Merchant services provider LaCore Payment Technologies said it is now offering Sezzle Inc.’s buy now, pay later service to its merchants. Sezzle is integrated into LaCore’s gateway.Google Pay’s expected revamp may be delayed because of staffing issues, reported tech site ArsTechnica.com. Several Google Pay employees have left amid uncertainty about the transition to the …
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Clover Adds Grubhub Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/25/21
Fiserv Inc. announced an integration between its Clover point-of-sale technology and the business-management platform Grubhub in an effort aimed at helping independent restaurants manage and fulfill online orders.Payments provider Fattmerchant Inc. said its Stax platform is working with TimeSolv, a firm-management service for law practices, to manage billing and invoicing, and process payments, …
Read More »An Acquisitive Paysafe Strikes a Deal to Acquire viafintech, a German Payments Provider
Fresh off a pair of acquisitions in the Latin American market, Paysafe Group Holdings Ltd. over the weekend announced a major move into the European Continent with a deal to acquire viafintech, a neobank and payments provider based in Berlin, in an all-cash transaction. Terms were not announced. The deal …
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Read More »Delivery Delays Spawn 45% of Chargebacks and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/23/21
Of 500 companies that process at least 500 online monthly transactions, 58% say their chargeback rates have gone up since March 2020, and of these, 45% say the biggest reason likely is delivery delays, according to a survey by fraud-prevention technology firm Kount, a unit of Equifax Inc.Payment processor EirthPay announced its launch. …
Read More »PayZen’s Hospital Bill Payment Plan and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/20/21
Working with fintech PayZen Inc., the Geisinger Hospital system is launching a plan that allows patients to make payments over time at zero interest. The plan requires a minimum unpaid balance of $250 after insurance payouts.Mobile-parking app provider PayByPhone said its service now works with more than 2,400 spaces across the campus of …
Read More »Visa’s BNPL API Launches and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/18/21
Visa Inc. rolled out its buy now, pay later application programming interface technology to allow merchants to integrate the BNPL functionality more quickly. Visa is working with payments provider i2c in the rollout.In related news, buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB announced it has launched in Poland with H&M, a Sweden-based clothing …
Read More »Vending-Payments Specialist Cantaloupe Targets Micro-Markets With Its Deal for Yoke
Building on a strategy of growing share of payments in the unattended retail market, Cantaloupe Inc. announced Tuesday its acquisition of Delicious Nutritious LLC, a Los Angeles-based micro-market payments company that operates under the trade name of Yoke Payments. The purchase price was not disclosed. The deal gives Cantaloupe, which earlier this …
Read More »A 4X Increase in Phishing Attack Costs and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/17/21
The overall costs of phishing attacks on businesses have nearly quadrupled since 2015, rising from average losses of $3.8 million per company in 2015 to $14.8 million in 2021, according to research from cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint Inc. and Ponemon Institute.Uplift Inc., a buy now, pay later provider specializing in travel, …
Read More »Mastercard’s Magstripe Farewell and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/16/21
Mastercard Inc. said it will slowly phase out the requirement that its branded cards have a magnetic stripe in favor of the EMV chip. Beginning in 2024, in most markets, newly issued Mastercard credit and debit cards will not be required to bear the magstripe. By 2033, Mastercard said none of …
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