Wednesday , February 5, 2025

Electronic Bill Payment

PCI Pal Links with Stripe and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/13/20

PCI Pal, whose services enable businesses to collect payments in accordance with the PCI Security Standards Council data-security rules, announced a link-up with payments provider Stripe Inc. to allow Stripe clients to more quickly deploy PCI Pal’s technology.Paya Inc. said UtilityBilling.com, a subscription billing and payment platform, integrated Paya’s processing service.PlusPass, …

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BMO Adopts TCH’s RTP and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/12/20

BMO Financial Group, a unit of Bank of Montreal, announced it has linked to The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s Real-Time Payments network, enabling U.S. business clients to receive funds instantly from any sending bank connected to the network.ACI Worldwide Inc. said its Speedpay unit will allow customers of Entergy Services LLC, a …

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Clearent Acquires Wintac and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/23/20

Clearent LLC announced the acquisition of Wintac, a software developer for the residential contractor industry. Wintac will become part of FieldEdge, a Clearent subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed.Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. has completed a previously announced sale of its RentPayment business to real-estate technology provider MRI Software. Priority will continue to …

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Priority Teams With Behalf on a Merchant Financing Option

Priority Technology Holdings and its Priority Payments Systems and Priority Commercial Payments units are working with business-to-business credit provider Behalf Inc. to allow Priority clients to finance purchases at checkout through Behalf rather than through cash, check, or credit card. The move comes as many small businesses continue to contend with …

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How Consumers Struggling with Covid-19’s Impact Have Paid—Or Not Paid—Their Bills

The impact of the economic downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic has affected payments of all sorts, but perhaps none so much as consumer bill payments. Indeed, some 56% of consumers said it was harder to pay bills because they’d lost their jobs or had sustained a reduction in income, …

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NAB Acquires Salido and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/10/20

Salido, a vendor of technology to the hospitality industry, announced it has been acquired by payments provider North American Bancard. Terms were not announced.MagTek Inc. said PyePOS, a hospitality point-of-sale system maker, will use MagTek’s DynaDip and DynaWave hardware in its quick-serve restaurant kiosks.EBay Inc. announced it will expand its managed-payments program to France, Italy, …

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Eye on Investment: Payments Firms Rev.io, Melio, Thunes, And Mollie Announce Funding Rounds

Evidence emerged Tuesday that Covid-19 fears are far from suppressing investor interest in payments as two U.S. and two European companies announced funding news. Atlanta-based Rev.io, an 18-year-old provider of billing platforms, said it has received a “significant growth equity investment” from Primus Capital. The company did not disclose the …

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COMMENTARY: Is Your Business Paying From the Cloud Or the Checkbook?

Nearly all persons use the cloud in their personal lives, from storing photos and accessing financial accounts to sharing documents and watching movies. But when it comes to the business world, the transition to cloud-based systems has been a slower migration, especially when it comes to business-to-business payments.  While check …

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TransferMate Receives Payment License in Mexico and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/4/20

TransferMate Ltd., a provider of cross-border business-to-business payments technology, said it has won a payments license in Mexico.The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and CPA.com announced they are seeking applicants for the 2021 startup accelerator program, whose specialty is accounting, finance, and regulatory technology.Cryptocurrency provider Crypto.com launched a French version of its app …

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Walmart Joins Paymentus Network and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/3/20

Walmart Inc. has joined Paymentus Corp.‘s Instant Payment Network for bills paid in Walmart stores. Other users of the network are Amazon.com Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc.Modern Treasury, a startup payments-technology provider, said clients reconciled more than $100 million on its platform in August, with volume growing at a compound monthly …

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