Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals
Denver’s use of Uber for transit ticketing appears to be gaining traction among commuters. More than 1,200 tickets have been sold through the app since its May 3 launch, Uber Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday. That pegs growth at an average of 42% per week in the launch period, the ride-share …
July, 2019
-
9 July
A Nxt-ID And CPI Card Group Alliance Equips Fit Pay’s Flip Device for Contactless
Nxt-ID Inc.’s Fit Pay Inc. unit is using contactless technology from CPI Card Group Inc. for Fit Pay’s coin-shaped Flip device, which lets users store and spend U.S. dollars converted from Bitcoin holdings. Specifically, Fit Pay, a unit of Melbourne, Fla.-based Nxt-ID Inc., has adopted a product called “Adaptives,” CPI …
-
9 July
Can New Tech And New Rules Finally Stop the Plague of Mounting Chargebacks?
Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. may be making significant progress in their bid to simplify and speed their aged and cumbersome chargeback processes through automation, rules changes, and some key acquisitions, experts contend. The biggest gains in chargeback efficiency are expected to come when Visa and Mastercard launch real-time communications …
-
9 July
Mastercard Completes Transfast Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/9/19
Mastercard Inc. completed its acquisition of Transfast, a cross-border payments specialist. Terms were not disclosed. Transfast provides B2B and person-to-person payment services through a network it says covers more than 125 countries and includes direct integrations with more than 300 banks and other financial institutions. The company also supports Mastercard …
-
8 July
Eye on Acquisitions: InComm Acquires Meridian Loyalty; Fleetcor’s Payroll Card Move
Prepaid payments provider InComm Inc. announced the acquisition of Meridian Loyalty, an incentives provider for large corporations. Separately, Fleetcor Technologies Inc. said it will acquire Sole Financial, a payroll card provider. Atlanta-based InComm said its acquisition of St. Louis-based Meridian will boost its incentive business for corporations. Among Meridian’s specialties …
-
8 July
eProcessing’s New Card Reader and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/8/19
Payments-technology provider eProcessing Network LLC introduced its Premier Verify SCN, an EMV-certified card reader that supports contactless payments, including Google Pay and Apple Pay. Aimed at small and mid-size merchants, the device is said to cut transaction times by 50%. Software provider Patientco launched two health-care payment applications for Epic …
-
8 July
COMMENTARY: From Channel to Consumer: Humanizing Payments (Part II)
(Editor’s Note: Part I of this two-part article appeared on Friday.) How can we in the payments business best mirror our services to fit the changing needs of a growing, global consumer base? One way is to focus on the consumer throughout the entire payment process. Almost 50% of consumers …
-
5 July
Visa Contactless Payments Scores at Women’s World Cup Venues and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/5/19
Visa Inc. released data indicating 51% of all purchases across nine stadiums in France hosting the group stage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 were done with contactless cards or devices, including wearables and smart phones. The group stage of the soccer tournament ran from June 7 to …
-
5 July
COMMENTARY: From Channel to Consumer: Humanizing Payments (Part I)
The payments landscape looks far different than it did even five years ago, and it will likely undergo even more rapid changes in the next five. We are moving further into the digital age, where a large portion of consumers include Gen Z, or those born after 1996. This group …
-
3 July
Payment Stocks Rebounded in June After a Month in Negative Territory
Stocks of publicly traded payments companies returned to positive territory in June to beat the major market indexes once again after going negative in May. Payments firms also exceeded the market in the year’s second quarter and first half, according to an analysis released Wednesday. A basket of 29 payment …