Friday , January 10, 2025

Transaction Processing

Humbl’s Integration With GreatFoods2Go And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/26/22

Mobile-wallet developer Humbl Inc. announced an integration with food-delivery platform Great Foods2Go that will include the integration of Humbl’s Humbl Wallet, Humbl Pay, Humbl Search Engine, and Humbl Marketplace capabilities.Bank of America announced it has added a sign-in capability by QR code for its CashPro platform, a payments utility for client companies. The …

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Blackhawk Teams With Fashion Merchant H&M for B2B Gift Cards

Fashion retailer H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP has partnered with the payments platform Blackhawk Network to offer business-to-business gift cards. H&M is expected to use the cards as employee and consumer incentives. “As our gift card program has continued to evolve, it has become a significant driver of sales for …

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Eye on BNPL: Square’s Afterpay Marks Canada Debut; Allegiant Taps Uplift

Square, the payment-processing unit of Block Inc., is integrating its Afterpay buy now, pay later service into its e-commerce products across Canada. Meanwhile, airline Allegiant introduced Allegiant Pay Powered by Uplift for flights, hotels, and car-rental bookings made by its customers. Uplift is a travel-specific buy now, pay later provider. …

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Finastra Adds Visa Direct for Payouts And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/23/22

Financial-technology provider Finastra said it is incorporating Visa Direct, a real-time push-payment capability developed by Visa Inc., as a cross-border payout offering for banks.Coinsquare, a crypto asset trading platform based in Canada, said it has agreed to acquire Simply Digital Technologies Inc., owner of the CoinSmart trading platform and a unit of …

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Four Trends Are Affecting U.S. Retail, a Checkout.com Report Finds

Everybody knows the U.S. retail arena is changing, but a new report from Checkout.com reveals that four trends, among them the growth in digital payments, currently are most affecting it. Rising prices, consumers seeking new shopping channels, and increased competitiveness are the other three trends altering the retail landscape. United …

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Affirm, Amazon Mark Canada Expansion And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/22/22

Affirm Inc. expanded its installment payment service with Amazon.com Inc. to consumers in Canada.Digital personal finance provider Achieve said the percentage of Achieve users with buy now, pay later accounts on their credit reports grew 58% in June compared to January 2021.The “2022 State of Credit” report from Marqeta Inc. found that 64% of BNPL users reported …

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Galileo Teams With DataVisor to Launch All-in-One Fraud Detection Beyond Credit Cards

Galileo Financial Technologies LLC said late Tuesday it is partnering with DataVisor Inc. to enhance its fraud-detection technology beyond credit cards to include such payments options as debit cards and the automated clearing house. The new technology will also include provisioning and onboarding of new accounts. The partnership comes as …

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Looking to Upgrade Their Skills, Consumers Take BNPL to School

As consumers look to improve their education and gain new skills, many are turning to buy now, pay later services to finance these efforts. On Wednesday, the Atlanta-based BNPL provider Splitit USA Inc. said its merchant sales volume in digital education and professional development ballooned 350% from 2019 to 2022. …

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Paysafe Makes a Spreedly Connection And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/21/22

Paysafe Ltd. said it will offer its payment gateway to international merchants using a payments orchestration platform from Spreedly.Payments provider Fortis said its services will be integrated with hotel property-management systems from Visual Matrix under a new agreement. Visual Matrix says more than 3,000 properties use its technology.Visa Inc. said it has processed more …

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Does Its Debut in the House Confer Momentum on Durbin’s Credit Card Legislation?

An effort backed by many of the nation’s major retailer trade groups to put a lid on credit card acceptance costs took a big step forward Monday with the introduction in the House of Representatives of the Credit Card Competition Act. The bill, launched in July in the Senate, seeks …

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