Nuvei Merchants and Visa Direct and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/11/21
Digital Transactions News staff
October 11, 2021
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Debit Cards, Digital Currency, Electronic Bill Payment, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Point-of-sale, Prepaid Cards
- Payments provider Nuvei Corp. said it will offer its U.S. merchant clients access to Visa Direct, Visa Inc.’s real-time push-payment network, for near real-time payouts.
- Ecrid Inc., a startup credit bureau that includes a bill-payment capability, announced it has filed for an initial public offering expected to raise $20 million.
- Payments provider Usio Inc. said the Houston Health Department used its prepaid card issuing platform in the city’s Vaccine Incentive Program.
- Fintech Moneybrain joined Visa Inc.’s Fintech Fast Track program. United Kingdom-based Moneybrain intends to import its service that enables the conversion and spending of cryptocurrency at merchants to the United States.