Ahead of a major push for EMV chip card payments at fuel pumps, some 62% of U.S. adults are concerned about the security of their financial data when making payments at fuel pumps or convenience stores, according to a March survey of 1,270 adults conducted by YouGov and released Monday …
Read More »Its IPO Document Shows the Massive Extent of Uber’s Card Business
Uber Technologies Inc. doesn’t say a lot about its payment strategy in the registration statement it issued Thursday ahead of its highly anticipated initial public offering of stock, but the filing does reveal the ride-share leader is an enormous generator of payment card volume and card-acceptance fees. The statement says …
Read More »Chase Racks up Double-Digit Volume Gains, While Wells Sees Digital-Banking Progress
Two the nation’s biggest banks on Friday reported gains in card volume, with JPMorgan Chase & Co. showing double-digit increases in merchant-processing volume as well as card spending. Chase’s first-quarter merchant volume totaled $356.5 billion, a 13% increase over the same period in 2018. The massive Chase Merchant Services unit …
Read More »Global Payments Adds Discover Acquiring in Hong Kong and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/12/19
Global Payments Inc. has become an acquirer for Discover, Diners Club International, and affiliate partner card transactions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Global Payments already acquires for Discover Financial Services in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. A growing trucking industry and a need to control fuel costs helped …
Read More »Amazon Go Stores To Accept Cash, Eventually
Amazon Go stores may soon accept cash. “We are working to accept cash at Amazon Go,” an Amazon spokesperson confirms in a statement to Digital Transactions News. Amazon Go stores only accept in-app payments now. A consumer must download the Go app and scan a barcode from the app on her …
Read More »eBay Adds PayPal to Payments Platform and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/10/19
EBay Inc. announced Monday that its managed-payments platform, introduced in September, has now added PayPal on top of Google Pay, Apple Pay, and credit, debit, and gift cards. A report Wednesday, however, indicates PayPal availability is limited. A startup called Obligo said it is enabling renters to make so-called move-in …
Read More »The Latest AFP Fraud Study Unveils a Surprising Jump in Fraud on the ACH
Which payment method holds the dubious distinction of racking up the fastest growth in fraud last year? According to the latest annual fraud report from the Association for Financial Professionals, it’s debits and credits on the automated clearing house network. In fact, the ACH was the only payment method examined …
Read More »Most Full-Service Restaurants Are Frustrated With Their Payments Services, a Survey Finds
Frustration with payments runs high among full-service restaurant operators, so much so that only 20% expressed no frustrations in a new TouchBistro Inc. report released Monday. The other 80% had some issue with their payments services, with many of them, 21%, citing a lack of transparency on pricing. That was …
Read More »ACH Fraud up, Says AFP and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/9/19
There has been a “noticeable increase” in fraud on credits and debits on the automated clearing house network, according to the latest “Payments Fraud and Control Survey Report” from the Association for Financial Professionals. Some 33% of responding organizations reported ACH debit fraud in 2018, up from 28% in 2017, …
Read More »i3 Verticals Buys Net Data for $24 Million and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/8/19
i3 Verticals Inc. completed its $24 million acquisition of Northeast Texas Data LLC and Graves Humphries Stahl LLC, collectively known as Net Data, which provides software services, including payment acceptance, to municipalities and local government agencies primarily in Texas. Millersville University adopted the ACI student payment portal from ACI Worldwide …
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