Angelpaw, which provides software to track pet cremation and aquamation, launched a buy now, pay later service for these services. Interest-free installment payments are made over 60 days and the provider receive funds immediately.Payroc WorldAccess LLC said its Worldnet platform is now enabled on the PAX A920 point-of-sale device as the …
Read More »ATB Ventures Looks to Unlock the Value Potential in Digital Identity And Verification
In response to consumers’ growing concerns over the security and management of their personal data by businesses with which they interact, ATB Ventures on Thursday introduced its Oliu platform, a set of identity products aimed at helping businesses safely manage and verify the credentials of consumers they interact with digitally. …
Read More »Fiserv Tweaks Carat Data Access And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/29/22
Fiserv Inc. said its Carat operating system has added a capability for large enterprises to more readily access and analyze payments data.Mastercard Inc. said it is launching Strive USA, a small business imitative, in the United States for the first time. The goal is to support 5 million SMBs over the next five years.Also, …
Read More »As Consumers Boost Mobile Shopping, Square Messages Gets Some Key Enhancements
As consumers rely more and more on their mobile phones and other digital platforms, Square unveiled on Wednesday several new enhancements to Square Messages, its artificial-intelligence-based digital-communications platform. Square is the payment-processing unit of San Francisco-based Block Inc. Square Messages allows merchants and consumers to communicate through a single platform …
Read More »Square Tap to Pay on iPhone Debuts And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/28/22
Square, the point-of-sale and e-commerce unit of Block Inc., said Tap to Pay on iPhone is now commercially available to its merchants following a June release to select sellers. Available within the Square Point of Sale iOS app, Tap to Pay on iPhone enables merchants to accept contactless payments directly …
Read More »46% of All Ransomware Attacks Happen in the United States, NordLocker Says
One country—the United States—accounts for 46% of all ransomware attacks, a sobering statistic revealed in a new report from NordLocker, a European cybersecurity provider. Yet, within the 50 states, not all have the same propensity for the nefarious attacks, NordLocker says, which analyzed multiple databases of ransomware incidents that affected …
Read More »Get Set for a Virtual Card Tsunami, Juniper Research Says
Virtual payment cards have been around for more than a decade, but now they appear to be poised for big growth with the rise of e-commerce and the wide availability of digital wallets. Indeed, the volume of transactions arising from these cards will balloon from 28 billion worldwide this year …
Read More »Volante’s ACH Tech in Colombia And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/27/22
Volante Technologies, a U.S.-based payments platform, said it is providing a banking portal for ACH Colombia, a fintech based in that South American country, as part of an effort to digitize ACH Colombia’s payments infrastructure.Payments-technology company Payscout LLC said it will offer a direct link to its Paywire platform to users of …
Read More »One More Thing? Apple Pay Later’s Debut Is Still Pending
Apple Inc.’s latest financial product, a buy now, pay later service called Apple Pay Later, has yet to arrive, though the iPhone operating system it was expected to require launched Sept. 12. Why is that? One Bloomberg columnist suggests Apple Pay Later, which was announced in June, may not arrive …
Read More »Humbl’s Integration With GreatFoods2Go And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/26/22
Mobile-wallet developer Humbl Inc. announced an integration with food-delivery platform Great Foods2Go that will include the integration of Humbl’s Humbl Wallet, Humbl Pay, Humbl Search Engine, and Humbl Marketplace capabilities.Bank of America announced it has added a sign-in capability by QR code for its CashPro platform, a payments utility for client companies. The …
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