Building on its strategy to enable application developers to connect to its platform faster, and in turn bring their applications to market faster, Dwolla Inc. is offering what it calls Drop-in Components. It’s a low-code programming option, so called because it allows developers to integrate Dwolla’s application programming interface using …
Read More »MagicCube Partners With Dojo to Roll Out i-Accept in the U.K. And Ireland
MagicCube Inc. announced Monday that Dojo, a United Kingdom-based payments provider, will adopt MagicCube’s i-Accept software, which converts off-the-shelf mobile devices into point-of-sale terminals. Dojo will integrate i-Accept into its SoftPos + PIN platform in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The integration is expected to give Dojo …
Read More »COMMENTARY: From the Unbanked to the Digerati, Banks Must Decode the New Payments Landscape
Amid one of the greatest crises in a century, the way we execute commerce and pay for goods and services has seen an acceleration that will be with us long after we return to some semblance of normalcy. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated by five years or more the adoption …
Read More »With More than 700 Transit Projects in the Pipeline, Visa Sees Tap-to-Pay Transit Payment Surge
As the veil of the Covid-19 pandemic begins to lift, consumers are beginning to resume some of their daily activities. One is returning to the office. While not all are doing this yet, the expectation is that mass-transit systems will soon see ridership bloom. One indicator is that Visa Inc. …
Read More »Priority’s Revenue up 22% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/13/21
Payments technology provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. reported first-quarter revenue of $113.3 million, up almost 22% from $93.1 million. The latter figure omits $3.5 million in revenue from the company’s RentPayments business, which it sold in September.The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta formed the Special Committee on Payments Inclusion that will focus on advancing …
Read More »Bolt Financial Launches Single Store Account Creation and Payment for E-Commerce Merchants
Bolt Financial Inc. is betting its single sign-on checkout application, Bolt SSO Commerce, will make it easier for e-commerce stores to steer shoppers away from using guest checkout. Instead, they can open an account while at the same time saving their payment credentials in one click at checkout. While anonymous …
Read More »U.S. Consumer Spending Is Gaining Strength Fast, a New Index Based on Visa Data Shows
Visa Inc. on Wednesday introduced to the general public its Visa Spending Momentum Index, a measure of what the global payments network calls “the health of consumer spending,” and the latest number indicates the U.S. economy is doing far better in the wake of business reopenings. In April, the index …
Read More »MoneyGram’s Bitcoin Gambit and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/12/21
MoneyGram International Inc. said it and Coinme Inc., a cryptocurrency exchange, are jointly offering a service to enable consumers to purchase Bitcoin with cash and withdraw Bitcoin value in cash. Initially, the service will be available at select U.S. MoneyGram locations in coming weeks. Eventually, the service will expand to include …
Read More »Past Its SPAC, Paysafe Logs First-Quarter Gains While Seeking to Expand in U.S. iGaming
Paysafe Group Holdings Ltd. has had an eventful six months, and on Tuesday the big processor indicated it’s going to be busy cultivating its stakes in U.S. online gambling and other specialized markets. “Our goal is to be the leading specialized payments platform,” declared chief executive Philip McHugh during a …
Read More »Repay To Acquire BillingTree and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/11/21
Repay Holdings Corp. said it is acquiring BillingTree, which provides payment services to the healthcare, credit union, accounts receivable management, and energy industries, for $503 million. BillingTree was founded in 2003. Repay also released its first quarter results with $47.5 million in revenue, a 20.3% increase from $39.5 million in the 2020 first …
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