Payment processor and core banking provider FIS Inc. posted first quarter revenue of $3.51 billion, a 0.6% increase from $3.49 billion in the same quarter in 2022. Its net income of $141 million was 17.5% greater than the $120 million profit a year ago. FIS’s merchant solutions segment had revenue of $1.1 …
Read More »Dwolla Expands Partner Ecosystem 45% in Q1
Citing increased demand for low-cost account-to-account payment solutions, digital-payments fintech Dwolla Inc. announced it grew its partner ecosystem 45% during the first quarter of 2023, bringing the total number of partners to 40. Among the companies to partner with Des Moines, Iowa-based Dwolla is financial data aggregator Flinks, a Montreal-based …
Read More »Visa Credit Card Volume up 5.2% And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/26/23
Visa Inc.’s U.S. debit card payments volume of $767 billion in its fiscal second quarter increased 9.6% from $699 billion in the quarter ending March 31 a year ago. Its U.S. credit card payments volume of $704 billion was a 10.5% increase from $638 billion a year ago. For all regions, Visa’s …
Read More »Eye on BNPL: Splitit Speeds Checkout; Klarna Introduces Personal Shopping Feed
White-label buy now, pay later provider Splitit Payments Ltd., introduced on Tuesday SplititExpress, a checkout experience that enables consumers to complete checkout in less than two seconds, compared to one-to-two minutes for other BNPL applications, Splitit says. The new feature also supports installment payments via Google Pay and Apple Pay. …
Read More »Ingenico Releases App Tool And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/25/23
Payments-technology provider Ingenico launched its AXIUM Payment Experience, dubbed APEX, an app intended to make it easier for businesses to craft payments apps. U.S. payments provider InComm Payments introduced a new unit, InComm Payments Brazil Technology Ltda., to expand the company’s operations in Brazil. Embedded-finance specialist Maast launched a set of new technologies aimed at making …
Read More »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. …
Read More »Priority’s New MX POS Platform And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/24/23
Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. said it is launching MX POS, a point-of-sale platform offering cloud accessibility with analytics and data reporting. Chargebacks911, a platform for chargeback management, advised merchants to streamline subscription-cancellation processes in response to a proposal from the Federal Trade Commission to require merchants to make it as easy to …
Read More »Cuban’s Drug Co. Taps RevSpring And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/21/23
RevSpring Inc. said it is the payment partner to the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., a new program for U.S. pharmacies. Cheq Inc., a mobile-payments provider serving the hospitality industry, said its technology will fulfill food orders at The Bite of Seattle, a festival set for July 21-23 and expected …
Read More »Pulse Volume up 9% And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/20/23
Discover Network reported $54.1 billion in Discover Card volume for the first quarter, up 9.5% over the same period last year. Discover’s Pulse debit network processed $65.3 billion in volume, a 9% increase year-over-year. Revenue net of interest expense rose 29% to $3.75 billion, but net income dropped 21% year-over-year owing …
Read More »NCR Investigates a Ransomware Attack And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/17/23
NCR Corp. said it is investigating a ransomware incident affecting one of its data centers and its Aloha cloud-based services for the hospitality industry. Its ATM, digital banking, payments and other retail services are not impacted. Huntington National Bank said it has extended Huntington ChoicePay to payments in higher education and business services. …
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