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To expand its iGaming business and revitalize its digital-wallet business, Paysafe Ltd. on Monday announced it is increasing the wagering limit for high-stakes online gamblers using its Skrill USA wallet to fund their iGaming accounts. The feature is expected to appeal to high rollers who make five- and six-figures wagers. …
May, 2022
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31 May
Deployers Are Driving Growth in the U.S., But Overall the ATM Count Is Sliding, a Report Says
Few payments sectors were harder hit by the pandemic than ATM networks around the world, and now numbers released over the weekend indicate that the global ATM installed base continued to decline last year, albeit at a slower rate than in 2020. The U.S. market, indeed, saw its ATM count …
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31 May
Wirex Lists a New Stablecoin and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/31/22
Cryptocurrency-based payments platform Wirex listed a new stablecoin, NXUSD, on its platform and added support for it to its digital wallet.In related news, Asia-based crypto-investment platform Bit.Store said it is extending a partnership with crypto-based payments provider Alchemy Pay to add mobile wallets and domestic instant-transfer capabilities to Bit.Store alongside existing credit card and …
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27 May
Cannabis Specialist POSaBIT Posts Strong Volume, Despite Industrywide Headwinds
Having weathered an industrywide downturn in sales that began during the third quarter of 2021, cannabis-payments processor POSaBIT Systems Corp. late Thursday reported strong first-quarter sales and revenue. Transactions totaled $103 million, a 61% increase from the same period last year, and revenues totaled $6.4 million, up 79%. Same-store sales …
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27 May
An Acquiring Deal With BNP Paribas Helps Propel Cross-Border Traffic for PingPong Payments
The explosive growth in e-commerce has not been contained within national borders, which creates a market for processors capable of handling cross-border payments. PingPong Payments, a specialist in this market, early Friday announced an acquiring agreement with Europe’s largest bank, BNP Paribas, that the U.S.-based processor expects will reinforce its …
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27 May
Luxury-Tour Operator Scott Dunn Picks Nuvei and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/27/22
Payments provider Nuvei Corp. said it has agreed to process payments for luxury-tour operator Scott Dunn.Payments-technology provider Verifone Inc. opened registration for CommerceNow 2022, a virtual digital-commerce conference scheduled for June 22-23.EPayResources, a payments advisory service, named Jeff Foote incoming president effective June 1. He succeeds current president Laura Steele, who is expected to …
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26 May
Beyond Routine: Research Indicates Digital Payments Are Now ‘Second Nature’ for Consumers
Payments players have suspected for the past two years that digital payments were becoming increasingly routine, but now research is indicating they may have become “second nature.” That’s the term Marqeta Inc., the card-issuing platform, used Thursday in announcing the results included in its latest research paper, entitled “2022 State …
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26 May
BNPL’s Move Into Bigger Tickets Leads Players to Seek Slicker Outreach And Tighter Vetting
As the buy now, pay later trend moves upstream to higher-ticket markets, the assumption of bigger debt loads brings with it a need to communicate more closely with consumers. Point-of-sale credit, which took off in e-commerce during the pandemic, is reaching markets like health care, and on Wednesday a customer-communication …
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26 May
CFPB Targets Card Issuers and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/26/22
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent a letter to the chief executives of JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, Discover, and American Express asking them to explain the practice of omitting data about consumers’ monthly credit card payments when sending information to credit-reporting companies. The CFPB contends the …
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25 May
Eye On BNPL: Adyen Partners With Radial; WooCommerce Woos Affirm; Splitit Recruits BlueSnap
In a move to streamline its payment options for enterprise clients in the United States and Canada, Belgium-based omni-commerce logistics provider Radial Inc. is rolling out Adyen for Platforms, Adyen NV’s end-to-end payment solution for peer-to-peer marketplaces, on-demand services, and crowdfunding platforms. Adyen for Platforms is aimed at enabling platform …