Tuesday , November 26, 2024

Digital Transactions News staff

SumUp’s Tap to Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/29/24

The payments fintech SumUp said it has made Tap to Pay on iPhone capability available for clients in Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Czech Republic and Romania. The technology allows merchants to accept card payments with nothing more than an iPhone. Payment Solutions Providers Services Inc., a Canadian fintech, has agreed to acquire the …

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Mastercard And Bill Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/28/24

Mastercard Inc. has launched Bill QKr, a service supporting merchants and acquirers in accepting and more quickly processing card-based bill payments. 2C2P, AXS, CardUp, Curacel, and FitBank are among the first to adopt the new service. Real-time cross-border payments platform Nium launched Nium Verify, a service the company says can verify both business …

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Bancorp’s Profit up 2.8% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/25/24

The Bancorp Inc., which provides payments and other financial services to fintechs, reported September quarter-net income of $51.5 million, up slightly from $50.1 million a year ago. Gross dollar volume on prepaid and credit cards grew 15% to $37.9 billion. Payment fees from prepaid and debit cards, automated clearing house …

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BlueSnap’s Many Integrations and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/24/24

Payments provider BlueSnap launched its Channel Partner Program, through which it has signed eight system-integration partnerships in the U.S., Canadian, and U.K. markets. Visa Inc. said it is working with governing entities around the world to help them create digital access to government services for their citizens. Mastercard Inc. announced it has extended its …

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Goldman $89 Million and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/23/24

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Goldman Sachs “at least” $19.8 million in redress and assessed the company a $45 million civil-money penalty, while at the same time ordering Apple Inc. to pay a $25-million civil money penalty. The agency has also banned Goldman from introducing a new credit card …

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Clearent’s New PayFac Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/22/24

Clearent by Xplor launched its payfac as a service product to help software companies more easily embed payment acceptance into their applications. Fiserv Inc. announced it has agreed to build financial services into the digital platform operated by DoorDash, the online delivery service. Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. announced it will acquire transactions for …

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Mastercard’s Commercial Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/21/24

Mastercard Inc. unveiled Mastercard Move Commercial Payments, a service to allow banks to support commercial cross-border payments flowing in near real-time. Real-time payments led to more than $1 billion in savings on transaction costs for U.S. businesses and consumers last year, a number forecast to grow to $4.4 billion by 2028, …

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Visa Tweaks Visa Direct Line up and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/18/24

Visa Inc. has restructured its money movement services under the Visa Direct portfolio, which now includes Visa B2B Connect, Currencycloud, Yellowpepper, and Visa Direct. Cash App, the peer-to-peer payment service and wallet from Square, said Lyft ride-share users can now pay for fares with Cash App. Truist Financial Corp. launched its Electronic …

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Apple Pay’s 10th Anniversary and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/17/24

Apple Inc. which is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the introduction of Apple Pay, said the payments service is now supported by more than 11,000 banks and networks globally and has attracted “hundreds of millions” of users in 78 markets around the world. Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB payment options …

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Oracle Health Payments Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/16/24

Oracle Corp. launched Oracle Health Payments, which the company says combines gateway routing, processing, and acquiring in a single contract for health-care providers. Capabilities include tap-to-pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. Visa Inc. said it is collaborating with Analytic Partners to enable a data-analytics service for merchants. The fintech Pivot …

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