The buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB signaled its intention Wednesday to issue a new credit card in the U.S. market. The company said it has opened a waitlist for the product, which it calls a “new and improved Klarna Card.” The new Visa card, which does not offer …
Read More »Fiserv’s Clover Kiosk and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/17/24
Fiserv Inc. introduced Clover Kiosk for the hotly competitive restaurant payments market, along with what it calls an enhanced Clover Kitchen Display System. Ferry, a tip-payout specialist, has launched a payroll card and tipping platform nationally for casual-dining chain BJ’s Restaurants, which operates more than 200 locations in 30 states. U.S.-based …
Read More »As Data Drives Sales, Shift4 Adds A Business Intelligence Module to Its SkyTab POS System
Shift4 Payments Inc. says it has added a new business-intelligence module to its SkyTab POS platform for restaurants. The new module, aimed at dining establishments of any size, provides more granular data-filtering options for restaurants’ point-of-sale system, such as detailed transaction-management and revenue-center reporting. Chains can use the module to …
Read More »Aurora Releases the Arise Platform; FastSpring Adds Apple Pay and Pix
Evolving merchant expectations are a primary factor in Aurora Payments’ newly released Arise Payment Platform, which is intended to match sellers’ needs, says Brian Goudie, Aurora chief executive. Announced Tuesday, the Arise platform includes same-day onboarding capability, surcharging, cash discounting, and dual- pricing options, Aurora says. It also offers acceptance …
Read More »Restaurant Price Strategies Come Under Fire As Advocates Push to Pass a Credit Card Bill
As restaurants turn to surcharging and dynamic pricing to offset rising operating costs, consumer backlash is raising concerns the practice could negatively affect customer loyalty and ultimately, restaurant profits. The backlash comes hard on the heels of the Electronic Payments Coalition’s attacks on restaurant surcharges and other price increases. The …
Read More »Eye on Bitcoin: Get Set for the Latest ‘Halving;” Bitcoin Depot Welcomes Investors for its Kiosk Deployments
Bitcoin was designed to be a medium of exchange, like dollars, but it has become over time more like an investment, such as gold. Now, Bitcoin investors and consumers alike face an event that will significantly affect the value of their holdings, drive up Bitcoin’s price, and affect the digital …
Read More »Mastercard’s Real-Time Canada Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/15/24
Mastercard Inc. said it is working with payments-technology platform VoPay to offer what the partners say will be near-real-time money-movement service in Canada. The service relies on Mastercard Move, a set of funds-transfer options. The Merchants Payment Coalition, which advocates for passage of the Credit Card Competition Act, cited the recent profits …
Read More »Henry Helgeson’s Return as a Payments Chief Executive Signals Bigger BlueSnap Ambitions
As a payments executive, he started an independent sales organization in 1998 that 19 years later would be acquired by Total System Services Inc. for $1.05 billion in cash. Now, more than four years since Henry Helgeson held a position at a payments company—other than as a board director or …
Read More »A Card Industry Group Cites Retailers’ Price Boosts And Surcharges in Its Latest Campaign to Stop the CCCA
A trade group representing card networks and issuers is taking aim at restaurant surcharges and price increases by large grocers as part of its efforts to defeat the Credit Card Competition Act. The Electronic Payments Coalition’s first salvo in its new campaign against the CCCA was fired last week. In …
Read More »Nuvei Launches Invoice Financing and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/12/24
Processor Nuvei Corp. launched a financing option to allow client merchants to make invoice payments through their enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms. Health and beauty retailers lead all sellers in adoption of gift cards, followed by general merchandise retailers and sporting-goods stores, according to scores developed by Blackhawk Network and NAPCO Research …
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