Tyler Technologies, a specialist in government services and payments, said it will acquire Rapid Financial Solutions, a provider of payments, card issuance, and digital disbursement services, for $68 million. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter.Prepaid card specialist InComm Payments has acquired The Card Network, a gift card issuer based …
Read More »Jack Henry’s New P2P Payments Platform And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/25/22
Financial-services technology provider Jack Henry & Associates Inc. launched a real-time peer-to-peer payments platform, based on the Digital Payments Platform from the payments-technology firm Payrailz. Jack Henry acquired Payrailz in September for undisclosed terms.Gr4vy, a U.S.-based payments-technology provider, said Australia’s Woolworths Group will use the company’s payments-orchestration platform to run the retailer’s Wpay service. …
Read More »AmEx’s Third Quarter Results Were Led by a 21% Increase in Cardholder Spending
Fueled by growth in goods and services and travel and entertainment spending, American Express Co. on Friday reported third-quarter revenue of $13.6 billion, a 24% increase from the same period last year. Net income for the quarter totaled $1.9 billion compared to $1.8 billion a year ago. Overall cardholder spending …
Read More »Pay With Karma Debuts And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/17/22
Fintech app Karma launched Pay with Karma, an embedded checkout service that enables for consumers a simplified purchase experience across different retailers with multiple payment options.Ammo Inc., owner of GunBroker.com, an online marketplace for the firearms and shooting-sports industry, said it will launch a proprietary payment-processing platform on or about Jan. 1.Mastercard …
Read More »Crypto Exchange FTX Announces an Internationally Focused Debit Card Branded by Visa
One of the ways cryptocurrency is becoming more familiar to consumers and merchants is through debit cards backed by crypto holdings. The latest development in this trend came to light early Friday with an announcement that the crypto exchange FTX.com will offer Visa-branded debit cards around the world. A launch …
Read More »As Consumers Return to In-Store Shopping, Fraudsters Follow
It’s a fact of the payments world that fraudsters are adept at watching and following consumer behavior to maintain their criminal revenue flow. Just as consumers have returned to shopping in stores, criminals have returned to the point-of-sale, albeit without neglecting their online activities. That’s the summation from Visa Inc., …
Read More »Eye on Mastercard: Efforts To Reduce E-Commerce Fraud And Ease Review of Crypto Purchases
The unceasing effort to eliminate e-commerce fraud while allowing legitimate transactions to flow unimpeded could be getting another boost as Mastercard Inc. pairs with Ravelin Technology Ltd., a machine-learning fraud platform, to better validate a consumer’s identity without adding friction to the checkout flow. Mastercard also introduced Crypto Secure, a …
Read More »SWIFT Completes CBDC Tests And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/20/22
The SWIFT international payments network announced two tests it has completed have shown that central bank digital currencies and other tokenized assets can be handled without incident on existing processing technology.In related news, the fintech CryptoBucks said its CrytoBucks Wallet is available for download from the App Store and Google Play. The wallet allows …
Read More »Zuza Marketplace Debuts And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/4/22
Point-of-sale software developer Zuza launched its Zuza Marketplace on its Super App platform. Merchants can peruse the marketplace to find tools and third-party apps that can aid their businesses, Zuza said.U.S.-based Uplift, which offers buy now, pay later capability for the travel industry, announced Royal Air Maroc, a Morocco-based airline, has adopted its …
Read More »Boston Consulting Group: Payments Revenues Will Stay Resilient Despite Headwinds
Despite economic headwinds from supply-chain bottlenecks and geopolitical instability, the payments industry continues to show resilient revenue growth, says a new report from the Boston Consulting Group. Global payments revenues are projected to grow about 9.5% in 2022, according to the report. Beyond this year, revenues are projected to grow …
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