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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Payments Execs Head into Government As Fiserv And Shift4 CEOs Are Nominated for Key Federal Roles
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Fiserv Inc. chief executive Frank Bisignano to be the next commissioner of the Social Security Administration, headquartered in Woodlawn, Md. The move follows by a day news that Trump has named Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive of Shift4 Payments Inc., a Fiserv rival, to …
Read More »OwlTing Partners With MoneyGram; Nuvei Enables Blockchain Payment in Latin America; Nacha’s Crypto Report
OwlTing Group, a blockchain-technology company, is working with MoneyGram International Inc. to support cash-in transactions from local fiat currencies to USD Coin in its OwlPay Wallet Pro service at nearly 50,000 MoneyGram locations in 30 countries. OwlPay Wallet Pro is a blockchain-based, unhosted digital wallet that enables cross-border transactions. USD Coin is …
Read More »The Clearing House Raises Its Real Time Payments Cap to $10 Million—a 10X Increase
The Real Time Payments network operated by The Clearing House Payments Co. said early Wednesday it will raise its transaction limit to $10 million, a tenfold jump from the current $1-million cap. The new limit will take effect Feb. 9, following a 60-day notice period required by The Federal Reserve. …
Read More »Diebold Nixdorf’s Windows 11 ATM Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/4/24
ATM maker Diebold Nixdorf Inc. said two bank clients in Central Asia are the first to launch ATMs using Microsoft Windows 11. Block Inc.’s trio of payments platforms—Square, Afterpay, and Cash App—processed a record 144 million consumer transactions over the Black Friday through Cyber Monday period, up 17% from the same time …
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