Competitive Strategies

Restaurant server tips averaged 18.8% in the third quarter, unchanged from the second quarter, according to data from Toast Inc.’s Q3 2024 Restaurant Trends Report. The research gathered data from approximately 127,000 locations served by the Toast payments platform. Amazon.com Inc.’s Amazon Seller Central will integrate AI-based payments and financial-management tools from Intuit Inc. …

DataVisor Inc., a fraud- and risk-management solutions provider, early Monday announced the launch of an artificial intelligence-based platform that measures hot spot, distinct count, and high-frequency data in real time. The ability to measure these three data points in real time helps speeds the identification of potential fraud threats, which …

Google Inc. has sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau following the CFPB’s action Friday asserting federal supervision of the company’s Google Pay wallet. In the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the same day the CFPB acted, the tech giant argues the case targets a payment service …

Financial firms live and die by their reputation. While we know that, with credit unions, insurance companies, and holding companies, the result of a cyberattack could mean funding challenges, reputational damage, and even insolvency, what many don’t know is that, today, around 70% of business risks enter through an endpoint …

Hospitality point-of-sale company Toast Inc. has expanded its partnership with Uber Technologies Inc. to enable restaurants using Uber’s delivery service to reach customers through more channels and lower their delivery costs. Toast will integrate its platform with Uber Direct, Uber’s on-demand delivery platform that enables businesses to take orders through their Web …

OwlTing Group, a blockchain-technology company, is working with MoneyGram International Inc. to support cash-in transactions from local fiat currencies to USD Coin in its OwlPay Wallet Pro service at nearly 50,000 MoneyGram locations in 30 countries. OwlPay Wallet Pro is a blockchain-based, unhosted digital wallet that enables cross-border transactions. USD Coin is …

The Real Time Payments network operated by The Clearing House Payments Co. said early Wednesday it will raise its transaction limit to $10 million, a tenfold jump from the current $1-million cap. The new limit will take effect Feb. 9, following a 60-day notice period required by The Federal Reserve. …

ATM maker Diebold Nixdorf Inc. said two bank clients in Central Asia are the first to launch ATMs using Microsoft Windows 11. Block Inc.’s trio of payments platforms—Square, Afterpay, and Cash App—processed a record 144 million consumer transactions over the Black Friday through Cyber Monday period, up 17% from the same time …

Online sales continued to surge on Cyber Monday, totaling $13.3 billion and up 7.3% from Cyber Monday last year, according to Adobe Digital Insights. During the peak shopping hours of 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., consumers spent $15.8 million per minute. Cyber Monday capped a strong five-day sales period from …

The latest J.D. Power U.S. Small Business Credit Card Satisfaction Study finds that 46% of small businesses that use credit cards say their financial state is better than it was a year ago, with most—49%—describing it as about the same. The study delved into how small businesses use credit cards, …