- ACI Worldwide Inc. said its real-time payments platform, UP Immediate Payments, has added application programming interfaces to ease integration with mobile wallets, e-commerce portals, bill-pay apps, social-media payments, and other applications.
- Payments provider Klarna AB said it has an agreement with musical-instrument maker Fender to provide a payment option offering four equal installments on Fender.com.
- Credit-reporting agency Experian Information Solutions Inc. launched Sure Profile, an effort to combat synthetic-identity fraud. The product validates consumer identities, helps detect the fraud, and helps cover losses sustained.
- In related news, threat-detection provider Akamai Technologies introduced Page Integrity Manager, an in-browser tool aimed at detecting compromised scripts that could steal user data.
- Payments provider PayCertify said it is offering Chargebacks911 dispute-management services to its merchants.
- Business Development Resources, a provider of business training to HVAC distributors and contractors, launched BDR Payments, aimed at providing payments processing for contractors, including contactless payments, via services negotiated by BDR.
- The Financial Data and Technology Association said Experian, Fiserv Inc., Fintech Growth Syndicate, and Interac Corp. joined the trade group.
Check Also
Small Businesses Have Work to Do to Attract Shoppers, NMI Finds
While 78% of consumers say they are willing to pay more to shop at small …