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 …
Read More »Consumers Intend to Embrace BNPL As Never Before This Holiday Shopping Season
Heading into the holiday shopping season, consumers are poised to make even more use of buy now, pay later options than in the past. Overall, 42% of consumers plan to use BNPL while holiday shopping, according to a survey by GoCardless, a provider of account-to-account payments. When Millennials were asked …
Read More »Eye On BNPL: ACI Partners With Affirm; Afterpay’s Holiday Shopping Survey
ACI Worldwide Inc. added to its growing list of buy now, pay later partners on Monday, announcing a deal with Affirm Inc. Merchants using the processor’s ACI Secure eCommerce solution can offer consumers the ability to make purchases with Affirm and split the cost of the purchase into biweekly or …
Read More »‘No Longer a Separation’ Between Online And Offline for Shoppers and Stores, Square Says
If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught merchants anything, it’s that they need to take a radically wider sales approach to engage with customers online and offline, across any device, argues a new report from payments provider Square Inc. The report explores some of the ways merchants are using tools from …
Read More »Stripe Grows Its Portfolio of BNPL Providers by Partnering With Klarna
With consumers eagerly embracing buy now, pay later payment options, Stripe Inc. on Tuesday announced it is partnering with BNPL powerhouse Klarna AB. The deal will enable Stripe merchants to offer Klarna BNPL loans to consumers in the United States and 19 countries throughout Europe. The deal also adds to …
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