Point-of-sale

December, 2023

• 21 December

  BNPL Adds to Its Appeal for the 2023 Holiday Shopping Season, And Not Just for Gifts

  

  Buy now, pay later loans have become in a relatively short time a popular financing option for consumers, especially for holiday-season shopping. But now, that’s increasingly true not just for gifts, but for everyday purchases as well, according to data from payment-solutions and card-issuing platform provider Marqeta Inc. Based on …
• 20 December

  FIS’s Worldpay Strikes Deals to Support Payments for the HMV Chain And Crypto Platform Alchemy Pay

  

  The big payments processor Worldpay early Wednesday and late Tuesday announced two major deals, one of which will see it supporting multichannel payments for HMV, a London-based seller of DVDs, audio cassettes, CDs, and other entertainment products through a chain of more than 100 stores. The other development, announced late …
• 20 December

  With 2024 Looming, the EPC Vows to Continue Battling The CCCA

  

  Citing a payments industry that is united in its opposition to the Credit Card Competition Act, research from the Congressional Research Service questioning the benefits of the legislation, and suspect support for the bill among members of Congress, the Electronic Payments Coalition says it is primed to continue its fight …
• 20 December

  A Home for Unused Gift Cards And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/20/23

  

  The payouts platform Onbe said it will enable instant payment on virtual Mastercard cards to consumers who want to sell unused gift cards on the CardCash secondary gift card market. Buy now, pay later platform Affirm Inc. said it is expanding to self-checkout kiosks in more than 4,500 U.S. Walmart stores. U.S. households spend …
• 19 December

  Bold Checkout Options Expand And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/19/23

  

  Technology provider Bold Commerce launched a feature for its Bold Checkout platform that aims to make it easier for clients to expand the range of payment options they accept. Eastern Bank PLC, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, will issue what is said to be the world’s first biometric metal card, with fingerprint-recognition technology from …
• 18 December

  Visa’s Fast Track Expands And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/18/23

  

  Visa Inc. said it is expanding its Fintech Fast Track program, originally focused on card issuing, to include Visa Direct, the card network’s real-time payments platform. Visa has signed 42 new clients in the past year for Fintech Fast Track, which offers various Visa payment technologies to non-bank payments providers. In …
• 15 December

  With Sale Rumors Swirling, Shift4 May Be Traveling Down An Alternative Path

  

  With the payments industry abuzz since late Thursday with reports that the big processor Shift4 Payments Inc. is in talks to be acquired by Global Payments Inc.—reports Global Payments has denied— questions are emerging as to whether Shift4’s plans to grow through the exploration of strategic initiatives include a sale. …
• 15 December

  Presto Voice Tally Predicts 1,270 Locations and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/15/23

  

  Presto Automation Inc. forecast its new, artificial-intelligence-based Presto Voice ordering system for drive-through restaurants will have been adopted by 1,270 locations by the end of 2024, up from the current count of 404. River, a provider of technology and financial services related to Bitcoin, launched River Link, a service that lets users send …
• 14 December

  Repay Partners With Green Dot to Enable Cash-Based Bill Payment

  

  Repay Holdings Corp., a provider of payment-processing services, has partnered with Green Dot Corp. to enable Repay merchants to accept cash-based bill payments at more than 45,000 locations in the United States. The service depends on Green Dot’s eCash technology, which enables users to present a barcode that serves as …
• 14 December

  Revel Systems Signs up Dewey’s As Hospitality POS Rivalry Grows Ever Hotter

  

  In recent years, point-of-sale technology providers specializing in the hospitality industry have had a tough go of it. First came the pandemic, which shut down restaurants across the country. And now, the business has emerged as perhaps the most crowded POS market in North America, with at least a dozen …