Mastercard Inc. said its Identity Attribute Verification service soon will enable issuers to confirm cardholders’ information such as age, date of birth, or address. The initial focus will be select markets in Europe with plans to expand into others in 2025. Expense-management software developer Findity announced its Real Time Card platform, which it …
Read More »Questions Arise Over How to Comply With Illinois’s Interchange Law
With the national spotlight now shining on the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, questions are being raised regarding merchants’ ability to comply with the law. The biggest challenge facing merchants will be separating tax and tips on credit or debit card transactions submitted to their card processor so they can …
Read More »BMO’s PaySmart Launches and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/9/24
Canada-based BMO Financial Group launched PaySmart in the U.S. market. PaySmart is a credit card feature that lets users divide transactions of $100 or more into installments over three, six, or 12 months at a monthly fee. Travel payments network UATP has added buy now, pay later platform Floa as another installment payment option. …
Read More »The Durbin Amendment Enters the Battle Over the Illinois Interchange Law
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is refuting claims by plaintiffs in the Illinois interchange lawsuit that federal banking laws, such as the Durbin Amendment, supersede state laws. The latest back-and-forth is part of an unfolding lawsuit challenging the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. In an amicus brief filed late Friday, Durbin …
Read More »Paysafe’s Latest GIG of Holiday Gift Budgets and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/7/24
Paysafe Ltd. will process transactions for clients of Gaming Innovation Group in North America, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and Latin America that have adopted Gaming Innovations’ CoreX player-account management system. Silverblaze, a developer of customer-engagement software for utility companies, will adopt billing and payment technology from Kubra and has joined …
Read More »Illinois’s Interchange Lawsuit Wins National Prominence As More Retail Organizations Voice Support
The national legal battle over an Illinois interchange law continues to broaden in scope. Several national organizations representing merchants are expected to file amicus briefs with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Friday in support of the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The briefs are …
Read More »The Plot Thickens Over the Legal Challenge To Illinois’s Interchange Law
The battle over the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act has taken a huge new turn. Early Thursday, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office filed a motion with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois’s Eastern Division challenging an Amicus brief from the Office of the Comptroller of …
Read More »Eye on E-Commerce: Paze at 125 Million Cards; Klarna Becomes an Apple Reseller
Paze, the online checkout service from Early Warning Services LLC, says more than 125 million credit and debit cards are now available to use with the e-commerce checkout tool as the service taps a new general manager. Also, buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB has become an Apple Inc. …
Read More »CellPoint’s PayU GPO Alliance and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/2/24
CellPoint Digital, a payments-orchestration platform, announced an alliance with PayU GPO, a platform for alternative payment methods operating in more than 50 markets globally. In related news, payments-orchestration platform Transcard said it now supports payments globally through multiple currencies in an effort to smooth payments for financial companies operating worldwide. Duck Creek …
Read More »PrePass Marks Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/30/24
PrePass, a platform for highway toll payments, said its services can be accessed via an integration with the Motive Marketplace, a platform featuring artificial-intelligence capabilities. A survey of 2,600 consumers in the U.S. market and in seven other countries revealed 61% have cut back on using digital payments or otherwise changed their …
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