Payments provider NMI announced what it calls an “enhanced” integration with Shopify, the Canada-based e-commerce platform. The integration is meant to assure independent sales organizations and software providers that integrations comply with updated Shopify requirements. Chase Payment Solutions has brought its Tap to Pay on iPhone capability to Canada, with beauty retailer Sephora …
Read More »Elavon Expands in Mass Transit With Contactless Fare Payments on Philadelphia’s SEPTA
In a major win in the expanding market for digital payments for mass transit, Elavon Inc. said it will support contactless payments for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the seventh largest U.S. transit system with 45.6 million riders per year, according to the American Public Transportation Association. The new service, …
Read More »The Best Tipping State and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/6/24
Toast Inc., a provider of pay-at-table payments devices for the hospitality market, reported data derived from 112,000 restaurant locations in its Q1 2024 Restaurant Trends Report. Among the results: Tipping is most generous in Delaware, where it averages 22.1% of the bill. Mastercard Inc. said it is integrating Deposit Switch and …
Read More »Visa Marks 10 Billion Tokens Since Launching the Technology a Decade Ago
Visa Inc. says the 10 billion tokens it’s issued since 2014 are just the tipping point, as it expects Visa’s tokenized transactions to grow exponentially over the next several years. Visa announced the 10-billion milestone Tuesday. As of April, 29% of all transactions processed by Visa used tokens. Tokenization uses …
Read More »Personalization Is the Key for Payments Apps And Web Sites, J.D. Power Finds
Personalized financial-management tools and digital assistants will provide the pathway for banks and card issuers to differentiate their mobile apps or Web sites from those of competitors and drive adoption and usage, according to a new report from J.D. Power. The best opportunities for card issuers will come from offering …
Read More »As Users Return to ATMs, Guidance Emerges for Contactless Transactions With And Without Cards
The onset of the covid pandemic spurred deployers and developers to bring contactless technology to the ATM, and now industry organizations are offering guidelines on the matter as deployers look to widen acceptance of contactless cards and mobile devices. Calling contactless technology “table stakes” for most consumers, the Redwood City, …
Read More »Debit Cards Remain The Most Popular Payment Option, Especially With Younger Consumers
Despite the growing popularity of digital wallets, the vast majority of consumers prefer to pay with their debit card at the point of sale, according to research from J.D. Power. Some 72% of consumers surveyed by Power physically use their debit card at the point of sale or enter their …
Read More »Mastercard’s AI in Fraud Detection and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/23/24
Mastercard Inc. outlined how it uses generative artificial intelligence to counter fraud, such as when criminals place part of a 16-digit card number on an illegal Web site. Mastercard said it is better able to predict the full card detail of these compromised cards on its network, enabling them to be …
Read More »A Bill That Would Cut the Number of Banks Covered by Durbin Advances Out of Committee
A bill containing a provision that would raise the asset threshold for debit card issuers covered by the Durbin Amendment narrowly passed in a vote late Thursday by the House Financial Services Committee. The committee voted 24-22 in favor of advancing the bill, called the Bank Resilience and Regulatory Improvement …
Read More »Will Its Supreme Court Victory Embolden an Already Activist CFPB?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s victory at the Supreme Court on Thursday answers for now the question of its constitutionality and may quiet the agency’s critics, who view it as a largely unnecessary agent of federal power operating with an overly aggressive agenda. But some payments experts fear the decision, …
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