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Kevin Woodward

Kevin's role at Digital Transactions is to write news and features stories for publication on the Web site and in the magazine. He also oversees the digital editorial aspect of the site and the Digital Transactions News daily newsletter.

NCR Voyix Earnings Improve As It Signs a Worldpay Processing Deal

NCY Voyix Corp., the point-of-sale and processing firm, reports the number of platform sites and the number of payment sites increased 26% and 8%, respectively, in 2024 from 2023, amid the company’s improving financials for the year. Platform sites use NCR Voyix’s commerce platform and payment sites use its payment-processing …

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Eye on Mastercard: i2c Joins One Credential; Ondo Enlists in Multi-Token Network; Personnel Moves

Mastercard Inc.’s One Credential, just announced last week, already is seeing some recruiting success with payments-technology provider i2c Inc. enrolling as one of the first issuing-processing partners. The Mastercard One Credential is a digital-payment service that supports multiple payment methods, such as credit, debit, and prepaid, as well as installment loans, …

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Eye on E-Commerce: Adidas Adds Buy with Prime Option; Affirm Expands Shopify Deal

Consumers shopping for the latest in Adidas shoes and sportswear have a new payment option online and in-app with Amazon.com Inc.’s Buy with Prime option. In related e-commerce news, pay-over-time provider Affirm says its exclusive buy now, pay later service for Shop Pay on the Shopify platform will be available …

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Eye on Mastercard: New Tools for the Mid-Market; a Feedzai Collaboration Targets Scams

Mastercard Inc. is launching a new service it says will help financial institutions better serve their middle-market business clients. The card brand also is working with Feedzai, a fraud-prevention provider, to help FIs better identify and stop scams. Announced Tuesday, the Mastercard Mid-Market Accelerator suite of products is aimed at …

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Third Federal Injects Fiserv’s DNA

Third Federal Savings & Loan, a Cleveland-based bank with $17.1 billion in assets, is adopting Fiserv Inc.’s DNA platform. Fiserv acquired the core-processing platform in 2013 with an acquisition. Among the platform’s features is an AppMarket. Users can select a variety of payments apps, such as for automated clearing house …

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Clover, Square, And Epos Now Top a Javelin Ranking of POS Systems for Small Businesses

The days of placing a point-of-sale terminal on a small business’s countertop and calling it enough have long passed. Now, as these merchants—defined as having less than $1 million in annual sales—want just as much varied payment acceptance and operational software sophistication as much larger ones, Javelin Strategy & Research …

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Eye on Travel: Cruise Line Gets Onboard With PayPal; Worldline And Freedom Eye Travel Expansion

It may be the midst of winter, but some payment companies are preparing for the travel season. Travelers booking passage on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship can now use their PayPal Holdings Inc. digital wallet to pay for their cruises. PayPal says the payment option is available for trips with …

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Eye on BNPL: Affirm’s Toothy Win; Gateway Adds Klarna Integration

Coast Dental, a dental practice with 100 locations in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, added Affirm’s buy now, pay later payment options. In related news, Decta Ltd., a United Kingdom-based fintech, has integrated Klarna AB’s BNPL service into its white-label payment gateway. Tampa, Fla.-based Coast Dental says the Affirm payment option …

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Lightspeed Says It Will Remain Public As It Posts a 17% Revenue Bump

After more than 19 weeks of strategic review, Lightspeed Commerce Inc. said Thursday it will remain a publicly traded company. That will mean a renewed emphasis on retail, too, it said. Montreal-based Lightspeed announced the review in September, having brought back founder Dax Dasilva as chief executive a year ago, …

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Financial Services Companies Are Embracing AI for Customer Interaction and in the Back Office

A new report from Nvidia Corp. sheds some light on how quickly and broadly the financial-services industry has picked up on using artificial intelligence tools for the customer experience and in the back office. In its latest “State of AI in Financial Services” report, Nvidia found that 60% of more …

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