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Independent sales organizations can’t do much without a sponsor bank, also known as an acquiring bank, to get them access to the payment card networks. As with most business endeavors, the complexity of finding a sponsor bank has increased. It’s a challenge that attendees at the 2023 Midwest Acquirers Association …
July, 2023
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10 July
With FedNow’s Launch Just Around The Corner, Pidgin Publishes Real-Time Payments Primer
Real-time payments platform provider Pidgin Inc. has published an eBook detailing key steps financial institutions should be taking to prepare for real time payments. The eBook, published just ahead of the debut of Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payments network this month, details how financial institutions can use real-time payments to …
June, 2023
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30 June
With a Few Weeks Til Launch, FedNow Lists 57 Participants
FedNow, the nation’s second real-time payments network set to debut in late July, says 41 financial institutions, 15 service providers, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury will be ready to send and receive transactions. All 57 have completed certification and testing for FedNow. The Federal Reserve said in 2019 …
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1 June
Eye on Wallets: Google Wallet Adds Driver’s License Storage; Alipay’s Apple Pay Integration
Google Wallet is adding the ability to store a digital image of a state-issued ID card along with several other features announced Thursday. In related news, Alipay, a China-based digital wallet with an estimated 1.3 billion users, is enabling users to add Alipay to their Apple IDs for use with …
April, 2023
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24 April
Eye on Tap to Pay: MagicCube Teams Up With ACI; Fiserv Offers Tap to Pay on Clover
The momentum behind tap to pay technology on smart phones shows no signs of slowing down. MagicCube Inc., which has traditionally focused on providing contactless payment technology to small merchants through off-the-shelf mobile devices, has expanded its reach to small and mid-sized merchants through a partnership with ACI Worldwide Inc. …
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3 April
PayPal Becomes Ticketmaster’s Preferred Payment Partner, a Boon for Braintree
PayPal Holdings Inc. says it is now the preferred payments partner of Ticketmaster, the big and often controversial multi-national ticketing business owned by Live Nation Entertainment Inc. The deal announced Monday is a boon for PayPal’s Braintree merchant-processing unit, which will become Ticketmaster’s main processor. Monday’s announcement essentially is an …
March, 2023
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31 March
As FedNow’s July Debut Nears, the Roadshow Begins
FedNow, the impending real-time payment service from the Federal Reserve, was formally introduced to the merchant-acquiring industry Thursday at the annual Northeast Acquirers Association conference. Expected to launch in July, FedNow will enable participating banks to offer instant payments with a default limit of $100,000 per transaction and stretch to …
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22 March
Familiar Names Grace the Upper Reaches of the Latest Strawhecker Merchant Acquirer Directory
No surprise, the top merchant acquirer by payment volume remains JPMorgan Chase & Co., according to the 2023 edition of Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers from TSG, formerly known as The Strawhecker Group. With volume of $2.15 trillion, Chase retained the top spot last year that it has held since …
February, 2023
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23 February
Block Resets to Focus on Slowing Expenses And Speeding Profit Growth
Block Inc. has been a fast-growing payments machine over the years since its founding in 2009, and now the company is looking to slow down somewhat and focus more intently on profit growth, according to top executives. That move could start with personnel. “We plan on slowing our pace of …
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7 February
Real-Time Payments Tee up in Separate Sionic And Oracle Offerings
Real-time payments are getting more attention in financial services, and vendors are quickly enabling the faster-payment capability. Among the latest to do so is Sionic Corp., with its suite of services that includes its Verified Rapid Payments, and Oracle Corp., with a new set of cloud-based banking services. Atlanta-based Sionic …
