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October, 2023

• 11 October

  Data Compromises Hit a Record High in 2023, Despite a Third-Quarter Drop

  

  Data compromises in the U.S. market for the first three quarters of 2023 totaled 2,116, a record high for the first nine months of a calendar year, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. The previous high was set in 2021, when 1,862 compromises were recorded over the first nine …
• 11 October

  Eye on Restaurants: Presto Voice Is Gaining Traction; Lunchbox Taps Finix for Online Payments

  

  Presto Automation Inc. says its voice-ordering system for restaurants represents a $17-million annual revenue opportunity as the company finishes its first full year as a public company. San Carlos, Calif.-based Presto finished the fiscal year ended June 30 with revenue of $26.1 million, a 14.1% decrease from $30.4 million the …
• 11 October

  Klarna’s AI Shopping Aid And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/11/23

  

  Payments platform Klarna AB announced a series of new services, including Shopping lens, which enables shoppers to take a picture of an item in their surroundings to find out where to buy it on the best terms. The service uses artificial intelligence to render the item in a search term. Technology consultancy Thoughtworks said …
• 10 October

  Worldpay’s Transit Move And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/10/23

  

  The processor Worldpay said it will work with Masabi, a provider of technology for transit-fare payments, to offer an EMV platform for what the pair call “transit agencies of all sizes.” Health-care payments specialist RevSpring unveiled new features of its Engage IQ platform that includes updated messaging, the ability to use graphics in email …
• 9 October

  Slake’s Delivery App Supports Crypto Payments; Visa’s Billions in Crypto Volume Since 2021

  

  Slake IT LLC on Monday launched a food-delivery app that enables consumers to pay for orders using cryptocurrency in addition to credit cards. The company, which is supporting the Ethereum platform to enable crypto payments, has partnered with drivers of multiple food-delivery companies, including DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub, to …
• 9 October

  COMMENTARY: Why the Credit Card Competition Act Falls Short

  

  The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) looks to be headed for a vote before the end of the year, spurred in part by Sen. Dick Durbin’s recent urging that it be brought to the Senate floor. While the Illinois Senator is of the mind it will help increase industrywide competition …
• 6 October

  COMMENTARY: Why Stripe Will Dominate the New Era of Processing

  

  In North American payments, full-suite processors—those that perform direct authorization and interchange for branded networks, including Visa and Mastercard—belong to an exclusive club. But many still rely on what would otherwise be considered commercially obsolete infrastructure. All of them grew up in a world where magstripe was leading edge, payment …
• 6 October

  Streamline One Launches And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/6/23

  

  Property-management technology provider Streamline launched Streamline One, a set of technologies including reservation verification and rental-payments acceptance. Sightline, a specialist in digital casino payments, launched Deposit+, a service that credits to the casino’s bank account cash sitting in slot machines and kiosks for immediate access. As part of its entry into …
• 5 October

  Galileo Brings BNPL to Small Businesses Through Mastercard Installments

  

  Galileo Financial Technologies LLC has expanded its buy now, pay later offering to small businesses for business-to-business purchases. The offering is available to lenders and fintechs using Galileo’s technology. They will have the option to customize the total number of installment payments for BNPL loans, according to Galileo. Galileo, which …
• 5 October

  Small-Screen Shopping Set To Dominate 2023 Holiday Spending

  

  One of the first forecasts for the upcoming 2023 holiday shopping period predicts that mobile devices will overtake desktop ones for e-commerce for the first time. Adobe Inc., in its Nov. 1-to-Dec. 31 holiday-shopping forecast, released Thursday, forecasts that U.S. online holiday sales will reach $221.8 billion, a 4.8% increase …