Friday , November 8, 2024

Digital Transactions News staff

Galileo’s RTP Addition and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/4/24

Galileo Financial Technologies expanded its relationship with The Bancorp Bank NA that now includes access to the RTP network, the real-time payments service from The Clearing Payments Co. LLC. Apple Inc. was hit with a $2 billion fine by the European Union over its European app store payment practices, CNN reported. Synchrony …

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Relay’s Solid Rock Work and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/1/24

Relay Payments Inc. said it is providing payment services to Solid Rock Carriers, an over-the-road trucking company. The move should help Solid Rock’s efforts to streamline payments and reduce fraud, Relay said. Payments provider Payoneer Global Inc. posted fourth-quarter revenue of $224.3 million, a 22.2% increase from $184.6 million in the 2022 fourth …

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Qu Lands GoTo Foods POS Deal And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/29/24

Hospitality point-of-sale specialist Qu Inc. announced GoTo Foods, owner of brands Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, Carvel, Jamba, McAlister’s Deli, Moe’s Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky’s, will use the Qu POS platform across these brands. GoTo Foods said it has more than 6,700 global locations. Payments platform ACI Worldwide Inc. reported December-quarter revenue of $476.6 million, up …

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Mastercard’s Issuer Benefits And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/28/24

Mastercard Inc. launched its Open Banking for Account Opening program, aimed at U.S. issuers of consumer and small-business debit cards and issuers of consumer prepaid cards. The program aims to verify account ownership, reduce account abandonment, and cut non-sufficient funds returns. Brivo, a provider of technology for building access, has added …

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Par Revenue up 10% And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/27/24

Payments-technology provider Par Technology Corp. posted fourth-quarter 2023 revenue of $107.7 million, a 10.2% increase from $97.2 million in the corresponding 2022 quarter. It had a quarterly loss of $18.6 million, up from a loss of $13.5 million the year prior. For all of 2023, Par had $415.8 million in revenue, a …

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Visa and GSMA In Education Tie-up And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/26/2024

Visa Inc. and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation launched Digital Finance for All, a five-year program aimed at increasing access to digital finance for some 20 million persons in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. RevSpring Inc. launched a new scoring model for its Engage IQ service that evaluates the quality of …

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Google Pay’s U.S. Sunset And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/23/24

Alphabet Inc. will discontinue Google Pay, including its peer-to-peer payments capability, in the U.S. market on June 4, though it will maintain a Google Pay website.  In the place of Google Pay, which launched amid much fanfare in 2011, Alphabet is promoting Google Wallet, which appeared in 2022 with wider functionality than payments, …

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Zilch Tries 3-Month BNPL And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/30/23

London-based buy now, pay later platform Zilch said it will launch in April an option allowing users to spread interest-free payments over three months. A trial of the service is in progress with 100,000 Zilch users. The company, whose main offering requires repayment over six weeks, claims 3.6 million users overall. Yardi, …

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AfterShip Apple Wallet Updates And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/21/2024

AfterShip, an e-commerce service, said it has enabled merchant users to get real-time delivery updates and track orders through Apple Wallet. Fortress Payments, a fintech for credit card issuing and acquiring, said it will work with AI-software provider Paravision to update Fortress’s Payment Identity Platform via face-matching and “liveness” technology. …

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Not Even 1% Want Crypto Checkout And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/20/24

Cryptocurrency as a payment method is only wanted by less than 1% of online shoppers surveyed in a Chargebacks911 report. The survey was performed by consulting and research firm TSG of 4,000 consumers. Payments platform ConnexPay said it is working with the UATP network and has launched its ConnexPay UATP card, a virtual card that …

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