Friday , November 8, 2024

Interact Outage Resolved and other Digital Transactions News briefs

  • Payments provider Harbortouch Payments LLC said its point-of-sale systems will be featured on new episodes of Spike TV’s “Bar Rescue” program in an exclusive deal with the show.
  • Canada’s Interac debit network announced Sunday that its e-Transfer person-to-person payment service was back online after sustaining an “internal technical issue” that first appeared intermittently Thursday and eventually forced the company to take the service offline for a time.
  • Corporate-payments provider WEX Inc. said it will process payments for Traveknowledgy, a vendor of Web-based travel solutions for companies.
  • Youtap, a provider of point-of-sale payments software and devices, introduced its X8 device, a small device capable of accepting mobile transactions using near-field communication. The device fits inside pants pockets or can be worn around the neck, according to the company.
  • Danish payments provider Nets A/S confirmed potential buyers are interested and that the company is “reviewing its options,” according to Bloomberg. Nets A/S started trading publicly in September at a valuation of $4.6 billion, one of the largest European initial public offerings in 2016. Private-equity firms Advent International Corp. and Bain Capital own about 40% of the company.

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