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AeroPay’s Cash-Back Incentive; UnionPay’s 28 Million Merchants; Pricing Is Top FedNow Inquiry
Mobile Payments Firm AeroPay Launches a Cash-Back Incentive
AeroPay, the mobile-payments service from Aero Payments LLC, debuted a 1% cash-back rewards program for its users. AeroPay, which uses a connection to the automated clearing house network for its transactions via Dwolla Inc., says consumers using its iOS or Android app can earn unlimited 1% cash-back rewards. The payout …
Read More »The Nuances of Surcharging And Cash Discounting Draw Many Questions From VARs and ISVs
Value-added resellers and independent software vendors enticed by the attractiveness of surcharging and cash-discount programs find there’s no one-size-fits-all approach for enrolling merchants. Questions about the programs abound at RetailNow 2024, the annual conference sponsored by the Retail Solutions Providers Association and in progress this week in Las Vegas. The …
Read More »Affirm’s BNPL And Tap to Cash Are Coming to Apple Pay Later This Year
Apple Inc. says iPhone users will be able to send funds to each other by simply holding their iPhones next to each other. It’s a further refinement of Apple’s financial services, which jumped off in 2014 with the launch of Apple Pay. In a video presentation Monday, Apple executives say …
Read More »COMMENTARY: Don’t Take It Any More! It’s Time for the Payments Industry to Fight Back (Part II)
(Editor’s note: This is Part II of a two-part article. Part I appeared Thursday.) Interchange fees paid by merchants are the credit card industry’s second-largest revenue source. For debit cards and neobanks, these fees are a primary revenue source. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act imposed price controls on debit interchange fees …
Read More »COMMENTARY: Don’t Take It Any More! It’s Time for the Payments Industry to Fight Back (Part I)
The Cato Institute’s Nicholas Anthony warned recently that the Biden Administration is waging “a war on (payments-industry) prices.” The payments industry provides services funded by a range of fees paid by consumers and businesses. Demagogic regulators and politicians pillory industry fees as exploitative, as “junk fees,” and “a tax.” These …
Read More »Block’s Dorsey: Cash App Is Your New Bank, And Square May Enlist ISOs
Block Inc. posted double-digit increases in net income for its December quarter and for 2023, but its co-founder and chief executive let it be known late Thursday the company has work to do. “Across the board, we’ve been going through an exercise in how we work so we can move …
Read More »KyckGlobal’s Cash Bill-Pay Option And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/6/23
Exceleron, a payments service for utility companies, said it is working with payments platform KyckGlobal to allow persons to pay a utility bill with cash at certain ATMs. Dash Solutions acquired KyckGlobal in August. Payments and loyalty platform Givex announced an integration with Uber Direct to enable merchants to add on-demand delivery service to …
Read More »Eye on Block: Citcon Adds Cash App Pay and Afterpay; Square’s New Sales Features Target Holiday Shopping
Citcon USA LLC, an e-commerce wallet-technology provider, is adding Block Inc.’s Cash App Pay and Afterpay buy now, pay later payment methods to its inventory of merchant options. In related news, Block’s Square point-of-sale unit is bolstering merchant selling tools with new online features. Citcon’s integration of Cash App Pay, …
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