September 8, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, E-Commerce, Issuing/Originating, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Block Inc.’s Square unit announced it has integrated accounting software from Sage into its point-of-sale software in Canada.A fintech called DailyPay launched a Visa-branded card called Friday that allows users to access earned pay before payday. The card is issued by The Bancorp Bank.Insurance-industry payments network ePayPolicy launched CheckMate, a facility that converts paper checks into …
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September 7, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Near-Field Communication (NFC), Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Shift4 Payments Inc., which has built a large client base in the hotel and hospitality market, made a bid for greater share in the highly competitive restaurant POS market Tuesday with the introduction of SkyTab POS, a modular, Android-based software application that combines back-end functionality and point-of-sale capabilities in a …
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September 7, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Eight companies involved in the rapidly expanding industry of weaving payments capability into business software have announced an “Embedded Payments Bill of Rights” to stress ethical practices for the young industry. More companies will join these eight very soon, says Todd Ablowitz, co-chief executive and co-founder of Denver-based Infinicept, one …
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September 7, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Digital Currency, Fraud & Security, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Paysafe Ltd. announced a link to mobile sportsbook ClutchBet that will allow Paysafe’s Skrill USA digital wallet and Paysafecash digital-cash platform to support online payments for ClutchBet’s Iowa sportsbook.Payments platform Spreedly launched a payments-orchestration capability for marketplaces and other merchant aggregators. Payments orchestration manages transactions arriving from various gateways and by means of …
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September 6, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Usio Inc. is jumping into the point-of-sale credit arena with its own service, which enables businesses to offer instant credit to customers without the risk of consumer lending. Announced Tuesday, the service enables merchants to offer POS financing without integration issues or credit concerns, Usio says. “Any business that deals …
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September 6, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, E-Commerce, Fraud & Security, Issuing/Originating, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
A study of fraud losses in European countries by FICO indicates the United Kingdom cut losses by 49 million pounds last year, the most of any European country, according to the 2021 European Fraud Map from FICO, a predictive-analytics company.Checkout-technology provider Bolt launched Checkout Links, which it says enables consumers to check out …
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September 2, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Near-Field Communication (NFC), Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
In a bid to strengthen its hand with small businesses, Elavon, the Atlanta-based merchant-acquiring subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, has launched talech Register, a payments and business analytics platform that, Elavon says, enables small business owners to manage their operations more efficiently. Elavon is initially offering two bundled packages for restaurants …
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September 2, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Block Inc. has opened its Cash App wallet for payments to e-commerce merchants outside the Square seller network, TechCrunch reported.Health-insurance plan provider Gravie said it is expanding access for members of the plan to Gravie Pay, a buy now, pay later program for medical bills.Commerce Bank launched Commerce Connections Direct in conjunction with the fintech …
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September 1, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, E-Commerce, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing, Uncategorized
PayNearMe Inc. has added one more state for its iGaming and sports-betting processing business. The latest expansion, to Kansas, brings to 20 the number of states in which the payments and electronic billing platform provider has iGaming operations. The expansion also comes just as the collegiate football and National Football …
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September 1, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Featured, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Prepaid Cards, Transaction Processing
Grocers and home-improvement retailers may have something to take pride in. These two merchant categories are among the most improved in terms of managing their gift card programs. That’s the insight from the fifth 2022 Merchant Gift Card Omnicommerce Evaluation–U.S. Edition released by Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. The rankings of …
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