Diebold Nixdorf Inc. launched its Vynamic Retail Platform that includes functions such as checkout, loyalty program management, retail management, and compliance.Visa Inc. said it completed its $2.15 billion acquisition of Tink, an open banking platform. Announced in June, the acquisition gets Visa access to 3,400 financial institutions in Europe. Stockholm-based Tink will operate …
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Consumer Spending up 8.7% in February and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/9/22
Consumer spending in the United States, in terms of February retail sales excluding auto, was up 8.7% over February 2021 and 17.3% over February 2019, according to Mastercard Inc.’s SpendingPulse report, which monitors in-store and online retail sales.President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to work out a common …
Read More »ACI Opens up Federal Tax Payments for PayPal And Venmo Options
Consumers accustomed to the PayPal and Venmo digital wallets from PayPal Holdings Inc. can now deploy them to make federal tax payments when using the ACI Payments Inc. service. Announced Tuesday by parent company ACI Worldwide Inc., the service adds another digital tax payment option. And ACI Payments, which ACI …
Read More »Online Interchange Rates To Increase and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/8/22
Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. will raise interchange rates for online merchants starting next month, while also lowering the rates for some small-merchant categories, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Mastercard’s fee changes alone will result in a net increase of about $330 million yearly, according to the Journal story, …
Read More »TCH Notes 9.6% ACH Volume Increase and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/7/22
The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC said transaction volume on EPN, its automated clearing house network, increased 9.6% in 2021. The Clearing House and the Federal Reserve, the only ACH operators in the United States, each handle approximately half the commercial ACH market, TCH said.Buy now, pay later provider Sezzle Inc. said Yapstone …
Read More »Visa May Lower Interchange for SMBs and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/4/22
Visa Inc. will decrease interchange rates by 10% for small businesses accepting consumer credit cards in April, according to a Reuters report. The reduced rates will apply to online and card-present transactions and only to merchants with $250,000 or less in Visa consumer credit volumes, Reuters attributed its information to an …
Read More »Payments Sanctions on Russia Have Been Coming Quick, But Their Impact May Be Limited
The actions taken by the SWIFT payments-messaging network and by Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine will have an impact, but a muted one, observers say. The 49-year-old SWIFT system, which on Saturday said it is banning Russian banks, has not barred all …
Read More »Flywire Volume up 75% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/3/22
Cross-border payments specialist Flywire Corp. reported its payment volume rose 75% year-over-year in the fourth quarter, to $3.1 billion. Volume for 2021 totaled $13.2 billion, up 76% from 2020.Walmart Inc. announced customers can send remittances from any of its U.S. stores to any of its stores in Mexico for a fee as low …
Read More »How Paysafe Sees Crypto And Gaming As Keys to Turning Around Its Digital Wallets
Paysafe Ltd. early Wednesday reported progress in turning around its beleaguered digital-wallet business, noting a crucial deal with the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and progress in its key iGaming market. As part of an effort to reinvigorate its wallets, “We’re starting to work with crypto exchanges” more actively, Philip McHugh, …
Read More »DoorDash To Acquire Restaurant Tech Firm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/1/22
Delivery platform DoorDash Inc. said it has agreed to acquire Bbot, a provider of online and in-store ordering and payments technology for restaurants. Terms were not announced.A survey from PCI Pal of 1,100 Canadian consumers found that 85% said trust in an organization’s ability protect personal data and secure payment processes is of the …
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