Atlanta-based EVO Payments Inc. is working with global ATM technology provider KAL to allow banks and independent ATM deployers to quickly set up ATMs anywhere in Europe. The new service combines Germany-based KAL’s ATM software with EVO’s payments network, the parties said Tuesday. “We have created a highly efficient method …
Read More »PayPal’s U.S. POS Thrust With Zettle May Have Been ‘Inevitable,’ But It Faces Tough Rivalry
PayPal Holdings Inc.’s decision to bring its Zettle point-of-sale technology to the U.S. market may not surprise observers, but the move presents some formidable challenges, chiefly in the form of the existing competition, some observers say. At the same time, they add, Zettle brings a potent brand that fills a …
Read More »Small Bank, Big Influence: North American Banking Co. Joins Nacha’s Ranks of Direct Members
Every so often, evidence emerges that size is not necessarily linked to influence. Nacha, the governing body for the nation’s automated clearing house network, on Tuesday announced that North American Banking Co. has joined the ranks of direct members of the association. Direct members constitute a group of more than …
Read More »Eye on Equities: A Post-SPAC Payoneer Starts Trading; Cantaloupe Hits the Russell 2000
Having completed its merger with a special purpose acquisition company, Payoneer Global Inc.’s common stock and warrants began trading Monday on the Nasdaq under the symbols PAYO and PAYOW, respectively. The shares were trading at $10.82 at mid-morning, slightly up from their opening price. “We are just scratching the surface …
Read More »Through an Expanded Walmart MoneyCard, Green Dot Sharpens Its Focus on Banking Services
Green Dot Corp. has been steadily building its product roster in financial services for the underbanked, with the latest development emerging this week in the form of an expanded focus for the 15-year-old Walmart MoneyCard. The prepaid card, issued by Green Dot Bank and branded by Mastercard or Visa, can …
Read More »Blocked in Its Bid for Plaid, Visa Agrees to Acquire European Open-Banking Player Tink
In a deal that underscores the crucial importance of open banking in payments, Visa Inc. early Thursday said it has agreed to pay $2.15 billion to buy Tink AB, a 9-year-old, Stockholm-based company whose network connects to 3,400 financial institutions throughout Europe. The agreement comes five months after Visa abandoned …
Read More »Besides E-Commerce, the Pandemic Also Gave Mobile Wallets And the Buy Online, Pick Up in Store Option a Lift
Plenty of reports since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic have documented how consumers have responded by shifting to e-commerce—some for the first time—but few reports break out the impact on the mobile segment of that number. It turns out the pandemic has spurred considerable shopping by mobile-phone users, as …
Read More »Eye on Acquiring: Shift4 Reaches $1 Billion in Weekly Volume; Nuvei Recruits Discover
Shift4 Payments Inc. on Tuesday announced it had reached a key milestone as it is now processing at least $1 billion per week in what it calls end-to-end payments volume. Shift4 earns more on end-to-end volume, which it processes itself, than on gateway traffic, which it passes off to other …
Read More »PayPal Sets New Online Merchant Rates As E-Commerce Booms
PayPal Holdings Inc. is raising its online merchant rates in the midst of a boom in e-commerce but also reducing some fees as it keeps a wary eye on rivals such as Square Inc. and Stripe Inc. The new rates, which PayPal announced Friday, cover a sweeping range of transaction …
Read More »ZoidPay Enters the Race to Bring Cryptocurrency Into the Mainstream of Payments
For all the publicity cryptocurrencies generate, consumers and merchants are still left wondering when the digital money can be used as a medium of exchange rather than simply be seen as an investment asset. The latest effort to answer that question comes from a 3-year-old, Romania-based company called ZoidPay, which …
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