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Paycast Inc., a payments provider for online merchants, e-commerce platforms, and marketplaces, is partnering with Marqeta Inc. and Mastercard Inc. to launch a digital card product for marketplace sellers. The card will enable marketplace sellers to have immediate access to funds from the proceeds of a sale once the transaction …
November, 2021
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24 November
Black Friday And Cyber Monday Will Boost Online Sales, But at a Price in False Declines
Shoppers have flooded online shopping sites in response to the pandemic, and now stores are expecting a further bonanza of e-commerce sales as consumers flock to sites for Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. But while these two annual shopping extravaganzas will boost sales, they also are likely to have …
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24 November
74% of Consumers Intend to Keep Using Contactless Cards and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/24/21
Some 74% of consumers who tried using contactless cards this year plan to keep using them, up from 61% who said the same thing last year, according to a report from the Electronic Transactions Association and The Strawhecker Group.Humbl Inc. released a new version of its Humbl Pay mobile wallet, including upgrades …
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23 November
Jack Henry Takes the Early Lead on The Clearing House’s RTP Network
As real-time payments cements itself as a payments fixture, bank processors are enthusiastically signing new clients to provide the speedy payment service. Financial-institution processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc., in particular, has been enrolling merchants at a rapid pace in The Clearing House Payment Co. LLC’s Real Time Payments network. …
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23 November
Payhawk Says a $112-Million Round Will Propel It Into New Markets, Including the U.S.
An ambitious payments startup clinched a big funding round on Tuesday and said its sights are now set on the U.S. market as well as other countries. London-based Payhawk Ltd. secured $112 million in a Series B round led by San Francisco-based Greenoaks, valuing the 3-year-old company at $570 million. …
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23 November
45% of Holiday Spending Slotted for Gift Cards and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/23/21
Consumer concerns about slow deliveries and worldwide inventory issues means some 45% of holiday-season spending this year will go to gift cards, according to survey results from consumers in 10 countries gathered by Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. That represents a 27% increase in gift card spending from last year’s holidays, Blackhawk says. …
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22 November
With an Earlier Start, Holiday E-commerce Transactions Are Projected to Outperform 2020
E-commerce merchants can expect another strong holiday-shopping season this year as online transactions are projected to outpace those in the same period last year, according to ACI Worldwide Inc. In the United States, the biggest surge in volume is expected between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, with e-commerce sales projected to …
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22 November
Phishing Attacks Have Reached an Alarming Level, With a Record High in July
It’s well-known by now that e-commerce activity is on a sharp upswing, but the underside of that trend is that fraud is rising fast, as well. Phishing attacks, for example, hit a record high in July, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, which on Monday released its report for the …
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22 November
ParkMobile Expands Google Pay and Maps Integrations and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/22/21
Parking-payments app provider ParkMobile LLC announced it has added more than 100 new markets, including cities and universities, through its integration with Google Maps and Google Pay. The two companies announced the integration a year ago.KeyBank National Association said it has acquired XUP Payments, a digital payments platform focused on business-to-business transactions. Terms …
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19 November
Nium Teams Up With Roxe to Enable Real-Time Cross-Border Payments
As part of its efforts to expand real-time payments globally, financial-service technology provider Nium Pte. Ltd., has partnered with Roxe, a global payment network that uses blockchain technology to settle transactions. The partnership will allow Roxe to leverage the reach of Nium’s network to initiate cross-border payouts, including those from …