MoviePass, a movie-theater subscription service, selected Usio Inc. as its exclusive prepaid card issuing platform. Usio will be the program manager and processor for the upcoming MoviePass debit card it plans to issue to all subscribers.PayPal Holdings Inc., in conjunction with National Philanthropic Trust and Vanguard Charitable, launched Grant Payments, a product …
Read More »Gift Cards Will Be High on Gift Lists This Holiday Season, A Fiserv Study Says
Gift cards are expected to be popular presents this holiday season as 60% of consumers say they will buy the cards to fill a void in product availability created by disruptions to product supply chains, says Fiserv Inc.’s Q3 2022 Gift Card Gauge. Discount stores and big-box retailers will be …
Read More »As Consumers Embrace BNPL, Square Brings It to the U.K. Across All Platforms
Square announced early Tuesday its first integration in the United Kingdom of Clearpay, a buy now, pay later service known as Afterpay outside the U.K. and Europe. Square, the point-of-sale payments unit of San Francisco-based Block Inc., said the latest move is also its first major integration of BNPL in …
Read More »Dutchie POS Launches And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/23/22
Dutchie, which develops technology for cannabis retailers, unveiled Dutchie POS, which includes a hardware terminal and point-of-sale software.In related news, point-of-sale technology vendor POSaBIT Systems Corp. announced an agreement to license its point-of-sale technology to an unnamed “large cannabis technology partner.” The agreement calls for a one-time fee to POSaBIT of $500,000, …
Read More »COMMENTARY: Don’t Even Try to Enter iGaming Without a Digital Wallet Offering
The regulated online sports-betting and casino market in the United States has exploded in recent years following the Supreme Court’s repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) back in 2018. This repeal put the power to regulate single-event sports betting in state hands, with many subsequently passing …
Read More »BNPL Is Eating Into Credit Card Usage, J.D. Power Finds
Consumers are spending significantly less on their primary credit cards, says J.D. Power’s 2022 U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study. Overall, credit card holders are allotting 42% of their monthly spending to their primary credit cards, down from 47% in 2021 and 2020, and down from 50% from 2019. That decline …
Read More »Adyen Embraces POS Hardware with New Devices and a Development Focus
Adyen Inc., a long-time online payments provider, is further boosting its in-store payment acceptance options with the addition of two new point-of-sale devices. Both were designed by Adyen. Dubbed the NYC1 and AMS1 devices, they complement a suite of other POS terminals launched in January. The NYC1 device is designed …
Read More »Fed Accounts Are Now Open to Fintechs With a Bank Charter Under New Guidelines
For years, payments fintechs with a bank charter have labored under a requirement that, for money movement, deposit-taking, and other related services, they largely had to work with another federally chartered bank. This week, the nation’s top banking regulator announced an important change to its rules that could sweep away …
Read More »Sezzle And Klaviyo Team Up To Make BNPL a Tool To Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment
To help e-commerce merchants reduce shopping cart abandonment, Sezzle Inc. is partnering with customer platform provider Klaviyo. The deal will allow Klaviyo merchants to offer online shoppers a buy now, pay later loan when they abandon their shopping cart. Shopping cart abandonments are a nettlesome problem for e-commerce merchants, with …
Read More »Eye on BNPL: BigCommerce Goes Big With Affirm; Telispire Dials up Splitit’s BNPL Option
E-commerce platform BigCommerce Pty. Ltd. is expanding its deal with installment-payment provider Affirm Inc. to now include merchants of all sizes. Additionally, the broadened deal affords merchants the ability to offer custom payment options, such as bi-weekly and monthly options for eligible customers on purchases ranging from $50 to $17,500. …
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