Point-of-sale technology company MagTek Inc. has lined up payments provider ExpiTrans as a reseller of its QwickPAY POS software. Meanwhile, Visa Inc. says its technology is ready for the start of the summer Olympics in Paris in two weeks. Seal Beach, Calif.-based MagTek says ExpiTrans will market its software to …
Read More »Inswitch Lands Processing Contract and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/12/24
U.S.-based embedded-finance platform Inswitch announced it will issue and process Visa debit cards locally and internationally for n1co Technologies, a fintech based in El Salvador. Online travel agency Expedia Group Inc. signed a multiyear agreement with Wells Fargo Co. and Mastercard Inc. to launch two new cobranded credit cards. Digital-payments platform Billtrust said Visa Inc. has …
Read More »Issuer-Provided Installment Plans Are Catching up to Traditional BNPL Plans
Issuer-provided installment plans, such as American Express Plan It, My Chase Plan, and Mastercard Installments, are on par in popularity with in-store installment offers, finds Auriemma Group’s The Payments Report. American Express Co. was among the first issuers offering its own buy now, pay later plan, having launched it in …
Read More »Discover Unveils Balance+ to Offer Overdraft Protection on Debit Cards
Consumers may be well acquainted with the concept of overdraft protection when writing checks, but early Monday Discover Financial Services said it is extending the service to its debit cards. Cardholders who hold the company’s Cashback Debit Checking account are eligible for the new service, called Balance+. “With Balance+ we …
Read More »How the Supreme Court Has Set up an Intense Struggle Over Sellers’ Debit Card Costs
Decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court are supposed to settle matters, but a verdict the high court delivered early Monday has the potential to stir up debit card pricing questions for some time to come, some observers say. The justices, in a 6-3 decision, ruled a case brought by a …
Read More »Contactless May At Some Point Include Functions Beyond Payment, the NFC Forum Says
Contactless transactions were supercharged by the pandemic, and now slightly more than half of U.S. cardholders are using the technology when they pay with either cards or wallets, according to Mastercard Inc. research. With that kind of momentum behind them, researchers are looking at ways to expand near-field communication technology, …
Read More »Nayax Readies EV CloudPay for Burgeoning Electric Vehicle Charging Payments
Payments and commerce platform Nayax Ltd. is tapping the cloud to enable its EV CloudPay service designed for payments at electric-vehicle charging stations. Announced Monday, EV CloudPay enables motorists to pay for EV charging with a credit card, debit card, or mobile wallet via a physical payment-processing kiosk at charging …
Read More »Credit Cards Remain the Preferred Travel Payment Option for 58% of North Americans
The iconic ad slogan “don’t leave home without it” may have had its heyday in the 1970s, but its message still rings true for many consumers, especially when they travel. Among North American consumers, 58% prefer to use a credit card when traveling, found a new report from TSG, a …
Read More »There’s Good News, Bad News in the Latest Statistics on Identity Theft
The number of identity-theft cases fell last year, but criminals are getting savvier about how to win their victims’ confidence, with more of them relying on newer tools like artificial intelligence. And credit cards and other financial products remain a top target. That’s the mixed message from the Identity Theft …
Read More »Ticketing And Soft POS Will Drive Contactless Payment Growth, a Forecast Says
Contactless payments are forecasted to surge 113% in value by 2029, reaching $15.7 trillion by 2029, up from $7.4 trillion this year, predicts a new report from Juniper Research. Ticketing and soft point-of-sale applications will be significant drivers of this growth, United Kingdom-based Juniper says. “As access becomes more widespread, …
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