Point-of-sale

June, 2024

• 25 June

  WeGetFinancing Partners With SensePass, While Klarna Plus Notches 100,000 Users

  

  WeGetFinancing has partnered with SensePass, a provider of alternative payment solutions, to provide a buy now, pay later solution for high-ticket items. WeGetFinancing is a BNPL gateway operated by Emerging Payments Technologies Inc. Merchants on the SensePass platform can now offer BNPL financing for purchases of up to $15,000, with …
• 25 June

  Ticketing And Soft POS Will Drive Contactless Payment Growth, a Forecast Says

  

  Contactless payments are forecasted to surge 113% in value by 2029, reaching $15.7 trillion by 2029, up from $7.4 trillion this year, predicts a new report from Juniper Research. Ticketing and soft point-of-sale applications will be significant drivers of this growth, United Kingdom-based Juniper says. “As access becomes more widespread, …
• 25 June

  Nuvei Readies UAE Expansion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/25/24

  

  The Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. said it has received approval for a retail-services license from the central bank of the United Arab Emirates, laying the groundwork for an expansion into the UAE market. Fast-food chain Long John Silver’s said it is working with multiple technology vendors to update its digital and in-store ordering experience …
• 21 June

  AmEx Looks to a Pair of Acquisitions to Raise Its Game in the Hotly Competitive Dining Market

  

  American Express Co. early Friday announced it is acquiring Tock, a restaurant-reservation application, from Squarespace Inc. for $400 million, and Rooam, a contactless-payment platform for restaurants, bars, music venues, and arenas, for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2014, Tock provides reservation, table-management, and event ticketing capabilities to 7,000 restaurants, wineries, …
• 21 June

  Working with Elavon, Delta Adopts Tap to Pay on iPhone for U.S. Flights

  

  Delta Air Lines Inc. is adopting Tap to Pay on iPhone for its U.S. flights, a move made in conjunction with processor Elavon Inc. Delta has long accepted card payments on flights, having adopted a card-only policy in 2009 for North America flights, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported then. The move …
• 21 June

  Shift4 Marks Another Europe Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/21/24

  

  U.S.-based Shift4 Payments Inc. has deepened its penetration of the European market through an agreement to partner with Stockholm-based digital-payments platform OneMoneyWay to offer small merchants in the United Kingdom and Europe a combined business and payments platform. Shift4 recently took a majority stake in Germany’s Vectron Systems, a point-of-sale technology company. Strider, …
• 20 June

  Topgolf Callaway in Visa Promo and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/20/24

  

  Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. announced a promotional agreement with Visa Inc., involving benefits and offers for holders of Block Inc.’s Visa-branded Cash App debit card. CasaPerks Technologies Inc. has launched CasaCash, a rewards program that can be offered by property owners to renters as an alternative to a program based on credit …
• 19 June

  Nuvei Advances Corporate Change and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/19/24

  

  Shareholders in Nuvei Corp. approved the processor’s previously announced agreement to be acquired by Advent International LP for $34 per share in a move that will take the big processor private. The Financial Times reported that regulators in the European Union have accepted concessions from Apple Inc. that will allow competing payment platforms to access the …
• 18 June

  ACI Notes Cross-Border Milestone and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/18/24

  

  U.S.-based payments provider ACI Worldwide Inc. said its partnership with Stet, a Paris-based clearing and settlement system, processed more than 50 million real-time cross-border payments in the past 12 months. The companies expect that volume to grow more than 50% in the current year. Cross-border payments specialist Nium Pte. Ltd. said it is working …
• 17 June

  Eye on Ticketing: Shift4’s San Diego FC Ticket Win; Passport Preps for College World Series

  

  A new soccer club in San Diego will use Shift4 Payments Inc. for its ticketing transactions, while Passport Inc. readies its parking expertise for the NCAA Men’s College World Series this week. Allentown, Pa.-based Shift4 says its payments technology will undergird ticket transactions for the new Major League Soccer team, …