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July, 2021

• 20 July

  The Path to Painless Integrated Payments

  

  By Sherrie Bryant, Marketing Director, Exact Payments Payments integration is quicker and easier when the gateway provides developers with REST APIs and the tools and support necessary for successful projects. As more merchants evolve into omnichannel businesses, integration equals efficiency. Integrated solutions communicate with each other and share data, helping …
• 2 July

  PayPal’s U.S. POS Thrust With Zettle May Have Been ‘Inevitable,’ But It Faces Tough Rivalry

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc.’s decision to bring its Zettle point-of-sale technology to the U.S. market may not surprise observers, but the move presents some formidable challenges, chiefly in the form of the existing competition, some observers say. At the same time, they add, Zettle brings a potent brand that fills a …

April, 2021

• 26 April

  Empowering consumers by providing options

  

  SME: Norman Marraccini, SVP, Head of Retail and Commercial Digital Payments Providing consumers options when they purchase and pay is how organizations can provide the best customer experience. COVID-19 has brought this idea to the forefront, with more and more consumers choosing to use technology such as mobile wallets, person …

October, 2020

• 20 October

  Managing Sanctions Compliance in a Global Economy: Deploying Real-Time Watch List Screening

  

  In today’s global economy, opportunities for growth are often accompanied by an increasingly complex landscape of rules, regulations and compliance issues. Since compliance is now an element of everyday business operations, businesses must employ a measured, holistic program with several key components, including real-time watch list screening. Through new technology, …

August, 2020

• 28 August

  Small-Business Payments Provider Bill.com Logs Double-Digit Gains in Volumes

  

  Payments volumes for small and mid-size businesses are growing at a quick pace, if the latest information from cloud-based payments-technology company Bill.com Inc. is any indication. The 14-year-old Palo Alto, Calif.-based company processed $25.4 billion in payment volume in the June quarter, fully 26% above the volume handled in the …
• 27 August

  You’ve Heard How Consumers Have Turned to Online Channels. Now the Numbers Show It

  

  It’s become a common assertion in the payments business that consumers are turning to online sites for shopping as they contend with the various impacts of Covid-19. Now government data indicates just how well-founded that assertion is. E-commerce dollar volume in the second quarter totaled $211.5 billion, up 32% from …
• 27 August

  A Covid-Inspired Push for Embedded Payments Helps Spur Four-Fold Growth for Finix

  

  With more independent software providers and financial-technology companies embedding payment capabilities in their applications, Finix Payments Inc., a provider of payment applications, has seen its transaction volume jump more than fourfold from the second quarter of 2019 through the second quarter of 2020. Key drivers of the growth include a …
• 27 August

  Klarna Sees Both Online And In-Store Volumes Grow as the U.S. Market Looms Large

  

  Online volume has soared for Klarna AB but the Swedish payments company’s efforts to go into physical stores are also bearing fruit, the company reported early Thursday. Klarna, which offers consumers the opportunity at checkout to extend payments over time, reported its “in-store proposition” is now active in 10 geographic …
• 27 August

  Bill.com Teams With Keybank And Other Digital Transactions News From 8/27/20

  

  Cloud-based business software provider Bill.com has teamed with KeyBank to launch Key CashFlow, an online-banking facility that streamlines payments for small businesses.Point-of-sale installment lender Affirm Inc. said it is working with David’s Bridal to allow brides to pay for their wedding gowns with payments over three or six months at …
• 26 August

  Visa Leverages Artificial Intelligence for Smarter Stand-in Processing

  

  Refused transactions are frustrating enough for cardholders and merchants, but during a pandemic they could be especially nerve-wracking. Visa Inc. on Wednesday announced a new service for stand-in processing that the payments network says should yield faster and more accurate results when issuers’ systems are down. The new Smarter STIP …