Marketing

Gopuff, the online food and beverage delivery platform from GoBrands Inc., is now accepting SNAP payments (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) for online orders nationwide. The deal makes Gopuff the first online delivery platform provider to receive approval from the United States Department of Agriculture to accept SNAP payments. As part …

Artificial intelligence platform Coveo said it will provide AI commerce services to Shopify Inc. enterprise customers. NCR Atleos Corp. announced Rontec, a Shell and Esso BP station operator in the United Kingdom, has extended its agreement to use Atleos for ATM operations at 267 gas stations. The Access Group, a United Kingdom-based developer …

Talk of embedded finance, the marrying of financial services with unrelated applications for businesses, threaded through the Money 20/20 conference this week in Las Vegas, as fintechs and financial institutions devise initiatives that extend beyond simple credit and debit card acceptance. Among the latest of these is Shopify Finance, a …

Fiserv Inc. announced enhancements to its Clover point-of-sale technology set, including new devices; integrations such as payroll; and financial functions such as cash discounting, cash advances, and same-day funds transfers. Holders of Visa Inc.’s Infinite Privilege cards can book scarce reservations at popular restaurants in several Canadian cities through the card network’s collaboration …

PayPal Holding Inc.’s top management early Tuesday wasted no time extolling the early returns on several initiatives the payments company has launched in recent weeks to reinvigorate growth at the 26-year-old company. Chief executive Alex Chriss, in office for barely more than a year, made it clear he is exercising …

As the Christmas holiday shopping season nears, Hallmark Cards Inc. is readying a new greeting card line that is available with digital gift cards. Kansas City, Mo.-based Hallmark says the launch of its Gift Card Greetings Web site enables consumers to purchase a physical greeting card that comes with a …

Account-to-account payments provider Dwolla Inc. is readying itself for more pay-by-bank business with an expanded integration to open-banking platform Plaid Inc. Des Moines, Iowa-based Dwolla says the integration, which is scheduled to go live in early 2025, will make Plaid’s instant account-verification and risk-assessment services available in Dwolla’s pay by …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Goldman Sachs “at least” $19.8 million in redress and assessed the company a $45 million civil-money penalty, while at the same time ordering Apple Inc. to pay a $25-million civil money penalty. The agency has also banned Goldman from introducing a new credit card …

Square, the acquiring arm of Block Inc., is diving deeper into health-and-beauty services via a partnership with business-to-business distributor SalonCentric, a unit of L’Oreal USA, and expanding options in its app marketplace. In related news, Worldpay will continue as the exclusive payments provider for The Reynolds and Reynolds Co., a …

Visa Inc. has restructured its money movement services under the Visa Direct portfolio, which now includes Visa B2B Connect, Currencycloud, Yellowpepper, and Visa Direct. Cash App, the peer-to-peer payment service and wallet from Square, said Lyft ride-share users can now pay for fares with Cash App. Truist Financial Corp. launched its Electronic …