Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals

September, 2018

• 28 September

  In Boarding New Accounts And Reducing Abandonment, Biometrics May Be Nearing the Mainstream

  

  Biometric authentication may be coming into its own as a tool to aid financial institutions and payments companies in serving their customers. At financial institutions, as much as $20.75 million is saved annually using biometric authentication instead of SMS one-time password services, says Reston, Va.-based Daon Inc., a biometric-services company, …
• 28 September

  Eye on Acquiring: Global Payments Ventures Into Fast Food; Shah Resigns As JetPay Chairman

  

  Few businesses have been more targeted by the trend toward integrated payments than restaurants, and late on Thursday that trend unfolded further with Global Payments Inc.’s agreement to lay out $490 million in cash for Sicom Systems Inc., a Lansdale, Pa.-based developer of both front- and back-of-the-store management systems for …
• 28 September

  Qoins Debuts As Debt-Payoff Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/28/18

  

  A new micropayment platform called Qoins has just closed a first round of funding for $1 million. The app allows users to pay off debt by rounding up purchases to the nearest dollar and sending the excess to the creditor, with a focus on credit card and student debt. Qoins …
• 27 September

  Cash-Based Online Payment Service PayNearMe Adds Card And ACH Options

  

  For nine years, PayNearMe has focused on enabling consumers without access to payment cards to make cash payments for online goods at point-of-sale terminals in what has grown to a network of some 27,000 merchant locations. On Thursday, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said it now can process credit, debit, and …
• 27 September

  Understanding OFAC: A Best Practices Compliance Guide for All Businesses

  

  Over the last decade, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed $4.3 billion in civil money penalties. But did you know that businesses other than banks received 81% of these fines last year? Yes, OFAC violations are costing U.S. businesses hard-earned cash. Since the attacks of Sept. 11, …
• 27 September

  Chase Adds Card Lock Feature and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/27/18

  

  BNY Mellon has become the first bank client to sign a reseller agreement with Early Warning Services’ Zelle person-to-person payment network for tokenized disbursements to consumers. Zelle indicated earlier this year it would expand into disbursements as a potential field for fee-based payment services. Zelle also announced Dollar Bank now offers Zelle …
• 26 September

  The World Added 15 Real-Time Payments Systems in the Last Year, and 21 More Are Coming

  

  The world currently has 40 real-time payments systems versus only 25 just a year ago, payment processor Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) reported Wednesday. What’s more, five such programs are under development, and another 16 should be live in 12 months to 18 months, Jacksonville, Fla.-based FIS says in …
• 26 September

  EBay Starts Managing Payments And Looks to Add a ‘Majority’ of Sellers by 2021

  

  EBay Inc. on Tuesday announced it has “begun managing payments” on its massive marketplace and said it expects to have a “majority” of sellers converted to the new program by 2021. Under the new payments regime, sellers will encounter lower transaction costs, eBay’s announcement said, though it did not offer …
• 26 September

  Financial Institutions’ Costs Increase to $2.92 for Every Dollar of Fraud, Says LexisNexis Risk Solutions

  

  Financial institutions, like their retailer counterparts, are feeling the effects of fraud through higher costs. For every dollar of fraud a financial institution experiences, it costs another $2.92 in associated costs, up 9% from $2.67 in 2017, says LexisNexis Risk Solutions in its 2018 True Cost of Fraud study for …
• 26 September

  From Small ISO to International Powerhouse: How You Can Share in the Success

  

  NXGEN is a technology company that delivers state of the art payment solutions to merchants globally. Founded in 2002, and based in Whitefish MT, NXGEN has grown with local offices across the country and a global footprint in 30 countries. The company has grown from the dreams of Founder/CEO, Thomas …