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Contactless Payments Transactions Are up 426% Among CardFlight Merchants
More evidence emerged that consumers are still increasing their use of contactless payments, over a year since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Contactless transaction counts among the more than 75,000 small businesses in the latest CardFlight Small Business Report grew 426.7% in the week ending May 2 compared to …
Read More »Merchants Put the Fed in the Crosshairs of a Lawsuit Seeking to Have Debit Costs Reduced
Merchants have complained for years that they pay too much for debit card acceptance. Late last week, they took their beef to the federal courts with a lawsuit alleging a ceiling set on debit card fees a decade ago by the Federal Reserve is too high and seeking to have …
Read More »How Merchants And Networks Can Transform Shopping
Most merchants can’t afford Amazon Go technology. But that doesn’t mean it’s out of reach. It’s the end of a long day at the office, and you swing into a pharmacy on the way home to pick up toothpaste. You’re not out yet, just running low and being proactive. You …
Read More »A ‘Layered’ Recovery for AmEx T&E; Why Crypto Is the Next Contactless Step for Merchants; Plus Weekly Recap
COMMENTARY: Why Cryptocurrency at the Point of Sale Is the Next Contactless Step for Merchants
How people purchased goods and services online, at the in-store point of sale (POS), or on mobile devices changed significantly during the pandemic. Whether or not businesses closed their brick-and-mortar storefronts, they experienced a shift to contactless and online channels as a safer way to transact for businesses and consumers. …
Read More »RocketFuel Becomes the Latest Facilitator of Cryptocurrency Acceptance by Merchants
The drive to build merchant acceptance of cryptocurrency continues to gain momentum with RocketFuel Blockchain Inc.’s announcement on Wednesday that it is rolling out a one-click, blockchain-based payments solution for e-commerce transactions. RocketFuel’s service supports payments or direct bank transfers in 43 cryptocurrencies. The first two merchants to adopt the …
Read More »Tapped Payments Rocket 296% for CardFlight; Post-Covid In-Store Volume To Grow; Splitit Signs More Merchants
Splitit Signs More Merchants and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/18/21
Buy now, pay later provider Splitit Payments Ltd. announced new merchants Giant Bicycles, Super73, Mate Bike, Michael’s Jewelry and others now offer the installment payment service. Spliltit also reiterated that its service can be used with credit cards.Boutique marketplace Jane has integrated Klarna for buy now, pay later transactions.Fintech Rapyd said it is waiving up to …
Read More »Interchange Adjustments Will Add a Net $889 Million to Merchants’ Costs, an Analysis Says
With the two big payment networks set to raise by hundreds of millions of dollars the cost U.S. merchants pay for card acceptance, e-commerce merchants could see fee boosts while some segments—like travel-and-entertainment and low-ticket-value, quick-service merchants—could see some reductions. In total, rate tweaks scheduled by Visa Inc. and Mastercard …
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