Fiserv Inc. said Arkansas Federal Credit Union now offers the Zelle peer-to-peer payment service via Fiserv.Till Payments, an Australia-based payments-technology provider, said it is marking its official debut in the North American market at this week’s Electronic Transactions Association conference in Las Vegas. In January, Till acquired Zips, the payment-processing unit …
Read More »Block’s Square Unveils a Revamped Square Stand As Merchant Needs Evolve Fast
To help merchants manage their business through a single device in a rapidly changing payments landscape, Block Inc. on Monday introduced the next generation of Square Stand, the countertop device that converts an iPad into a point-of-sale system. It is the first redesign of Square Stand since its launch in …
Read More »BridgePay Adopts Visa Tokens and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/12/22
Payments gateway BridgePay Network Solutions LLC said is working with Visa Inc.’s TokenID technology to provide network tokenization to all clients using all processors.Paysafe Ltd. said it is expanding its working relationship with international gaming operator Betsson Group to support traditional and alternative payments for the new Betsafe online sportsbook for Colorado.Everi Holdings …
Read More »Aiming at Smaller Banks, Priority Technology Brings Its Payables Platform to Century Bank
Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. is partnering with Century Bank, a community bank with locations in New Mexico and Texas, to provide its accounts-payable platform called CPX (Commercial Payment Exchange) to the bank’s business customers. CPX automates manual business-to-business payments processes, such as manual check runs, payments, and reports. …
Read More »There’s More to Lose in Not Offering BNPL Than in Offering It, Providers Warn
The buy now, pay later trend may have come under scrutiny lately by regulators, but companies enabling BNPL warn sellers and payments providers risk losing merchant volume and younger consumers if they don’t offer the installment option online and at the point of sale. “You’ll see volume attrition without merchant …
Read More »Adyen Poised To Offer Tap to Pay on iPhone To U.S. Merchants
Processor Adyen NV is poised to be among the first to offer Apple Inc.’s Tap to Pay on iPhone service to U.S. merchants. Sometime later this year the service will launch, enabling compatible iPhones to accept contactless payments without the use of additional hardware or payment terminals. Announced in February …
Read More »Bolt To Acquire Wyre and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/7/22
The commerce platform Bolt has agreed to acquire the cryptocurrency provider Wyre to enable consumers to spend crypto at Bolt merchants, which will receive fiat currency. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close before year’s end, were not disclosed.In related news, payments platform Nium said it has partnered with cryptocurrency specialist BitPay to allow …
Read More »Big Banks’ Interest in Launching Zelle Into Retail Payments Puzzles Some Observers
A serious expansion of the Zelle peer-to-peer payments network or just saber rattling to get a better deal from the card networks? That’s one question raised by payments-industry experts after The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co.—two of the seven big financial institutions …
Read More »Zelle for Retail Payments? and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/6/22
At least a couple of banks—Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co.—are proponents of expanding the Zelle peer-to-peer payments service to retail payments, The Wall Street Journal reported. Owned by Early Warning Services LLC, itself owned by seven of the largest U.S. banks including BofA and Wells, Zelle offers account-to-account payments. The …
Read More »Eyeing the Contactless Market, MagTek Launches Its DynaFlex II And DynaProx Readers
Payments-technology provider MagTek Inc. on Tuesday launched the latest product on its DynaFlex platform, the DynaFlex II card reader, and also unveiled its DynaProx family of readers for transactions involving NFC mobile wallets as well as barcodes. The new technology follows a two-year span in which businesses have sought out …
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