Payments and commerce platform Xplor Technologies announced a new payment service for merchants that sell cannabidiol, also known as CBD, products.Dispute technology provider Chargebacks911 said it reached 1,000 integrated data connections on its platform.Payments-technology provider i2c Inc. has agreed to support fintech Marygold & Co.’s Tap to Pay debit Mastercard product.Prove Identity Inc. said its identity-verification …
Read More »Eye on Donations: Sionic Adds Real-Time A2A Payments; Givesmart Adds Apple Pay and Google Pay
Sionic Mobile Corp., a provider of omni-commerce, consumer-to-business payments technology, has introduced online and mobile widgets that enable non-profit organizations to accept real-time, bank-to-bank donations. Donors can use the apps, dubbed Pay-by-Bank, to initiate one-time or recurring donations direct from their bank account. Two key benefits of account-to-account donations is …
Read More »Uniqlo Picks Adyen And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/6/22
Adyen NV has been selected to process payments for Fast Retailing, operator of the Uniqlo platform of clothing stores and sites.Authentic Brands Group, which includes Eddie Bauer and Forever 21, settled a lawsuit against commerce platform Bolt. The two companies will continue to work together.The peer-to-peer payments platform Paxful Inc. has selected iProov, a provider …
Read More »Seeking to Tap Into Crypto Lending, Wirex Launches Near-Instant Stablecoin Advances
Cryptocurrency holders looking to leverage their assets can now get a loan of up to $100,000 in stablecoins, the digital-payments platform Wirex Ltd. announced early Tuesday. Under the new service, holders can borrow as much as 80% of the value of their crypto holdings and receive an almost immediate advance …
Read More »How GoCardless’s Deal for Nordigen Bolsters Its Position in Opening Banking
GoCardless Ltd., a specialist in the burgeoning field of account-to-account transfers, strengthened its hand Friday with the acquisition of Nordigen Solutions, a Latvian-based open-banking platform provider, for an undisclosed sum. The deal will allow GoCardless to connect to more than 2,300 banks in 31 countries to enable account-to-account payments, a …
Read More »Contactless Booms On Campuses And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/29/22
Transact Campus Inc., a specialist in mobile identity and payments for colleges, announced students have conducted more than 100 million contactless mobile-wallet transactions since the company’s start less than three years ago.TenureX, a platform founded in 2020 to enable correspondent-banking relationships, has added an extension to its Digital Transaction Certificate …
Read More »Eye on Mastercard: Paysafe Adds Send; PayPal Launches a Cashback Mastercard
To provide merchants in the United Kingdom and Europe with an international and domestic payout service, Paysafe Ltd. is integrating Mastercard Send into its platform. The deal will enable businesses in those regions to send payments to cards, bank accounts, and mobile wallets. Such capabilities are expected to be highly …
Read More »In a Crowded Market, Oracle Counts on Fixed Pricing to Boost Its New Platform for Restaurants
With restaurants scrambling to launch digital-payment options and a bevy of firms eager to satisfy that demand, the technology giant Oracle Corp. on Tuesday launched its Oracle Food and Beverage Payment Cloud Service. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company bills the new product as standing alone in offering contactless payments and …
Read More »Blackhawk Makes a Move And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/28/22
Dining-deal Web site Restaurant.com will work with payments provider Blackhawk Network to expand the site’s gift card program via Blackhawk’s online distribution network.SpotOn, a payments provider for restaurants, has been named a preferred technology partner by the New York State Restaurant Association.Amount, a fintech specializing in the rapidly expanding buy now, pay …
Read More »VividPayment Enters a Crowded Restaurant POS Fray
Competition in the hotly contested restaurant point-of-sale market continues to heat up as vendors transform themselves from payment-device providers to technology hubs. Sausalito, Calif.-based VividPayments LLC became the latest entrant looking to carve out a slice of the market Monday with the launch of Vivid POS, an iOS- and Android-based …
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