PCI Council’s New M-Pay Standard And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/17/22

The PCI Security Standards Council released its PCI Mobile Payments on COTS standard that addresses security requirements for services that enable merchants to accept cardholder PINs or contactless payments using a smart phone or other commercial off-the-shelf mobile device.
Private equity firms Centerbridge Partners L.P. and Bridgeport Partners completed the acquisition of transaction processor Computer Services Inc. for $1.6 billion.
Payments provider First American by Deluxe announced it completed an integration of Ingenico point-of-sale hardware into its enterprise payment gateway.
The fintech Bump, a provider of financial services to freelancers, said it is working with card-issuance platform Highnote and Mastercard to launch the Bump Creator Card.
Payments and gateway provider NMI said it will offer fraud protection products from Kount to its customers.
The Uplift buy now, pay later service, which specializes in travel, has been adopted by Emirates, a Dubai-based airline.
Balance, a business-to-business e-commerce payments specialist, completed an integration with commerce platform Shopify that will enable B2B merchants to offer customers to defer payments for 60 days and pay with multiple methods.
Cryptocurrency asset platform Bakkt Holdings Inc. confirmed it has no exposure to several crypto companies that have recently halted activities.

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