One Inc, a payments platform for the insurance industry, reported it signed 87 new agreements in 2024, with revenue up 55% for the year. The company exited the year at an annual run rate of $100 billion in processing volume, it said. Corpay Inc. said its cross-border payments platform launched Multi-Currency …
Read More »Affirm Revenue up 47% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/7/25
Buy now, pay later specialist Affirm Holdings Inc. reported $866.4 million in revenue for its fiscal second quarter ending Dec. 31, up 46.4% from $591.1 million in the year prior quarter. With a profit of $80.4 million, Affirm reversed last year’s quarterly loss of $166.9 million. Among other metrics for the quarter, …
Read More »Lightspeed Says It Will Remain Public As It Posts a 17% Revenue Bump
After more than 19 weeks of strategic review, Lightspeed Commerce Inc. said Thursday it will remain a publicly traded company. That will mean a renewed emphasis on retail, too, it said. Montreal-based Lightspeed announced the review in September, having brought back founder Dax Dasilva as chief executive a year ago, …
Read More »Another Step for Pay by Bank and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/6/25
Trustly, an open-banking specialist, will work with payments specialist Spreedly to offer pay-by-bank services to merchants. ACI Worldwide Inc. will work with Banfico, a provider of technology for open banking and regulatory compliance, to help banks and payment service providers in Europe comply with confirmation of payee and verification of payee …
Read More »RTP Passes 1 Billion Mark and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/3/25
The Clearing House Payments Co.’s Real Time Payments Network said it passed 1 billion cumulative payments on Friday. The network, operated by TCH since 2017, also set single-day records Friday for number of payments, at 1,592,419, and value, at $1.44 billion. New York City-based TCH is owned by 20 large commercial banks. President Donald …
Read More »Discover Volume up 4% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/23/25
Discover Financial Services reported payments volume of $102 billion for the fourth quarter of 2024, up 4% year-over-year, including a 7% rise for the Pulse electronic funds transfer network and a 9% increase for Diners Club. Overall, the company reported a 14% increase in revenue net of interest expense, to $4.76 …
Read More »Gettrx Debuts a White Label Processing Program for ISOs And ISVs
Payments provider Global Electronic Technology Inc., known as Gettrx, launched a white- label platform for agents, independent sales organizations, and independent software vendors that could help them compete against larger payment processors. The platform, called Gettrx One, enables agents, ISOs, and ISVs to market the service under their brand at …
Read More »Cardworks Acquires Ally Card Portfolio and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/22/25
Cardworks Inc. and its banking unit, Merrick Bank, have agreed to acquire Ally Financial Inc.’s credit card portfolio. The business includes $2.3 billion in receivables and serves 1.3 million active cardholders. Terms were not announced. The card-issuing platform Marqeta Inc. is supporting efforts by Trading 212, a developer of financial apps, to launch …
Read More »Agilysys Brings Integrated Payments to Kiva Dunes Resort; Cantaloupe Launches Ladder Pricing For Arcades
Agilysys Inc., a provider of hospitality solutions, is implementing 13 integrated software solutions at Kiva Dunes, a golf resort located in Gulf Shores, Ala., intended to optimize per guest revenue, automate administrative tasks, and improve the guest experience. Agilysys’ applications, which includes point-of-sale software, will eliminate repetitive administrative tasks across …
Read More »Sunmi’s New Android Devices and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/20/25
Point-of-sale terminal maker Sunmi launched several POS devices, including the Flex series, which uses the Android operating system. Bigg Digital Assets Inc., owner of Netcoins, Blockchain Intelligence Group, and TerraZero, said Netcoins Canada is launching eight crypto coins that begin trading Jan. 21.
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