Prepaid specialist Green Dot Corp. released more details about its role in Apple Inc.’s upcoming person-to-person service in its Messages app. Apple announced the new feature in June and is expected to make it available this fall with an update to its iOS software for iPhone and iPads. Pasadena, Calif.-based …
Read More »With High and Low Spots, Open-Loop Prepaid Loads To Top $353.6 Billion by 2020: Report
Overall, the forecast is strong for open-loop prepaid cards—loads are expected to reach $353.6 billion by 2020—but not every segment will partake in the growth. That’s the assessment in a new report from Mercator Advisory Group Inc. Open-loop cards, which can be used at most merchants and carry a major …
Read More »Eye on Acquiring: Vantiv Debuts an API; ExaDigm Launches a Hospitality Terminal
Merchant processor Vantiv Inc. on Monday launched triPOS Cloud, a cloud-based application programming interface intended for independent software vendors and merchants looking to integrate payments with point-of-sale systems. As an API, triPOS Cloud enables developers to integrate payments functions with a few pieces of code. The service incorporates encryption and tokenization, …
Read More »ATM Kingpin Cardtronics Is Undeterred by Rising Cashless Payments—So Far
Evidence is emerging that efforts to convince more consumers to use contactless payments instead of cash for low-value transactions may be having an impact, at least in countries other than the United States for now. That’s the take from Cardtronics plc, the giant ATM operator that owned nearly 45,000 U.S. …
Read More »As Cross-Border E-Commerce Continues To Grow, Expect Payments To March in Step
Enabling cross-border payments for e-commerce transactions will take on greater importance if forecasts hold true. That means payments companies wanting to serve these merchants will have to adopt services that accommodate international payments. While U.S. and Canadian consumers will spend an estimated $72.7 billion on cross-border e-commerce in 2017, that …
Read More »Online Fraud Detection And Prevention Bill Will Hit $9.3 Billion by 2022, Says Juniper
With a rapidly expanding e-commerce market, online fraud-detection and -prevention efforts are poised to grow over the next few years. Merchants are expected to spend $9.3 billion annually on these efforts by 2022, says Juniper Research. That’s a 22% increase from the 2017 spending total, though it pales in comparison …
Read More »Mastercard Adopts EMVCo Spec in Push To Enable Greater QR Code Payments Use
Mastercard Inc. is expanding the options for merchants and consumers who want to use Quick Response codes for mobile payments. The expansion of Masterpass QR, announced Wednesday, will enable a merchant to scan a QR code generated and displayed on a consumer’s smart phone and process the payment through the …
Read More »Driven by Zelle And Apple, Mobile P2P Will Hit $244 Billion by 2021, Forecast Says
The forecast for person-to-person mobile payments is a heady one. Expect double-digit growth through 2021, says research firm eMarketer Inc. As more consumers adopt the growing number of P2P payments services, the value of their P2P mobile transactions will increase to $244.03 billion, up 103% from the $120.38 predicted for …
Read More »Not So Fast, Visa: Cash is Still King, Says ATM Operators Trade Group
Visa Inc.’s “Cashless Challenge” campaign to promote electronic payments is not finding much support from the ATM industry, to put it mildly. Last week, Visa announced the campaign, which will award up to $500,000 to 50 eligible U.S. food-service owners who convert their point-of-sale systems to electronic payments only. Visa …
Read More »Discover Links With Gulf Pay in Preferred Payment Campaign
Gulf Pay, the mobile payment app from Gulf Oil L.P., is offering consumers who link their Discover cards to the app a 15-cents per gallon discount through Oct. 15. The promotion, announced Thursday, is valid at participating stations in New England and New York. Gulf Oil announced Gulf Pay in …
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