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Priority Completes Finxera Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/20/21

Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. completed its acquisition of Finxera Holdings Inc., a provider of banking-as-a-service software. Terms of the deal, which was announced in March, were not announced.Payment-fraud prevention provider Inetco Systems Ltd. launched BullzAI, a single technology combining a Web application firewall with a real-time fraud-detection and blocking system.The Tampa Hillsborough …

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Worldpay To Process GOL Transactions and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/17/21

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., said to be Brazil’s largest domestic airline, has chosen FIS Inc.’s Worldpay unit for payments processing in the 38 global market where the airline operates.Zum Rails, a provider of payments and open-banking software, launched anti-fraud technology for its Instant Deposit feature, which is enabled by Visa Direct.Humbl …

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Square Enters Spain and other Digital Transactions News briefs form 9/16/21

Square Inc. launched its Early Access Program for beta testing in Spain. The program allows select businesses and freelancers to access Square technology. The move marks Square’s entry in the Spanish market.Sky Systemz, a business-to-business software company, launched Sky Paymentz, a service to enable businesses to accept payments in person, online, …

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Visa’s 16 Million SMB Tally and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/15/21

Visa Inc. announced it has helped enable an estimated 16 million small businesses globally for digital payments, reaching 30% of its goal to so enable some 50 million small concerns.The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said it will acquire GreenSky Inc., a provider of payments and loans at the point of sale for more …

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Bot Attacks up 41% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/14/21

Bot attack volumes increased 41% year-over-year in the first half of 2021, according to the latest Cybercrime Report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions.Outseer, an RSA Security LLC company, said its 3-D Secure technology has processed $100 billion in transactions to date in 2021. It also released its third quarter “Fraud & Payments …

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SpotOn To Acquire Appetize and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/13/21

Commerce specialists SpotOn Transact LLC said it will acquire Appetize Technologies Inc., a point-of-sale technology provider for the hospitality and entertainment industries. Terms were not disclosed. SpotOn also said it raised $300 million in Series E funding, which it will use to help pay for the Appetize acquisition.Integrated-payments provider EngageSmart LLC announced an initial public …

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Kayak Adds More Uplift BNPL Options and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/10/21

Travel search engine Kayak Corp. said it will expand its offering of buy now, pay later capability through provider Uplift Inc. to include bookings on the mobile Web and through the Kayak app.In related news, Wisetack, which specializes in buy now, pay later services for home and auto repair, said it raised $45 …

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Marqeta’s 350% BNPL Revenue Bump and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/9/21

Card-issuing platform Marqeta Inc. said in the first year of a partnership with Zip Co., an Australia-based buy now, pay later provider that recently changed its U.S. branding to Zip from Quadpay, it experienced a 350% year-over-year increase in BNPL net revenue in the 2021 second quarter.Payments and buy now, pay later …

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Chase To Acquire 75% of Volkswagen Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/8/21

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to buy close to 75% of Volkswagen’s payments platform, operated by Volkswagen Payments S.A. Terms of the deal were not announced. The unit supports in-car payments and other services in 32 markets worldwide.Clickatell, an online chat provider, launched Chat 2 Pay, a service that enables …

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PopID Plans College Campus Expansion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/7/21

PopID, a consumer authentication service, said its PopPay payment service is used more than more 100 restaurant and retail brands. Approximately 70,000 registered users have authenticated their faces more than 4 million times. PopID recently closed on a $10 million Series B funding round and intends to expand to college campuses across …

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