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E-commerce merchants can expect another strong holiday-shopping season this year as online transactions are projected to outpace those in the same period last year, according to ACI Worldwide Inc. In the United States, the biggest surge in volume is expected between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, with e-commerce sales projected to …
November, 2021
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22 November
Phishing Attacks Have Reached an Alarming Level, With a Record High in July
It’s well-known by now that e-commerce activity is on a sharp upswing, but the underside of that trend is that fraud is rising fast, as well. Phishing attacks, for example, hit a record high in July, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, which on Monday released its report for the …
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22 November
ParkMobile Expands Google Pay and Maps Integrations and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/22/21
Parking-payments app provider ParkMobile LLC announced it has added more than 100 new markets, including cities and universities, through its integration with Google Maps and Google Pay. The two companies announced the integration a year ago.KeyBank National Association said it has acquired XUP Payments, a digital payments platform focused on business-to-business transactions. Terms …
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19 November
Nium Teams Up With Roxe to Enable Real-Time Cross-Border Payments
As part of its efforts to expand real-time payments globally, financial-service technology provider Nium Pte. Ltd., has partnered with Roxe, a global payment network that uses blockchain technology to settle transactions. The partnership will allow Roxe to leverage the reach of Nium’s network to initiate cross-border payouts, including those from …
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19 November
A New X9 Standard Seeks to Help Firms Fend off Theft of Sensitive Financial Data
As data compromises of various sorts continue to threaten the security of digital payments, the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. this week issued a standard it says covers both data protection and breach notification. The new standard, “Financial and Personal Data Protection and Breach Notification,” also known as X9.141, is …
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19 November
U.S. Households Spend $380 Billion on Utility Bills, doxo Says and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/19/21
A survey from bill-payment provider doxo Inc. indicates U.S. households spend $380 billion annually on utility bills, with utility costs across the doxo platform up 4% in October compared to the same month last year.Mobile parking-payments app provider PayByPhone Technologies Inc. launched PayByPhone Business, an app for fleet-parking management.Robert Blair is joining payments platform Fintainium as president. …
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18 November
Shift4 Denies EVO Rumors and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/18/21
Shift4 Payments Inc. denied what it called “media reports” that it is pursuing an acquisition of EVO Payments Inc. Shift4 is “focused on supporting … new growth verticals” instead, the company said.Microsoft Corp. is testing buy now, pay later capability in its Edge browser. In conjunction with Zip Co. Ltd., the BNPL service is at the …
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18 November
As E-Commerce Soars, Square Launches a Photo App to Ease Product Displays Online
With consumers flocking to e-commerce sites, elements such as photos, logos, and artwork are taking on greater importance in helping to generate clicks and transactions. Recognizing that online retailers posting product pictures sell more than those that don’t, Square Inc. late Wednesday introduced Square Photo Studio, an app that enables …
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17 November
Amazon Gets Aggressive Against Visa in the U.K., But It May Need Allies
In the latest battle of the titans over credit card interchange, Amazon.com Inc. may enjoy the advantage of size but could be pursuing a risky strategy unless other retailers line up with it, according to a long-time observer of transaction-pricing dustups. The massive online merchant on Wednesday said it will …
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17 November
Citing a Need for Faster Funding, Euronet Launches a Real-Time Cross-Border Payment Network
To help speed and simplify cross-border payments for businesses, Euronet Worldwide, a Leawood, Kansas-based fintech, on Wednesday launched Dandelion, an end-to-end real-time cross-border payment network. Typically, initiating a cross-border transaction is a slow and manually driven process that involves exchanging emails, phone calls, and invoices between participating parties. Further slowing …
