A class of card issuers is suing Apple Inc., alleging they pay $1 billion in fees annually for inclusion in the technology company’s Apple Pay mobile wallet, while Apple maintains a monopoly on contactless payments at the point of sale for iOS devices. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the …
Read More »More Than Token Progress: Tokenized Payments Will Hit 1 Trillion by 2026, Juniper Predicts
The total volume of tokenized payment transactions worldwide will exceed 1 trillion by 2026, up from 680 billion this year, according to a report released Monday by Juniper Research. The growth will come mostly from click-to-pay options that allow buyers to pay with a single click, using tokenized credentials, the …
Read More »Mastercard Makes a Quantum Leap And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/18/22
Mastercard Inc. and D-Wave Systems Inc., a quantum computing systems firm, announced a multiyear alliance to advance the adoption of quantum computing technology in areas such as consumer loyalty and rewards, cross-border settlement, and fraud management applications.Payments provider Adyen NV said it has processed 10 million donations by buyers on the commerce platform …
Read More »Synchrony Jumps Into The BNPL Game With an Assist From Fiserv’s Clover App Market
Synchrony Financial is the latest entrant in the highly popular, and increasingly crowded, buy now, pay later market. The Stamford, Conn.-based provider of consumer-financing products is partnering with Fiserv Inc. to allow merchants using Fiserv’s Clover platform to offer BNPL as a consumer-financing option. Called SetPay in 4, Synchrony’s BNPL …
Read More »COMMENTARY: How Can Neobanks Keep Up? The Answer Lies in Their Edge in Tech
In recent times, we have witnessed an explosion in the neobanking sector, with emerging digital-only providers benefiting from rapid digitization. Now, as this sector begins to mature, companies must find a way to retain customers that may want to transition back to traditional banking companies. To do so, businesses in …
Read More »Amazon Prime Day Results And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/15/22
Amazon.com Inc.’s two-day Prime Day event this week racked up more than $12.09 billion in sales, up 8% from last year’s event, according to an estimate from Digital Commerce 360.Privately held payments provider Stripe Inc. reduced the internal value of its shares by 28% to about $29 per share, resulting in a valuation for the …
Read More »Car IQ’s App Looks to Bring Fueling to Sunoco Fleet Customers at Nearly 5,000 Stations
Car IQ Inc. has inked a deal with petroleum company Sunoco LP to allow Sunoco’s fleet customers to purchase fuel without a credit card. Businesses, government agencies, and other organizations participating in Sunoco’s fleet program will be able to pay for gas at nearly 5,000 Sunoco stations by summer’s end …
Read More »Mastercard Welcomes Open Banking Firms And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/14/22
Mastercard Inc. said it is expanding its Engage partner network to include open-banking firms. The first companies to join include Dwolla, FinTech Automation, i2c, Link Financial Technology, LoanPro, Nova Credit, Provenir, Synctera, Tern, and Usio Inc.Buy now, pay later processor Afterpay will offer installment payments for customers of beauty retailer Sephora. Afterpay, a …
Read More »Adyen Brings Tap-to-Pay on iPhone to U.S. Merchants
Apple Inc.’s long awaited tap-to-pay on iPhone technology is now live with Adyen NV merchants Vince, Burton, G-Star, and Scotch & Soda. The technology enables merchants to accept face-to-face payments using iPhones without special point-of-sale acceptance hardware. Consumers can use almost any near-field communication-enabled device, such as another iPhone, Apple …
Read More »Nayax’s Self-Checkout Kiosk And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/13/22
Payments platform Nayax Ltd. announced the availability of the Nova Market self-checkout kiosk in its U.S. e-commerce shop. The device is aimed at micro-merchants.Open Payment Network said its application programming interface is linking Bridge Community Bank to The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s real-time payments network.CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. announced that Peoples Trust …
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