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Payments platform Nayax Ltd. announced the availability of the Nova Market self-checkout kiosk in its U.S. e-commerce shop. The device is aimed at micro-merchants.Open Payment Network said its application programming interface is linking Bridge Community Bank to The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s real-time payments network.CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. announced that Peoples Trust …
July, 2022
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12 July
Sionic Says Its CODE Pay Brings Real-Time Payments to the Point of Sale
Sionic Mobile Corp., a provider of consumer-to-business payments technology, on Tuesday launched CODE Pay a free mobile app for merchants that facilitates bank-to-bank, real-time payments at the point-of-sale. “Merchants have been looking for ways to cut costs and to get off the card network rails,” says Sionic chief executive and …
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12 July
Contactless Payment Cements Itself in Transit Payments
Transit riders have made one aspect of their mobility routines abundantly clear. They want to use contactless payments to pay as they commute to work or ride to the beach. A full 91% of transit users in the second Future of Urban Mobility Survey from Visa Inc. either strongly or …
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12 July
E-Commerce Sales up 7.5% so Far And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/12/22
U.S. consumers have spent $451.7 billion online through June, a 7.5% year-over-year increase, Adobe Inc. said in its Adobe Digital Price Index.Payments association EPCOR announced its acquisition of the Central Oklahoma Clearing House Association, which includes its fraud alert and settlement service. Terms were not disclosed.Payments provider Digital River said it will integrate its Global Seller …
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11 July
Eye on Real Estate: Bank Shot Adds Digital Checks; Prometheus Launches Crypto
Mobile-payment solution provider Bank Shot has added support for digital-check acceptance in the real-estate market. The new feature will enable consumers to initiate an earnest-money or rent payment via a digital check. In addition, real-estate brokers, title companies, and property managers can use Bank Shot to pay realtor commissions. Bank …
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11 July
With P2P Payments Booming, U.S. Senators Spotlight Consumer Losses to Fraud
Consumers’ loss of funds to fraud and other deceptive activity on peer-to-peer payment networks has drawn the attention of U.S. Senators, who are demanding answers on the matter from the big banks that own the Zelle P2P network. The senators’ actions come as P2P activity has boomed in response to …
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11 July
Argyle Payments Launches And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/11/22
Payments professionals Joseph Daly and Eric Kellogg announced they formed Argyle Payments LLC, an independent sales organization that will focus on small and midsize merchants in high-margin specialty markets.Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB closed on an $800-million funding round aimed at bolstering its stance in the U.S. market. The round values the …
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8 July
North American Bancard Partnership with PayTrace Offers Exciting Ecommerce, B2B Opportunities
With the demands placed on ecommerce and business-to-business payments, it is only fitting that merchants rely on a gateway with expert-level knowledge and years of experience. PayTrace, which North American Bancard acquired earlier this year, has maintained such Level-2, Level-3, and B2B expertise for more than 16 years. Now, with …
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8 July
EMS Expands Service Offerings By Taking a Majority Stake in Paysley
Merchant processor Electronic Merchant Systems announced Thursday that it has taken a majority stake in Paysley, a contactless payments software specialist that enables merchants to send payment requests and QR codes to customers’ mobile phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but EMS chief executive Dan Neistadt tells Digital Transactions …
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8 July
An Insurance App Offers Crypto Rewards for Premium Payments
A mobile wallet that allows users to shop and pay for insurance has added a rewards program that offers cryptocurrency based on premium payments. Marble, a New York City-based company that started up in 2020, says it has integrated its wallet with Gemini, a crypto exchange, to let users redeem …