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Evolving merchant expectations are a primary factor in Aurora Payments’ newly released Arise Payment Platform, which is intended to match sellers’ needs, says Brian Goudie, Aurora chief executive. Announced Tuesday, the Arise platform includes same-day onboarding capability, surcharging, cash discounting, and dual- pricing options, Aurora says. It also offers acceptance …
April, 2024
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16 April
Nium’s New Zealand Expansion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/16/24
Cross-border payments platform Nium has registered as a financial-service provider in New Zealand. The company, which maintains headquarters offices in San Francisco and Singapore, claims licenses and registrations in more than 40 countries. Payments provider Dejavoo announced a corporate rebranding and an overhauled Web site. Cigo Tracker, a delivery app, released a digital-tipping application …
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15 April
Restaurant Price Strategies Come Under Fire As Advocates Push to Pass a Credit Card Bill
As restaurants turn to surcharging and dynamic pricing to offset rising operating costs, consumer backlash is raising concerns the practice could negatively affect customer loyalty and ultimately, restaurant profits. The backlash comes hard on the heels of the Electronic Payments Coalition’s attacks on restaurant surcharges and other price increases. The …
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15 April
Eye on Bitcoin: Get Set for the Latest ‘Halving;” Bitcoin Depot Welcomes Investors for its Kiosk Deployments
Bitcoin was designed to be a medium of exchange, like dollars, but it has become over time more like an investment, such as gold. Now, Bitcoin investors and consumers alike face an event that will significantly affect the value of their holdings, drive up Bitcoin’s price, and affect the digital …
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15 April
Mastercard’s Real-Time Canada Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/15/24
Mastercard Inc. said it is working with payments-technology platform VoPay to offer what the partners say will be near-real-time money-movement service in Canada. The service relies on Mastercard Move, a set of funds-transfer options. The Merchants Payment Coalition, which advocates for passage of the Credit Card Competition Act, cited the recent profits …
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12 April
Henry Helgeson’s Return as a Payments Chief Executive Signals Bigger BlueSnap Ambitions
As a payments executive, he started an independent sales organization in 1998 that 19 years later would be acquired by Total System Services Inc. for $1.05 billion in cash. Now, more than four years since Henry Helgeson held a position at a payments company—other than as a board director or …
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12 April
A Card Industry Group Cites Retailers’ Price Boosts And Surcharges in Its Latest Campaign to Stop the CCCA
A trade group representing card networks and issuers is taking aim at restaurant surcharges and price increases by large grocers as part of its efforts to defeat the Credit Card Competition Act. The Electronic Payments Coalition’s first salvo in its new campaign against the CCCA was fired last week. In …
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12 April
Nuvei Launches Invoice Financing and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/12/24
Processor Nuvei Corp. launched a financing option to allow client merchants to make invoice payments through their enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms. Health and beauty retailers lead all sellers in adoption of gift cards, followed by general merchandise retailers and sporting-goods stores, according to scores developed by Blackhawk Network and NAPCO Research …
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11 April
As Dining Heats up, Toast And Qu Aim at Increasingly Larger Restaurant Operators
Restaurants are roaring again, and now the companies that enable digital payments for them are setting their sites on the biggest chains. Two major players, Toast Inc. and Qu POS Inc., separately announced early Thursday initiatives aimed at bolstering their positions with regional and national restaurateurs. The moves come as …
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11 April
Despite BNPL’s Popularity, Overspending and Missed Payments Remain Top Issues, Bankrate Finds
Consumer demand for buy now, pay later loans may be high, but consumers are still at risk of overspending when using BNPL to finance a purchase or missing a payment. A survey released Thursday by Bankrate LLC reveals that overspending and missing a payment are two of the most common …