Clearent by Xplor launched its payfac as a service product to help software companies more easily embed payment acceptance into their applications. Fiserv Inc. announced it has agreed to build financial services into the digital platform operated by DoorDash, the online delivery service. Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. announced it will acquire transactions for …
Read More »How Deals And Tech Are Helping AmEx Bulk up in the Hot Restaurant Market
American Express Co.’s top brass early Friday stressed the company’s technology build-up in the red-hot restaurant category while stressing a need to spur cardholder spending overall as the card company presented its third-quarter 2024 results. Revenue in the quarter hit $16.6 billion, up 8% from the September quarter last year, …
Read More »Better Armed Cyberthieves Means Fewer Breaches, More Effective Attacks
Despite the number of data breaches during the third-quarter of 2024 declining 8% from the previous quarter, criminals are better armed than ever for carrying out these nefarious attacks, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. One factor making it easier for criminals to initiate a data breach is the emergence …
Read More »CPI’s All-in-One Card Technology Debuts
With several factors at play, CPI Card Group Inc. is launching fresh card technology that reduces the amount of first-use plastics while providing issuers new formats and shapes for their credit, debit, and prepaid cards. Announced Wednesday, the All-in-One technology using the Secora Pay Green technology has been developed in …
Read More »Oracle Health Payments Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/16/24
Oracle Corp. launched Oracle Health Payments, which the company says combines gateway routing, processing, and acquiring in a single contract for health-care providers. Capabilities include tap-to-pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. Visa Inc. said it is collaborating with Analytic Partners to enable a data-analytics service for merchants. The fintech Pivot …
Read More »Motions Fly in the Battle Over the Illinois Interchange Case Ahead of an Oct. 30 Hearing
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to overturn the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act filed a motion late Friday requesting the court deny a request from several merchant organizations to join the Illinois Attorney General as defendants in the suit. At the heart of the plaintiffs’ argument is that the Illinois …
Read More »‘The Days of Easy Secular Growth Are Behind Us,’ Warns a New Report
Payments revenue, which grew at a healthy clip through last year, is going to see a drastically slower growth rate over the next five years, argues the Boston Consulting Group in a report issued early Monday. Worldwide payments revenues, which totaled $1.8 trillion last year, will increase at a compound …
Read More »Mastercard’s Age Verification Tool and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/14/24
Mastercard Inc. said its Identity Attribute Verification service soon will enable issuers to confirm cardholders’ information such as age, date of birth, or address. The initial focus will be select markets in Europe with plans to expand into others in 2025. Expense-management software developer Findity announced its Real Time Card platform, which it …
Read More »Stripe Returns to Crypto Support; Alchemy Pay Adds Samsung Pay To Its Wallet Offerings
Six years after dropping its support for cryptocurrency, Stripe Inc. is once again enabling its merchants to accept the digital money. As of Oct. 9, Stripe merchants can now accept USD Coin, a stablecoin that settles transactions in U.S. dollars. In the first 24 hours after launch, consumers from more …
Read More »The Durbin Amendment Enters the Battle Over the Illinois Interchange Law
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is refuting claims by plaintiffs in the Illinois interchange lawsuit that federal banking laws, such as the Durbin Amendment, supersede state laws. The latest back-and-forth is part of an unfolding lawsuit challenging the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. In an amicus brief filed late Friday, Durbin …
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