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Payments-technology provider Opus Technologies Inc. has launched Paysemble, a suite of apps that are meant to streamline payment integration for financial institutions and merchants. A cloud-based solution, Paysemble allows businesses to consolidate payments from multiple channels through interoperable message hubs, configurable security, and batch processing. As a result, businesses can …
September, 2024
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4 September
U.S. Bank’s New Smartly Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/4/24
U.S. Bank said it is launching two new products, the Smartly Visa Signature card and the Smartly Savings account. The former offers as much as 4% cash back on transactions. Some 48% of consumers in the U.S. market are using digital wallets for payments, up from 38% in 2021, according to …
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3 September
Jack Henry Partners With Moov to Streamline Payments for Small Businesses
Jack Henry & Associates Inc. has partnered with payment processor Moov Financial Inc. to enable financial institutions to offer small and medium-size businesses enhanced digital-payment services. The partnership is expected to help financial institutions attract more smaller businesses as clients and strengthen existing relationships with such sellers by providing for …
August, 2024
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30 August
Blame High Swipe Fees for Stores’ Cash-Back Charges, a Merchant Group Says
High card-acceptance fees are the root cause for why some merchants are charging consumers for cash back at the point-of-sale, a service merchants have historically provided consumers even though customers can make purchases with their debit cards at no charge, says the Merchants Payment Coalition. Driving the trend is that …
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30 August
The Top General Purpose Reloadable Prepaid Card? It’s the Serve Card, Says Researcher Javelin
The general-purpose reloadable prepaid card market is expanding fast as audiences as diverse as the underbanked population and frequent business travelers adopt the products for their convenience and as alternatives or complements to bank accounts. Now the Serve Cash Back Card has earned a first-place finish in Javelin Strategy & …
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29 August
Affirm’s Stock Rises As the BNPL Giant Reports Improved Results
Affirm Inc.’s shares soared early Thursday as the buy now, pay later platform reported revenue and profit results late Wednesday that topped analyst expectations and may indicate the online and point-of-sale lending trend, which emerged with force during the pandemic, retains plenty of momentum. The positive results also followed Affirm’s …
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29 August
Mastercard Payment Passkey Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/29/24
Mastercard Inc. launched its Payment Passkey Service with payments processors and consumers in India, and says it will introduce the technology in other markets globally in coming months. The technology, aimed at online transactions, tokenizes payment credentials and enables biometric authentication of cardholders. Canada-based online travel agency justfly.com introduced a pay-by-bank feature, allowing travelers to …
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28 August
Apple Eyes a Return Via Zip; Sezzle Teams With Liberis to Reach Merchants
Apple Inc. is reportedly mulling a return to the buy now, pay later sweepstakes in the United States through a partnership with Zip Co. Ltd, an Australian digital financial-services company. ZIP’s chief executive, Cynthia Scott, acknowledged the two companies are in talks, according to MacDailyNews. Apple abandoned BNPL operations in June …
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27 August
Cantaloupe Deepens Its Foray Into Sports And Entertainment With a Suite Ordering App
Cantaloupe Inc. has strengthened its hand in the highly competitive market for payments at sports and entertainment venues with the launch of Suites, an order-management application designed for such venues, on Cantaloupe’s Cheq platform. Cantaloupe developed the new app as a way to make it easier for guests in stadium …
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27 August
The CFPB Reviews Cash Back at the Point of Sale Amid Concerns of Reduced Access to Cash
Retailers providing cash-back services at the point of sale fill a void for many consumers who may live in so-called banking deserts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says in a new report on the service. Some, however, charge a fee for that access, along with other banking hurdles. The Cash-back …
