SpotOn Transact Inc. said it will offer its point-of-sale services free for one year to aspiring restaurateurs under a program with the TV show “Guy’s Restaurant Reboot.”In related news, SpotOn said it has raised $125 million in Series D funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The round values the company at …
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With consumers becoming more comfortable returning to in-store shopping as Covid-19 vaccinations roll out, J.P. Morgan is partnering with U.S. processor ACI Worldwide Inc. to enable merchants in Europe and the United Kingdom to offer in-store payment acceptance. The deal expands J.P. Morgan’s omnichannel processing presence by giving merchants a …
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Fortis Payment Systems LLC is the latest acquirer to build up its integrated payments position, announcing Wednesday the acquisitions of EpicPay International LLC and Change Merchant Solutions LLC. The two deals will boost Fortis’s options for independent software vendors and developers, the company says. “Technology partners will be able to …
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Payments-technology provider Repay Holdings Corp. said it has struck a deal with processor Paysafe Group to allow Repay merchants to receive cash payments at any of 60,000 retail locations linked to Paysafe’s eCash service.Liv.rent, a platform for apartment tenants to pay rent, introduced a capability allowing tenants to pay in Bitcoin while landlords receive …
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The advent of real-time payments, account-to-account transfers, and card-based disbursements is making it easier for consumers to receive claims funds much quick than waiting for a paper check. State Farm Insurance Cos. is one of the latest providers with its release earlier this month of Digital Pay, a service provided …
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Payments platform dLocal Ltd. announced the launch of its initial public offering involving more than 29 million shares with an estimated price range of $16 to $18 per share.ACI Worldwide Inc. is collaborating with JPMorgan Chase & Co. to combine Chase’s European acquiring platform with ACI’s payments platform in an offering to merchants …
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Much of the publicity swirling around blockchain technology concerns its use for recording and managing cryptocurrency, but there has been little talk about using blockchain to manage merchant transactions. GreenBox POS, a San Diego-based processor, changed that on Monday with its announcement that it has secured a bank identification number, or …
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Payments technology provider Tappit said it is providing its white label, touchless mobile payment service to Learfield IMG College, a media and technology services company in intercollegiate athletics. Learfield will offer the service to university athletic departments that can integrate the service into their mobile apps.Payments provider Rev19 LLC, founded in 2017, has rebranded as …
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A payments trend that has gained some momentum during the pandemic is open banking, the idea that funds can validated and moved from an account to another one at a different bank inexpensively and by means other than cards or checks. On Thursday, that concept took a big step forward …
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Quick Response codes are one of the many payment options to flourish as consumers embrace digital and contactless payments in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, says a report from Blackhawk Network Inc. Of the 13,000 respondents surveyed across nine countries representing nearly half of the world’s card-payment volume, 18% …
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