Allied Wallet Releases Gateway API Tools and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/4/18

Yardi, a payment service for property managers, introduced a feature in its Yardi Bill Pay service that lets managers make payments using single-use Mastercard virtual card numbers issued by Fifth Third Bank.
Allied Wallet released what it said are new open application programming interface tools for its payment gateway, NextGen.
SecurityMetrics said it incorporated the PCI Security Standards Council’s PCI Data Security Essentials Evaluation Tool into its FastPass service for merchants.
Visa Inc. and General Motors Co. will co-sponsor a hackathon at the AutoMobility LA event during the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. AutoMobility LA will focus on in-car payment services, among other topics.
Paytm Canada, a unit of Paytm, India’s largest mobile-payments service, said it has refreshed its app to introduce new features and rewards, including an easier way to collect points and use them to buy discounted gift cards.
IBM Corp. is taking out of beta testing a blockchain-based cross-border payment system it is calling Blockchain World Wire. The system allows a sending bank to convert fiat currency into a digital asset, which is then sent to a receiving bank that converts the asset into a second fiat currency.

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