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September, 2020

• 4 September

  So Far, a Nice Rise But Not a Wild Runup for Bitcoin Since the May Halving Event

  

  In the nearly four months since it underwent a major downgrade in the incentive it offers miners, Bitcoin has seen its price rise nicely, but holders of the digital currency have not yet, at least, witnessed the wild upswing that followed the last such adjustment. Bitcoin was trading at $10,483 …
• 4 September

  COMMENTARY: Is Your Business Paying From the Cloud Or the Checkbook?

  

  Nearly all persons use the cloud in their personal lives, from storing photos and accessing financial accounts to sharing documents and watching movies. But when it comes to the business world, the transition to cloud-based systems has been a slower migration, especially when it comes to business-to-business payments.  While check …
• 4 September

  TransferMate Receives Payment License in Mexico and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/4/20

  

  TransferMate Ltd., a provider of cross-border business-to-business payments technology, said it has won a payments license in Mexico.The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and CPA.com announced they are seeking applicants for the 2021 startup accelerator program, whose specialty is accounting, finance, and regulatory technology.Cryptocurrency provider Crypto.com launched a French version of its app …
• 3 September

  For August, Online Spending Remained Strong While Small-Business Traffic Softened Slightly

  

  Online sales in August were 34% higher this year than last, says Signifyd’s Pulse Report for E-Commerce, while small-business sales through August remained steady, finds the latest CardFlight Small Business Report. San Jose, Calif.-based Signifyd Inc., a fraud-prevention company focused on e-commerce, says overall online sales growth reflects the fact that …
• 3 September

  Walmart Joins Paymentus Network and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/3/20

  

  Walmart Inc. has joined Paymentus Corp.‘s Instant Payment Network for bills paid in Walmart stores. Other users of the network are Amazon.com Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc.Modern Treasury, a startup payments-technology provider, said clients reconciled more than $100 million on its platform in August, with volume growing at a compound monthly …
• 3 September

  Data Networks Work to Shore up Account Access As Regulators Eye Rules of Their Own

  

  The data networks that connect payments and other financial apps to users’ bank accounts are scrambling to standardize data access by moving to application programming interfaces and away from an older, cruder form of access known in the business as “screen scraping.” The effort comes as financial apps gain popularity …
• 2 September

  Google Pay Comes to Parking Via Google Maps And Passport Labs’ Deal With the City of Austin

  

  Passport Labs Inc., a provider of transportation software, is teaming with Alphabet Inc.’s Google to allow consumers in Austin, Texas, to pay for parking through Google Maps using Google Pay at on-street and municipally controlled parking spaces. Drivers using Google Maps on their iPhone or Android phone to navigate to …
• 2 September

  Amid Covid’s Impact, Installment Pay Gets a Lift With New Offerings From Mastercard And Sezzle

  

  Count transactional credit at the point of sale among the payment technologies winning more of the spotlight as consumers tentatively venture out and businesses reopen in the midst of Covid-19’s impact. Mastercard Inc. on Wednesday announced new integrations with the card-issuing processor TSYS and with technology providers that will let …
• 2 September

  CardFlight’s Latest Small Business Data and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/2/20

  

  CardFlight Inc. released its Small Business Report for Sept. 2 that shows contactless payments made at more than 65,000 small businesses for the week of Aug. 24-30 were up 140.3% from the base week of March 2 to 8. The report also predicts that there may be up to 50% fewer …
• 1 September

  Eye on Cannabis Payments: POSaBit Reports Record Growth And AeroPay Forms a Banking Tie-Up

  

  The Covid-19 pandemic has been good for the legal cannabis industry. POSaBit Systems Corp., which markets point-of-sale systems and services to the industry, reported second-quarter revenue growth and payments provider AeroPay is working with Safe Harbor Private Banking on a new payments service for the industry. Kirkland, Wash.-based POSaBit says it …