As part of its efforts to expand real-time payments globally, financial-service technology provider Nium Pte. Ltd., has partnered with Roxe, a global payment network that uses blockchain technology to settle transactions. The partnership will allow Roxe to leverage the reach of Nium’s network to initiate cross-border payouts, including those from …
Read More »As E-Commerce Soars, Square Launches a Photo App to Ease Product Displays Online
With consumers flocking to e-commerce sites, elements such as photos, logos, and artwork are taking on greater importance in helping to generate clicks and transactions. Recognizing that online retailers posting product pictures sell more than those that don’t, Square Inc. late Wednesday introduced Square Photo Studio, an app that enables …
Read More »Citing a Need for Faster Funding, Euronet Launches a Real-Time Cross-Border Payment Network
To help speed and simplify cross-border payments for businesses, Euronet Worldwide, a Leawood, Kansas-based fintech, on Wednesday launched Dandelion, an end-to-end real-time cross-border payment network. Typically, initiating a cross-border transaction is a slow and manually driven process that involves exchanging emails, phone calls, and invoices between participating parties. Further slowing …
Read More »Fraud Looms As an Even Bigger Threat During the Upcoming Holiday Season
Digital fraud, while nothing new for merchants and payment processors, continues to gain momentum and is predicted to surge even higher during the upcoming a holiday season, a report from Arkose Labs says. Overall, fraud attacks have increased 15% compared to the previous quarter. In addition, Arkose is predicting 8 …
Read More »ACI’s Network Intelligence Technology Takes Aim at Real-Time Payments Fraud
As criminals increasingly target real-time payments networks with fraud scams, ACI Worldwide Inc. on Monday announced the launch of its proprietary Network Intelligence Technology as part of its ACI Fraud Management platform. The new technology enables banks, processors, acquirers, and networks to augment fraud-prevention strategies by allowing them to share …
Read More »Veem Launches a Program to Help Developers Embed Veem Applications in Their Software
As small and medium businesses shift more of their operations online, the need for financial products with embedded payment solutions is growing. To make it easier for providers of banking and financial software providers to offer embedded payment solutions to small and medium businesses, Veem Inc. on Thursday announced its …
Read More »Eye On BNPL: Afterpay Expands Its In-Store Presence; Mastercard Installments Expands
In time for the start of holiday-shopping season, buy now, pay later provider Afterpay Ltd. has expanded its in-store presence. New retailers offering the service include Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack, J.Crew, Madewell, and American Eagle. In addition, Afterpay will be available at airport and resort-casino specialty retailer Marshall Retail Group, …
Read More »The POS Terminal Backlog Is Opening the Door to Merchant Adoption of Tap-to-Mobile Tech
The continuing shortage of semiconductor chips is creating an opportunity for merchants and consumers to embrace tap-to-mobile payments, according to a study from payments processor NMI. The survey, which polled merchants and consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom, revealed that 95% of merchants said they would consider …
Read More »Tipalti Launches a Prepaid Debit Card to Help Facilitate Payroll for the Unbanked
Payables-automation company Tipalti Inc. is partnering with Intercash, a provider of prepaid card solutions, to offer Mastercard-branded prepaid cards in 192 countries, including Latin America and Southeast Asia. Tipalti views the cards, which are available to the general public, as a way for businesses to pay unbanked and underbanked workers …
Read More »Small-Business Payments And Disbursements Help Fuel Zelle’s Q3 Growth
Building on its strategy of expanding beyond peer-to-peer payments, Zelle, the P2P network operated by Early Warning Services LLC, processed $127 billion on 466 million transactions during the third quarter of 2021. Overall, the dollar value of payments sent during the quarter increased 51% from the same period a year …
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