Thursday , November 21, 2024

Prepaid Cards

Fiserv and ADP Team up and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/20/24

Fiserv Inc. and ADP have agreed to offer as a package Fiserv technologies such as Clover and CashFlow Central and ADP services for payroll and human resources. The offering is expected to be available early next year. Gift card specialist Raise said it expanded into Canada following last month’s launch in the United …

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58% of Spending Made with Debit Cards and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/19/24

Debit cards not using prepaid funds accounted for 58% of U.S. card spending in 2022, the Atlanta Fed noted in a review of a Federal Reserve Payments Study released last week. Credit cards were used for 36% of payments and 6% of payments were made with prepaid debit cards. Cantaloupe Inc. will serve as …

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Priceline Picks Affirm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/18/24

Buy now, pay later processor Affirm Inc. said it is expanding its partnership with Priceline to include online travel agency Priceline’s business-to-business platform, Priceline Partner Solutions. Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. announced it has completed the process of going private after five years as a public company. Neon Maple Purchaser Inc., a unit of Advent …

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Blackhawk Debuts eGift Card Links and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/14/24

Prepaid card platform Blackhawk Network launched eGift Card Links, which allows brands to let customers paste a link into an email, text, or social-messaging app. Recipients access the e-gift card by opening the link and can redeem it immediately. Judopay, a United Kingdom-based mobile-payments platform, said it is entering the North American …

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Blackhawk Network Launches Digital Cards With Its Visa And Mastercard Branded e-Gift Products

The Blackhawk Network has entered the digital card space with the launch of Visa- and Mastercard-branded e-gift cards that can be used in-store and online. The launch builds on consumers’ growing preferences for QR-code and tap-to-pay technology, the prepaid card company says, as both technologies help streamline the payment process …

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Strong Growth in Card Sales and Services Boost CPI’s Top Line

Net sales for payment card producer CPI Card Group Inc. jumped 18% in the third quarter as card issuers boosted orders for credit, debit and prepaid cards and CPI’s services offerings. It was the second straight quarter of sales increases for Littleton, Colo.-based CPI following 7% decreases in the first …

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New Clover Devices Debut and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/31/24

Fiserv Inc. announced enhancements to its Clover point-of-sale technology set, including new devices; integrations such as payroll; and financial functions such as cash discounting, cash advances, and same-day funds transfers. Holders of Visa Inc.’s Infinite Privilege cards can book scarce reservations at popular restaurants in several Canadian cities through the card network’s collaboration …

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Hallmark Greeting Cards Line Now Has Digital Gift Cards Via InComm Payments

As the Christmas holiday shopping season nears, Hallmark Cards Inc. is readying a new greeting card line that is available with digital gift cards. Kansas City, Mo.-based Hallmark says the launch of its Gift Card Greetings Web site enables consumers to purchase a physical greeting card that comes with a …

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CPI’s All-in-One Card Technology Debuts

With several factors at play, CPI Card Group Inc. is launching fresh card technology that reduces the amount of first-use plastics while providing issuers new formats and shapes for their credit, debit, and prepaid cards. Announced Wednesday, the All-in-One technology using the Secora Pay Green technology has been developed in …

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Digital Cards Gain Favor While Physical Ones Still Dominate

With the holiday shopping season drawing closer, consumers are readying their gift card purchasing plans. Twenty-eight percent of consumers plan to purchase digital gift cards for recipients this holiday season, compared with 25% in 2023, according to a Bank of America Corp. and TSG survey of 1,007 consumers. But that …

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