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September, 2021

• 8 September

  With Square Register’s Canadian Launch, Square Adds to Its Momentum Toward Bigger Sellers

  

  Looking to move further upmarket from the small sellers it started with, Square Inc. on Wednesday announced it is launching its Square Register point-of-sale system in Canada. Square is promoting the technology, which includes a screen facing the customer as well as one for the merchant, as suited to a …
• 8 September

  Chase To Acquire 75% of Volkswagen Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/8/21

  

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to buy close to 75% of Volkswagen’s payments platform, operated by Volkswagen Payments S.A. Terms of the deal were not announced. The unit supports in-car payments and other services in 32 markets worldwide.Clickatell, an online chat provider, launched Chat 2 Pay, a service that enables …
• 7 September

  Mastercard Expands Its Open Banking Reach With an Agreement to Acquire Aiia

  

  Mastercard Inc. strengthened its hand in open banking on Monday, reaching an agreement to acquire European open-banking platform provider Aiia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Mastercard’s position as a provider of open-banking services in Europe. Mastercard established a presence in the business …
• 7 September

  How the Latin American Market Has Hit the Radar Screen for Major Processors

  

  North American payments processors are focusing lately on bulking up resources in Latin America, largely via acquisition. The latest example is Montreal-based Nuvei Corp., which on Tuesday said it has acquired Paymentez LLC, a 10-year-old payments provider that enables more than 80 payment methods in Mexico as well as 10 …
• 7 September

  PopID Plans College Campus Expansion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/7/21

  

  PopID, a consumer authentication service, said its PopPay payment service is used more than more 100 restaurant and retail brands. Approximately 70,000 registered users have authenticated their faces more than 4 million times. PopID recently closed on a $10 million Series B funding round and intends to expand to college campuses across …
• 3 September

  Cantaloupe Reports Record Quarterly Revenues As Acquisitions And New Signings Kick in

  

  Vending-payment specialist Cantaloupe Inc. on Friday reported record revenue of $49 million for the June quarter, a 50.2% increase over the same period a year earlier, and a 14.6% increase from the same period in 2021.  Equipment revenue totaled $10.8 million during the quarter, a more than 100% increase from …
• 3 September

  AmEx Deepens Its Ties in China Via an Acquiring Agreement With Leshua Technology

  

  U.S. payments networks continue to cultivate their connections to what is for them a potentially massive market in China. In the latest development, Leshua Technology announced early Friday it will support acquiring for American Express Co.’s joint venture in China.  AmEx last year became the first foreign payments company to win …
• 3 September

  Biometric ID Checks Swell as Digital Payments Grow and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/3/21

  

  Accelerated adoption of digital payments during the pandemic helped drive up biometric identity checks by a factor of 20 for ComplyCube in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2020, said the company, which specializes in anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer compliance.Park Place Payments said it signed with acquirer Payroc …
• 2 September

  The United Kingdom’s Zilch Becomes the Latest Entrant in the Hotly Contested U.S. BNPL Market

  

  Zilch Technology Ltd. is preparing to become the latest entrant in the U.S. buy now, pay later market. The move hinges on the London-based company’s acquisition of San Francisco-based debt-funding platform Neptune Financial & Management Services LLC (NepFin), a deal Zilch announced on Thursday. The terms were not disclosed. The …
• 2 September

  Walgreens Moves into Banking With Its Scarlet Bank Account And Debit Card Debut

  

  Giant pharmacy chain Walgreen Co. is getting into the banking and debit card business with the launch of Scarlet. Announced Thursday, Scarlet is a Mastercard-branded debit card issued by MetaBank. InComm Payments provides the system for the account. Scarlet works like most bank accounts and is designed to help accountholders …