Friday , November 8, 2024

Digital Transactions News staff

Fortis’ New Features and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/26/24

Payments provider Fortis Payment Systems announced new features developed in partnership with accounting-software developer Sage and aimed at simplifying payment processes and streamlining back-office functions. Payments provider PayJunction said it has added text-to-pay capability, allowing businesses to accept customer payments through text messages. Meal Ticket, a developer of technology for food-service companies, has launched …

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Onfleet’s Shopify Tie-up and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/26/24

Onfleet, a delivery management software platform, said its new partnership with Shopify Inc., an e-commerce and point-of-sale platform, integrated Shopify online orders with Onfleet’s platform. Rentvine, a software platform for rent payments and other property-management functions, raised $74 million in growth capital from Mainsail Partners. Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region are adopting …

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Affinity Plus Adds FedNow and RTP and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/23/24

Affinity Plus, a credit union, announced it has added a real-time payment service based on FedNow and The Clearing House Payments Co.’s RTP network. Ark Labs said it has closed on a $2.5-million funding round led by Tim Draper, a venture capitalist. The startup says the funding will help it as …

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U.S. Bank Acquires Salucro and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/22/24

U.S. Bank has acquired Salucro Healthcare Solutions LLC, a 20-year-old provider of payments and billing technology for the health-care industry. Terms were not announced. The bank first invested in Salucro in 2022 and has sold its services through Elavon, the bank’s payments entity, as a product called MedEpay. Relay Payments, a …

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Jack Henry Revenue up 4.7% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/21/24

Processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc. reported June-quarter revenue of $559.9 million, up 4.7% from the same quarter last year. Revenue for the 12-month period came to $2.22 billion, up 6.6%. Net income for the quarter totaled $101 million, a 3.4% increase; for the year ended June 30, $381.8 million, up 4.1%. …

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Hotels.com Picks Affirm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/20/24

Affirm Inc. said it will work with Hotels.com to allow consumers to book rooms and pay over time. The move builds on Affirm’s existing partnerships with Expedia Group. Shopping-app installs increased 61% in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year, according to Adjust’s shopping-app insights report. myKaarma, …

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Gen Z Digital Wallet Love and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/19/24

Interac Corp., Canada’s national debit network, said 69% of Gen Z Canadian adults have embraced the mobile wallet, while 63 % prefer to leave their physical wallet at home for short trips, according to a recent survey. Gen Z’s use of mobile wallets outpaces all other generations including Millennials (60%), …

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Flexa Components Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/16/24

Flexa, a digital-currency platform, has launched Flexa Components, a program aimed at easing wallet-based point-of-sale payments with cryptocurrencies. In related news, gift card platform Raise said it will accept cryptocurrency in its Raise App, used by 6 million consumers, according to the company. Payments-technology provider Sionic has launched a fraud-detection and mitigation service aimed …

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FIS’ New P2P Payments Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/15/24

FIS Inc. said it will make a peer-to-peer payment service from Neural Payments available to its banking customers. The white-label product enables bank customers to transfer money from their accounts to anyone, regardless of weather the recipient’s financial institution uses Neural Payments and without the need to download a third-party app …

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Lightspeed’s New Data Tool and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/14/24

Lightspeed Commerce, a specialist in hospitality payments, launched Retail Insights, a data service for merchants. Shift4 Payments Inc. announced it will process all ticket sales and foodservice payments at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the arena for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. U.S.-based fintech software firm OMNIQ Corp. said …

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