Shift4 Payments Inc. has expanded its merchant-gaming portfolio by striking a deal with the Chickasaw Nation to process payments across all of its tribal-owned casino and non-casino locations, as well as third-party venues, such as valet services or restaurants operated by third parties within Chickasaw-owned casinos. The Chickasaw nation, the …
Read More »ACI’s Push Payment Fraud Forecast And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/15/22
Authorized push payments fraud is expected to reach $5.25 billion in fraud losses in the United States, United Kingdom, and India by 2026, according to research from ACI Worldwide Inc. and GlobalData, an analytics firm. In 2021, U.S. authorized push payment fraud was $1.6 billion and is forecasted to be $3.1 …
Read More »AmEx Partners With TikTok To Drive Sales At Small Businesses
American Express Co. is working with the popular social-media platform TikTok to launch the #ShopSmall Accelerator, a program intended to help small-business owners reach a new generation of shoppers on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 26, and throughout the rest of the holiday-shopping season. The deal will provide business owners with …
Read More »Moca Launches Patriot Card And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/11/22
Moca Financial, a platform for digital cards and payment processing, launched The Patriot Card in partnership with the Association of Military Banks of America. Aimed at veterans, the physical and virtual Visa cards enable holders to receive, spend, and save government benefits.Banking giant J.P. Morgan announced it will open an office in Athens, Greece, …
Read More »‘We Have to Execute Better,” Says CEO Lowthers As He Revamps Paysafe
Former FIS Inc. executive Bruce Lowthers took over as chief executive of Paysafe Ltd. in May, and since then he’s had to work to steady a stumbling processing giant. His early assessment of his new company wasn’t pretty. “Bluntly, we’ve lost our way here,” he told equity analysts in August. …
Read More »Consumer Spending Moderates in October And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/10/22
Overall consumer spending per household moderated in October compared to September, up 2.9% year-over-year vs. 3.2%, according to a study from Bank of America Institute. Still, total transactions for the bank—cards, ACH, wires, bill pay, P2P, cash, and checks—increased 9%. Payments provider Green Dot Corp. reported consolidated gross dollar volume of $18.7 billion …
Read More »Eye on BNPL: Affirm On Track to Be Profitable in Fiscal ‘23; Afterpay Expands in Canada
Affirm Holdings Inc. says it is on track to post profitable operating income in its fiscal year 2023. The declaration came during a conference call with analysts late Tuesday to discuss the buy now, pay later provider’s financial performance during the first quarter of its fiscal year 2023, which ended …
Read More »Oracle Follows up Its Payment Cloud Launch With a Handheld Payment Device for Restaurants
The tech giant Oracle Corp. early this summer launched a cloud-based payments-processing service aimed at the hotly contested restaurant market, and early on Wednesday the company added a handheld device for servers to use tableside. The new terminal, dubbed the Oracle Micros Simphony mobile order and pay device, runs on …
Read More »Ralphs Now Accepts Apple Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/9/22
California grocer Ralphs has begun accepting Apple Pay in its 184 locations in the state, reported MacRumors.com, citing a company spokesperson. Ralphs is part of the Kroger Co., which Digital Transactions News reported in 2020 was testing contactless payments at some of its locations. Kroger launched its proprietary mobile-payments service Kroger Pay in 2019, but has …
Read More »E-Commerce Merchants Can Expect a Better Holiday Season This Year, ACI Predicts
Consumers are projected to be shopping more online this holiday shopping season, compared to the same period a year ago. Data released Tuesday by payments-technology provider ACI Worldwide Inc. projects a 15% increase in e-commerce transactions from October through December, compared to the same period in 2021. The projected increase …
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