85% Cite Real-Time Payments as Critical and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/31/22
Digital Transactions News staff
January 31, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Debit Cards, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Real-time Payments
- A survey of 260 corporate executives found that 85% said the availability of real-time payments is the most important factor when choosing a bank partner, said Citizens Financial Group Inc.
- Mozper, a contactless card intended to help educate children on responsible payments, launched in Brazil on the Visa Inc. network.
- A mobile-commerce startup called Rezolve added two new members to its board of directors, Dr. Stephen Perry and Dr. Derek Smith. Perry comes to the company with long experience at Visa Inc. Smith formerly worked for more than a decade at The Economist, a business magazine. Rezolve, which in December said it will combine with Armada Acquisition Corp., is headed by payments entrepreneur Dan Wagner, whose high-flying mobile point-of-sale startup mPowa failed in 2016.
- Repay Holdings Corp. named David Guthrie its chief technology officer. Guthrie had worked at Sharecare, a digital health company, and MedCast/WebMD.
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