Affirm Posts Big Volume Gains And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/26/22

The buy now, pay later provider Affirm Inc. reported gross merchandise volume for its June quarter totaled $4.4 billion, up 77% year-over-year. For the year ended June 30, volume came to $15.5 billion, up 87%. Active merchants ballooned from 29,000 a year ago to 235,000, driven by Shop Pay Installments, an Affirm program created for the Shopify commerce platform.
The supermarket chain Tops Friendly Markets launched on online gift card mall on a platform provided by Blackhawk Network. The mall offers more than 250 card options.
PDI, parent company of the GasBuddy app and Fuel Rewards program, said it is rebranding as PDI Technologies.
The consulting firm Aite-Novarica Group announced the winners of its 2022 Digital Wallet Impact Awards, including GoCart for customer experience, PayQuicker for product design, Ntecetera for value-added services, and Branch for market adoption. The awards were presented this week during the Mobile Payments Conference in Atlanta.

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