Friday , November 22, 2024

Digital Transactions News staff

Strava Teams With Cash App and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/27/24

Strava, an online community for athletes, said it is working with Block Inc.’s Cash App unit to launch this year’s HBCU Homecoming Tour, which features running events at U.S. universities. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reportedly seeking comment on Apple Inc.’s practices with respect to contactless payments as the regulator works on …

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Visa Snags Featurespace and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/26/24

Visa Inc. has agreed to buy Featurespace, a United Kingdom-based developer of anti-fraud technology incorporating artificial intelligence. The deal is expected to close in the first half of next year. Terms were not announced. Payments provider Adyen NV launched the SFO1, a multimedia countertop terminal, its first such proprietary multimedia device, it says. …

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Nuvei’s New Services and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/25/24

Payments processor Nuvei Corp. launched a number of new services, including decoupled pay-ins and payouts, and split payments. Embedded-finance fintech Sunbit announced an integration with payments-technology platform Stripe. The move will bring Sunbit’s services to a wider array of in-person service businesses, the company says. Business-automation provider BlueBean Technologies Inc. said it has completed an integration …

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Mothership Opts for UnionPay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/24/24

Logistics provider Mothership Technologies Inc. announced it has adopted UnionPay as a payment option to ease international transactions. First Pacific Bank will adopt FedNow real-time payments through a connection to software provider Finastra’s Payments to Go platform. Relay Payments said it is extending its trucking and logistics payments network to Love’s Travel Stops. The …

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Walmart’s Pay-by-Bank Option and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/23/24

Walmart Stores starting next year will offer a pay-by-bank option through an agreement with processor Fiserv Inc.’s NOW network, which has integrated with the Federal Reserve’s FedNow system and the Real Time Payments network offered by The Clearing House Payments Co. The new payment method, if widely adopted, is expected to …

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Mastercard’s deal with Safari.com and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/20/24

Mastercard Inc. has agreed to a partnership with Safari.com, an Africa-based telecom company, to promote payment acceptance and cross-border payments in Kenya. The Sling Money money-transfer app announced a capability that allows users to load, send, or receive stablecoins while interacting with other wallets or with exchanges. In related news, software developer Envoc said it …

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Card91’s Digital Prepaid Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/19/24

Card91, an India-based technology company, introduced a platform that offers a digital prepaid card that also functions as an ID and access card. The product is aimed at corporate employees and students. KM Malta Airlines, a new air carrier, has agreed to adopt a payments-orchestration platform from CellPoint Digital. Online-security firm DefenseStorm said it …

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Market Pay’s Versatile App and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/18/24

France-based fintech Market Pay has launched a single app it says can process payments from both point-of-sale terminals and Android or iOS smart phones. FICO, a U.S. developer of fraud-prevention technology, said it is working with Jersey Telecom in the United Kingdom to develop software that can detect telephony signals in real …

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Alviere’s Loyalty Wallet and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/17/24

Alviere, a platform for embedded payments, has launched its Loyalty Wallets product, which features pay-by-bank functionality. The wallets can be funded by ACH transfer or direct deposit. Bank3, a community bank in Tennessee and Mississippi, has chosen Tyfone Inc.’s Instant Payment Xchange technology, meant to facilitate real-time payments on the FedNow system. The …

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Elo’s New Pay M100 Tablet and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/16/24

Elo Touch Solutions Inc. launched its Elo Pay M100 POS tablet, a mobile point-of-sale Android payments device aimed at restaurants as well as the general merchant market. Accessories include separate readers for mag-stripes and fingerprints. Kuvasz Solutions, a Chile-based payments services company formed in 2008, said it is expanding to the …

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