Point-of-sale terminal maker and payment processor Ingenico Group on Monday announced an executive shakeup that saw long-time chairman and chief executive Philippe Lazare replaced by the former CEO of Visa Europe. Lazare’s replacement and other boardroom changes come shortly after the Paris-based company said it was exploring “strategic options” in …
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E-commerce platform 3dcart announced an integration with TradeGecko, a cloud-based inventory-management platform for business-to-business companies. The integration means online retailers can synchronize their 3dcart store with their TradeGecko account, 3dcart said. Payments provider PaySimple announced its services are now available to users of MarketSharp, marketing and management software program for …
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The stock-market volatility in October, which saw the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index decrease 7.8% by the end of the month, spared few of the publicly held payment processors tracked by Barrington Research, a Chicago-based investment firm. In its monthly report, Barrington Research says only Puerto Rico-based Evertec Inc., …
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Payments between businesses have long remained ensnarled in paper processes that consumer payments have largely left behind, but lately signs have emerged that technology is at work streamlining business-to-business transactions. On Monday, fleet-fueling and corporate-payments specialist WEX Inc. said it will work with American Express Co. to allow clients to …
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Cardtronics plc said it is the exclusive ATM provider to 121 RaceTrac convenience stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The ATMs bear the Credit Union of Texas brand. Worldpay Inc. announced a multiyear agreement to be the exclusive provider to the National Association of Convenience Stores Payment Processing Program, which …
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ATM network owner Cardtronics plc reported revenues of $340.2 million for the third quarter, down 15% from $402 million a year earlier primarily because of the removal of its ATMs from its former largest retailer customer, 7-Eleven Inc., and currency effects. U.S. same-store withdrawal transactions rose 6%, driven by growth …
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Apple Pay continues to gain strong adoption, Apple Inc. chief executive Tim Cook reported Thursday. Also on Thursday Mitek Systems Inc., a small but prominent provider of software for mobile remote deposit capture and identity verification, gave a decidedly cool response in its first comments about a $425 million buyout …
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Target Corp. is adding mobile checkout to its stores in time for the holiday shopping season, the Minneapolis-based retailer announced Thursday. Target employees, equipped with handheld devices, can accept card payments anywhere in a store after scanning each product in a shopping cart. The service enables consumers to skip the …
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Left behind in the last decade’s rush to sign up merchants for electronic payments is the non-profit sector, made up chiefly of faith-based organizations that collect billions of dollars yearly in offerings and donations—most of it in cash and checks. Still, payments providers are starting to pay attention, and on …
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By 2023, in-car commerce will total $265 billion annually on more than 8.2 billion transactions from 775 million consumer vehicles, according to projections from Juniper Research. American Express Co. announced a slate of programs for its ninth annual Small Business Saturday, set for Nov. 24. Mastercard Inc. said it will work with …
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