25
The e-commerce platform Shoplazza Corp. said it has upgraded its payments platform in an effort to streamline checkout and cut cart abandonment. Aurora Payments has launched a service for its Arise payment platform that replaces cardholder data with tokens issued by the card networks in an effort to cut fraud, boost approval rates, …