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ACI Worldwide Inc. added to its growing list of buy now, pay later partners on Monday, announcing a deal with Affirm Inc. Merchants using the processor’s ACI Secure eCommerce solution can offer consumers the ability to make purchases with Affirm and split the cost of the purchase into biweekly or …
November, 2021
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1 November
Apple Objects to App Store Payment Changes and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/1/21
Apple Inc. filed an objection to a September U.S. District Court ruling that it says hinders the computing giant’s ability to restrict developers on its App Store to Apple’s own payment system. The ruling upheld Apple’s requirement that developers use its payment system within the App Store but said Apple must allow references to …
October, 2021
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29 October
COMMENTARY: Are You Asking the Right Questions to Decide on a Payment Operating Model?
Companies offering payment solutions generally face an important decision in their early days: settling on the right operating model. Should we function as a payment facilitator (payfac) and do everything ourselves? Should we register as an acquirer, ISO, or third-party processor? Should we handle risk and underwriting? How should we …
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29 October
Amazon One Expands and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/29/21
Amazon.com Inc. said its Amazon One technology, which scans customers’ palms to process payments, is now available at more than 70 Amazon physical stores, Whole Foods stores, and third-party locations.Merchant acquirer Shift4 Payments Inc. released a business update indicating its volume for October was 80% higher than the same month in 2020, with the number …
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27 October
[UPDATE] POS Device Maker Pax Draws Scrutiny Following Allegations of ‘Strange Network Activity’
[UPDATED TO REFLECT A STATEMENT FROM PAX] A report released on Tuesday detailing a raid by federal investigators at a Florida warehouse linked to Pax Technology Inc. has stunned the payments industry and left some observers concerned about the big point-of-sale device maker’s reported reaction to allegations its technology was …
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27 October
Fiserv’s Merchant Volume Jumps 20% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/27/21
Global merchant dollar volume grew 20% in the third quarter year-over-year for processor Fiserv Inc., while global e-commerce volume increased 21%, the company reported. Overall global transactions expanded 16%. The company did not report actual figures. Revenue for the quarter was $3.96 billion, up 10%. Year-to-date revenue was $11.37 billion, an …
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26 October
BNPL Offers Big Potential for Market Share But Also Flashes Caution Signs for the Unwary, a Panel Says
The rapidly unfolding buy now, pay later business holds huge potential for point-of-sale lenders but flashes caution signs for players that jump in without doing their homework, a panel of experts said Tuesday at the Money 20/20 exposition in Las Vegas. The BNPL product, which generally allows shoppers to pay …
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25 October
A Bread Partnership Adds More Long-Term Financing Power to Sezzle’s BNPL Arsenal
As part of its strategy to become a full-service payments provider and serve a wider consumer base, buy now, pay later provider Sezzle Inc. on Monday announced a partnership with Alliance Data Systems Corp. to offer Alliance Data’s Bread installment-loan service to Sezzle merchants. The partnership builds on a deal …
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20 October
Stripe Strikes Again In Executing Its Strategy to Expand Beyond Online Payments Acceptance
Building on its strategy of expanding beyond payments acceptance, Stripe Inc. on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Recko Inc., a provider of payments-reconciliation software for Internet businesses. Terms were not disclosed. The deal follows the debut of new applications this year intended to carry out this strategy, such as Stripe …
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20 October
How Consumers’ Growing Adoption of BNPL Is Getting the Ad Dollars Flowing
The heady times for buy now, pay later just keep on rolling. Now, with 44% of consumers saying they have used BNPL options to make a purchase, according to personal-finance company Credit Karma LLC, providers of the point-of-sale financing have opened the ad-spending spigot. A new report from MediaRadar, a …
