News

December, 2024

• 10 December

  SurgePays Partners With Clover to Ease Marketing at the Point of Sale

  

  SurgePays Inc. is integrating its ClearLine marketing platform with Fiserv Inc.’s Clover point-of-sale technology set. The integration will enable small and mid-size merchants to deliver marketing and customer-engagement strategies at the point-of-sale. The integration adds value to independent sales organizations’ offerings by providing advanced marketing capabilities at the point of …
• 10 December

  Diebold Nixdorf’s Windows 11 ATMs Signal the Next Era

  

  ATM makers are preparing for the next software evolution for cash-dispensing and deposit machines, as evidenced by Diebold Nixdorf Inc.’s implementation of the Microsoft Windows 11 operating system on devices managed by two banks in Central Asia. Other makers, such as Hyosung Americas, are readying their systems to support Windows …
• 10 December

  Fee Cap Injunction Remains and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/10/24

  

  Restaurant server tips averaged 18.8% in the third quarter, unchanged from the second quarter, according to data from Toast Inc.’s Q3 2024 Restaurant Trends Report. The research gathered data from approximately 127,000 locations served by the Toast payments platform. Amazon.com Inc.’s Amazon Seller Central will integrate AI-based payments and financial-management tools from Intuit Inc. …
• 9 December

  DataVisor Launches Real Time Fraud Detection

  

  DataVisor Inc., a fraud- and risk-management solutions provider, early Monday announced the launch of an artificial intelligence-based platform that measures hot spot, distinct count, and high-frequency data in real time. The ability to measure these three data points in real time helps speeds the identification of potential fraud threats, which …
• 9 December

  Google Sues the CFPB After the Agency Slams Google Over a Wallet It No Longer Offers in the U.S. Market

  

  Google Inc. has sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau following the CFPB’s action Friday asserting federal supervision of the company’s Google Pay wallet. In the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the same day the CFPB acted, the tech giant argues the case targets a payment service …
• 9 December

  WSPN’s Fractal Cooperation and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/9/24

  

  The Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network, known as WSPN, said it will work with Bitcoin platform Fractal to help widen stablecoin access. The global market value for parking-management systems, including payments processing, will grow from $5.59 billion this year to $11.29 billion in 2034, a compound annual growth rate of 7.3%, according …
• 6 December

  Bank of America Completes Paze Enablement

  

  Consumers holding Bank of America Corp. credit and debit cards now have access to the Paze online checkout following BofA’s  declaration that all of its eligible cards are now enabled for the e-commerce service. Paze is an online-checkout service developed by Early Warning Services LLC. It is designed to provide …
• 6 December

  COMMENTARY: How Endpoint And Mobile Device Management Can Help Crack Down on Risk 

  

  Financial firms live and die by their reputation. While we know that, with credit unions, insurance companies, and holding companies, the result of a cyberattack could mean funding challenges, reputational damage, and even insolvency, what many don’t know is that, today, around 70% of business risks enter through an endpoint …
• 6 December

  Cyber Weekend Sales up 5.7%, Fiserv Says and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/6/24

  

  Same-store sales volume rose 5.7% and transactions were up 6.7% during the days from Nov. 27 and Dec. 2 compared to the same week last year, according to the 2024 Thanksgiving Holiday Insights report from Fiserv Inc. Illinois-based payments provider Payroc will work with Sunday, a restaurant point-of-sale technology provider, to offer the …
• 5 December

  Toast And Uber Expand a Delivery Partnership; SoundHound Rolls Out AI Ordering at Torchy’s Tacos

  

  Hospitality point-of-sale company Toast Inc. has expanded its partnership with Uber Technologies Inc. to enable restaurants using Uber’s delivery service to reach customers through more channels and lower their delivery costs. Toast will integrate its platform with Uber Direct, Uber’s on-demand delivery platform that enables businesses to take orders through their Web …