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Consumer demand is so strong that 81% of merchants surveyed by American Express Co. intend to make contactless payments a permanent option at the point of sale. Some 70% of merchants say their customers have asked for contactless payments, J.J. Kieley, vice president of the AmEx Payments Consulting Group, tells Digital …
September, 2020
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25 September
Cleure Adding Afterpay to Express Checkout and other Digital Transactions News briefs form 9/25/20
Cleure, a marketer of skin-care products, announced it will launch a redesigned Web site whose features include an express checkout with installment-lending capability from Afterpay Ltd.Payments provider Trust Payments said it has joined with property-management software provider Guestline to launch GuestPay, a payment service for hotel managers. The service is available in 25 …
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25 September
COMMENTARY: Here Are the Key Factors Driving Digital Fraud in 2020
Over the last 24 months, organizations across the globe have experienced $42 billion in total fraud losses. An increasing number of businesses report higher losses related to fraudulent identities year over year, according to a report from Experian, from 51% in 2017 to 57% in 2019. Here are some of …
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24 September
Stripe Adds Customer Experience Integration And Provides a Buy Button for MailChimp
ActiveCampaign, a customer-experience automation provider, is teaming with Stripe Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. to integrate its software in the platforms of both payment providers. The integrations will enable merchants to connect their Stripe or PayPal accounts to ActiveCampaign through native integrations and use payer data to coordinate personalized customer …
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24 September
In the Face of Covid-19, PayByPhone Grows Its Roster of Colleges for Its Mobile Payment App
To the extent students are returning to college campuses, payments companies are pursuing opportunities in contactless payments—even when it comes to paying for parking. PayByPhone Technologies Inc. on Thursday said that with recent additions its mobile parking app is now available at 29 North American colleges and universities. The app …
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24 September
Revel Advisory Board Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/24/20
Point-of-sale system develop Revel Systems Inc. formed the Revel Advisory Board, whose members will advise and guide Revel clients on subjects such as franchise planning, scalability and growth, technology, and data use.Processor Paya Inc. and FinTech Acquisition Corp. III, a special-purpose acquisition company, announced FinTech Acquisition Corp. III has filed a Form S-4 related to the …
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23 September
Plastic Starts to Take a Back Seat As Mastercard Expands Its Digital Card Program
Mastercard Inc. announced Wednesday plans to expand its Digital First card program in North America by partnering with payment processors to provide guidelines for consumer experience with digital payment cards. Processors Mastercard is partnering with include CoreCard Software Inc., FIS Inc., Fiserv Inc., Galileo Processing Inc., i2c Inc., Marqeta Inc., …
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23 September
Third-Party Processors Are Starting to Pay off for TCH As It Seeks to Expand Real-Time Payments
Getting to universal real-time payments in the United States will depend on reaching smaller banking institutions, and on Wednesday The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC may have created the potential to scoop up a significant number of these endpoints via a deal with the major processor FIS Inc. The two …
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23 September
Clearent Acquires Wintac and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/23/20
Clearent LLC announced the acquisition of Wintac, a software developer for the residential contractor industry. Wintac will become part of FieldEdge, a Clearent subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed.Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. has completed a previously announced sale of its RentPayment business to real-estate technology provider MRI Software. Priority will continue to …
