Porter Airlines’ New Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/29/25

Porter Airlines this spring will launch its VIPorter Mastercard card program, working with Mastercard Inc. and the Canadian banking giant BMO.
Payments platform Repay announced an integration with the underwriting platform Worth to allow for faster merchant onboarding and vendor connections.
Credit union service organization Velera released its card-on-file service that enables cardholders to update payment methods across more than 115 merchants. The service enables credit unions to push new or updated credentials to merchants, allowing for real-time updates and saving cardholders from updating their accounts at individual merchants, Velera says.
The payments platform WEX said it has expanded its availability at electric-vehicle charging stations in Europe.
Checkout-technology provider Skipify announced an integration of its Commerce Identity Cloud technology with services from the independent software vendor Retail Realm.
PayTech Women has announced its 2025 board of directors and marked its 20th anniversary. Audrey Blackmon of Euronet has been named president.
Tarek El-Yafi has been appointed head of global transaction services at U.S. Bank, responsible for worldwide banking and payments. El-Yafi comes to the bank after a career spent with Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank.

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