Despite the dark cloud the U.S. Department of Justice’s recent lawsuit over Visa Inc.’s debit business has cast over the network, Visa finished its fiscal year 2024 on a strong note. Among the highlights during Visa’s earnings call late Tuesday were growth in credentials, tokens, and merchant locations, along with …
Read More »Eye on E-Commerce: Paze on Track for 150 Million Enrolled Cards; Transaction Details Vital in Worldpay’s FraudSight Cap One Tie-in
With the holiday shopping season about to start in earnest, payments companies are preparing their clients—merchants and issuers—for the increased volume of both legitimate and fraudulent transactions. New checkout entrant Paze says with more than 125 million cards enrolled in the e-commerce payment option it anticipates reaching the goal of …
Read More »PayPal’s CEO Looks to Kickstart Growth With Initiatives Like Fastlane and Complete Payments
PayPal Holding Inc.’s top management early Tuesday wasted no time extolling the early returns on several initiatives the payments company has launched in recent weeks to reinvigorate growth at the 26-year-old company. Chief executive Alex Chriss, in office for barely more than a year, made it clear he is exercising …
Read More »Eye on Payments: Nvidia’s AI Fraud Detection Tool; RTP’s Ongoing Use Grows
The evolution of artificial-intelligence tools toward countering credit card transaction fraud took another step with the launch of a new AI workflow from Nvidia Corp. Meanwhile, the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC finds that 90% of organizations’ counterparties whom they send to or receive instant payments …
Read More »SumUp’s Tap to Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/29/24
The payments fintech SumUp said it has made Tap to Pay on iPhone capability available for clients in Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Czech Republic and Romania. The technology allows merchants to accept card payments with nothing more than an iPhone. Payment Solutions Providers Services Inc., a Canadian fintech, has agreed to acquire the …
Read More »How the CFPB’s Data Privacy Rule for Open Banking Could Impact Merchants’ Swipe Fees
While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is being sued over its data-privacy rule, merchants remain optimistic the regulation will help them reduce the impact of swipe fees by making account-to-account payments widely available at the point of sale. The key is open banking, which paves the way to developing payment …
Read More »Fiserv Posts Growth As New Tech And New Initiatives Start to Kick in
Fiserv Inc., one of the nation’s biggest processors, put up some notable growth numbers in the September quarter despite its size. How long it can maintain that momentum may depend on its ability to release new services and build on recent initiatives such as its SMB Bundle and Cashflow Central, …
Read More »Clearent’s New PayFac Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/22/24
Clearent by Xplor launched its payfac as a service product to help software companies more easily embed payment acceptance into their applications. Fiserv Inc. announced it has agreed to build financial services into the digital platform operated by DoorDash, the online delivery service. Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. announced it will acquire transactions for …
Read More »Better Armed Cyberthieves Means Fewer Breaches, More Effective Attacks
Despite the number of data breaches during the third-quarter of 2024 declining 8% from the previous quarter, criminals are better armed than ever for carrying out these nefarious attacks, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. One factor making it easier for criminals to initiate a data breach is the emergence …
Read More »Visa Tweaks Visa Direct Line up and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/18/24
Visa Inc. has restructured its money movement services under the Visa Direct portfolio, which now includes Visa B2B Connect, Currencycloud, Yellowpepper, and Visa Direct. Cash App, the peer-to-peer payment service and wallet from Square, said Lyft ride-share users can now pay for fares with Cash App. Truist Financial Corp. launched its Electronic …
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