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RevSpring Inc. said it is the payment partner to the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., a new program for U.S. pharmacies. Cheq Inc., a mobile-payments provider serving the hospitality industry, said its technology will fulfill food orders at The Bite of Seattle, a festival set for July 21-23 and expected …
April, 2023
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20 April
Cards in a Real-Time Payments World
As a new phase of real-time payments in the United States draws near, don’t expect payment cards to go away any time soon. That’s the consensus from several speakers at the Smarter Faster Payments 2023 conference sponsored by Nacha this week in Las Vegas. Each time a new payment rail …
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20 April
An Upbeat AmEx Reports Record Revenue—But the CEO Remains ‘Paranoid’ About Rivals
Observers of the payments landscape who are wondering when the business will get its momentum back may have had their question answered early Thursday by the top executives of American Express Co. Travel and entertainment spending, a key category for AmEx historically and one that was hammered hard by the …
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20 April
Pulse Volume up 9% And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/20/23
Discover Network reported $54.1 billion in Discover Card volume for the first quarter, up 9.5% over the same period last year. Discover’s Pulse debit network processed $65.3 billion in volume, a 9% increase year-over-year. Revenue net of interest expense rose 29% to $3.75 billion, but net income dropped 21% year-over-year owing …
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19 April
Square Launches Tap to Pay for Android in the United States And Five Other Markets
Square, the point-of-sale and e-commerce unit of Block Inc., Wednesday announced the launch of Tap to Pay on Android for merchants in the United States, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The technology will enable Square merchants to accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, such as …
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19 April
The FedNow Real Time Payments Marathon Is About to Begin
If The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s experience with the formation and setup of its Real Time Payments network more than five years ago is any indication, the upcoming FedNow service may want to prepare for a marathon. That’s the advice from Keith Gray, TCH vice president of sales and …
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19 April
Darwinium Evolves to San Francisco And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/19/23
Darwinium, a fraud-prevention platform serving payments providers and fintechs from global offices in London and Sydney, announced its expansion into the U.S. market, including relocation of its corporate headquarters to San Francisco. Some 65% of treasury officers reported their organizations were victimized by attempted or actual fraud last year, the …
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18 April
ACI Bundles Fraud Services Under a Real-Time Payments Cloud Brand
As real-time payments gain more traction in the United States, ACI Worldwide Inc. is making fraud-protection services that cater to these methods available under the Real-Time Payments Cloud moniker. Announced Tuesday and working with Microsoft Corp.’s cloud service Azure, ACI’s Real-Time Payments Cloud supports the Real Time Payments network from …
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18 April
It’s Continued Velocity for Faster Payments on the ACH As Same-Day Dollar Volume Grows 95%
Faster-payments networks are forming to take advantage of a perceived appetite among consumers and businesses to move money at a quicker pace, but one such service that has been available since 2016 is reporting booming jumps in volume. Nacha, the Herndon, Va.-based organization that manages the nation’s automated clearing house …
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18 April
Fiserv’s Digital Debit Cards And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/18/23
Fiserv Inc. launched a platform that can issue digital versions of a replacement debit card, enabling immediate use of a card that can be added to a digital wallet. Mobile-messaging provider Clickatell announced what it calls the world’s first chat-commerce platform as a service (CCPaaS). The platform allows customers to …
