Visa Inc. unveiled Digital Emergency Card Replacement, a service that works on behalf of card issuers to replace lost cards with digital replacements, using text or email. Cardholders can store the replacement card in a digital wallet. Elavon launched Elavon Cloud Payments Interface, an application programming interface aimed at easing digital and …
Read More »WeGetFinancing Partners With SensePass, While Klarna Plus Notches 100,000 Users
WeGetFinancing has partnered with SensePass, a provider of alternative payment solutions, to provide a buy now, pay later solution for high-ticket items. WeGetFinancing is a BNPL gateway operated by Emerging Payments Technologies Inc. Merchants on the SensePass platform can now offer BNPL financing for purchases of up to $15,000, with …
Read More »Nuvei Readies UAE Expansion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/25/24
The Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. said it has received approval for a retail-services license from the central bank of the United Arab Emirates, laying the groundwork for an expansion into the UAE market. Fast-food chain Long John Silver’s said it is working with multiple technology vendors to update its digital and in-store ordering experience …
Read More »After Coming ‘a Really Long Way,’ Paze Signs Sellers As It Executes a Staged Rollout
Paze, the online checkout platform backed by some of the nation’s biggest banks, is barreling through a state-by-state rollout that could culminate in nationwide coverage by late summer or early fall, according to James Anderson, the platform’s general manager who has spearheaded the project since Early Warning Services LLC announced …
Read More »Shopify Merchants Gain Access to Target Plus Marketplace
Some Shopify Inc. merchants will be able to get their products in front of more online shoppers via a deal the e-commerce platform has struck with Target Corp. Announced Monday, the deal enables select Shopify Inc. merchants to feature their products on Target Plus, the retailer’s third-party, curated marketplace. Target …
Read More »AmEx Looks to a Pair of Acquisitions to Raise Its Game in the Hotly Competitive Dining Market
American Express Co. early Friday announced it is acquiring Tock, a restaurant-reservation application, from Squarespace Inc. for $400 million, and Rooam, a contactless-payment platform for restaurants, bars, music venues, and arenas, for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2014, Tock provides reservation, table-management, and event ticketing capabilities to 7,000 restaurants, wineries, …
Read More »Working with Elavon, Delta Adopts Tap to Pay on iPhone for U.S. Flights
Delta Air Lines Inc. is adopting Tap to Pay on iPhone for its U.S. flights, a move made in conjunction with processor Elavon Inc. Delta has long accepted card payments on flights, having adopted a card-only policy in 2009 for North America flights, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported then. The move …
Read More »Shift4 Marks Another Europe Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/21/24
U.S.-based Shift4 Payments Inc. has deepened its penetration of the European market through an agreement to partner with Stockholm-based digital-payments platform OneMoneyWay to offer small merchants in the United Kingdom and Europe a combined business and payments platform. Shift4 recently took a majority stake in Germany’s Vectron Systems, a point-of-sale technology company. Strider, …
Read More »BNPL Finds Favor Among Consumers Amid Rising Prices
Buy now, pay later, the now established installment-payment option, is finding favor among consumers facing higher prices. That’s the word from a new report from Forter, an online fraud-prevention provider, based on its latest survey. Twenty-five percent of the 2,000 U.S. consumers surveyed by Talker Research say they use BNPL …
Read More »Topgolf Callaway in Visa Promo and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/20/24
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. announced a promotional agreement with Visa Inc., involving benefits and offers for holders of Block Inc.’s Visa-branded Cash App debit card. CasaPerks Technologies Inc. has launched CasaCash, a rewards program that can be offered by property owners to renters as an alternative to a program based on credit …
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