News

September, 2022

• 14 September

  Fiserv’s Clover Will Install 1,000+ Devices Across Three New Orleans Venues

  

  The trend toward cashless sports stadiums continues to roll like a juggernaut. ASM Global, a provider of convention-venue management and event strategy and producer of entertainment events, is installing more than 1,000 point-of-sale devices from Fiserv Inc.’s Clover Sport unit across three New Orleans sports and entertainment venues. The three …
• 14 September

  A Lack of Payment Choices Figures in the Reasons Why Online Shoppers Walk Away

  

  An absence of such payment features as one-click checkout and alternative payment methods at shopping sites is contributing to an overall cart-abandonment rate for online merchants that came to 75.7% of carts initiated in the year through March, according to a study released late Tuesday. The report, from Coresight Research …
• 14 September

  Bottomline Acquires Nexus Systems And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/14/22

  

  Payments-technology provide Bottomline announced it has acquired Nexus Systems, a vendor of payments-automation software the real-estate and property-management sector. Terms were not disclosed.Payments provider Stax launched Stax Bill, a service that provides automated billing software. It had been known as Fusebill, a company that Stax acquired in 2021.Loyalty network Engage People said it partnered with FreedomPay to …
• 13 September

  NewStore Becomes the Latest Processor to Offer Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone

  

  NewStore Inc., a payments-platform provider specializing in mobile transactions, has become the latest processor to roll out Apple Inc.’s Tap to Pay on iPhone solution to its merchants in the United States. The payment option, which allows merchants to accept Apple Pay and other contactless payments by using an iPhone …
• 13 September

  Merchants United Picks AI Service for Statement Analysis

  

  In a move to automate much of the task of analyzing merchant statements, Merchants United LLC said it will use nRoad Inc.’s platform, which analyzes unstructured data in an effort to extract useful information from it. Charleston, S.C.-based Merchants United said the technology will help its bottom line because it …
• 13 September

  Worldpay for Platforms Debuts And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/13/22

  

  The big processor FIS Inc. launched Worldpay for Platforms, a service that lets software providers speed up access to FIS’s Worldpay processing unit while onboarding small and medium-size merchants.PayMyTuition, a payments platform for colleges and universities, launched a cashiering module that lets schools set up multiple cashier stations to process campus payments …
• 12 September

  Bread Teams Up With Marqeta to Strengthen Its BNPL Hand

  

  Seeking to beef up its buy now, pay later offering, Bread Financial on Monday launched the Bread Pay One-Time Use Card, a virtual credit card that allows consumers to pay for purchases in four installments. The card, which will be issued by Marqeta Inc., can be used by consumers for …
• 12 September

  The Card Networks’ Move on Gun Data Raises As Many Questions As Answers

  

  The decision over the weekend by three of the nation’s largest payments networks to introduce a new category code for gun shops could raise more questions for the payments industry than answers. The move by American Express Co., Mastercard Inc., and Visa Inc. would for the first time create a …
• 12 September

  JPMorgan Acquires Renovite And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/12/22

  

  J.P. Morgan announced it has agreed to acquire Renovite Technologies Inc., a payments-technology company based in California, to help modernize the bank’s merchant-acquiring platform. Terms were not announced.The Western Union Co. announced it has acquired Te Enviei, a digital wallet based in Brazil, in an effort to introduce expanded Western Union services …
• 9 September

  Aurora Payments Bulks up With Its Deal for the ISO One Payment

  

  Aurora Payments LLC, which specializes in integrated-payments technology for small to medium-size businesses, has acquired One Payment, a Florida-based fintech payment company, for an undisclosed sum. One Payment services more than 6,000 merchants, with a focus on minority-owned small and medium-size businesses. The company processes more than $1 billion in …