January 18, 2022
Acquiring, ATMs, Automated Clearing House, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Mastercard Inc. said it is enabling Mastercard-branded cards to be used for purchases on Coinbase’s upcoming NFT marketplace. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are digital goods.Accounting-automation company Bookkeep announced integrations with Stripe, Sage Intacct, and NetSuite. The company, which serves more than 600 retailers and restaurants, also offers links to Shopify, Square, Amazon, and …
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January 17, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Transaction Processing
Stripe Inc. announced Monday a five-year deal with Ford Credit, Ford Motor Company’s financial-services arm, to develop new e-commerce applications for Ford customers and dealers in North America and Europe. The agreement also includes processing payments for the automaker’s dealer network and providing Ford dealers with an improved payment-acceptance platform. …
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January 17, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Marketing, Mobile Wallets, Near-Field Communication (NFC), Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Software firm UST said it has worked with Kiosk Information Systems to introduce a touchless checkout platform that offers both voice and gesture-based interaction as well as a variety of payment flows, including QR codes, app wallets, contactless cards, and cash.Point-of-sale terminal maker Ingenico, a unit of Worldline, launched its Self-Modular POS, a …
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January 14, 2022
Competitive Strategies, Featured, Marketing, Mobile Wallets, Person-to-Person Payments
Peer-to-peer money transfers have become a hyper-competitive market, driving even the best-known providers to seek out an edge. One such idea is to introduce a feature that lets senders add virtual gift-wrapping to payments they’re sending for special occasions, and on Thursday Venmo started rolling out just such a feature. …
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January 14, 2022
Acquiring, ATMs, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Payroc WorldAccess LLC said it acquired East Commerce Solutions, a merchant service provider, which has more than $2 billion in annual processing volume. Terms were not disclosed.NCR Corp. said it has closed on its acquisition of LibertyX, a provider of software for cryptocurrency transactions at ATMs and on various payment-acceptance devices. LibertyX …
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January 13, 2022
Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Diners visiting Texas Roadhouse restaurants will soon be able to tap on digital offers in the Texas Roadhouse app thanks to a newly announced deal with Sparkfly, a retail services provider. In related point-of-sale news, Merrco Payments Inc. launched its expanded PayHQ service in the United States. Merrco specializes in …
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January 13, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
Visa Inc. announced a new payment platform, Visa Acceptance Cloud, which will let acquirers, payment service providers, point-of-sale system makers, and Internet of Things developers, to move the payment processing software from the hardware device to the computing cloud. Tests of the new platform are happening in North America, South America, …
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January 12, 2022
Competitive Strategies, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Wallets, Pricing
One of the most receptive markets for cryptocurrency could be that for content creators, most of whom are self-employed and looking for fast and reliable ways to get paid. That’s what BBTV Holdings Inc. figures, and on Wednesday the video platform launched Pay to Crypto to send payments to marketers on …
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January 12, 2022
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Issuing/Originating, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Person-to-Person Payments, Point-of-sale, Prepaid Cards, Transaction Processing
Visa Inc.’s Back to Business study found 82% of small businesses plan to accept some form of digital payment in 2022, with 24% saying they plan to accept digital currencies like Bitcoin. The study canvassed 2,250 small-business owners and employees in nine countries, including the United States.Payments provider Lightspeed Commerce Inc. said its merchants …
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January 11, 2022
Competitive Strategies, Kiosks & Ticketing Machines, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale
Having committed to rolling out automated voice ordering in drive-thru lanes at its corporate-owned restaurants, Checkers Drive-in Restaurants Inc. expects the new technology will improve order accuracy and significantly increase ticket sizes through more efficient upselling practices. Checkers’ commitment to automated voice ordering, which it announced Monday, comes at a time …
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