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Jack Henry Revenue up 4.7% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/21/24

Processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc. reported June-quarter revenue of $559.9 million, up 4.7% from the same quarter last year. Revenue for the 12-month period came to $2.22 billion, up 6.6%. Net income for the quarter totaled $101 million, a 3.4% increase; for the year ended June 30, $381.8 million, up 4.1%. …

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Gen Z Digital Wallet Love and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/19/24

Interac Corp., Canada’s national debit network, said 69% of Gen Z Canadian adults have embraced the mobile wallet, while 63 % prefer to leave their physical wallet at home for short trips, according to a recent survey. Gen Z’s use of mobile wallets outpaces all other generations including Millennials (60%), …

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Lenders Bring Suit Against Illinois’s Newly Enacted Interchange Law

Several organizations representing banks and credit unions filed a lawsuit late Thursday challenging Illinois’s Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, which was signed into law June 7. The lawsuit, filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, was brought by the Illinois Bankers Association, The American Bankers Association, …

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COMMENTARY: Why Merchants’ Legal Assault on Acceptance Costs Is Anti-Consumer: Part I

While merchants, like consumers, love credit and debit cards, they don’t like having to pay to accept them. It’s human nature to want to pay less for products and services, no matter how good they are. To reduce payment-acceptance fees, merchants have brought a battery of antitrust lawsuits against Mastercard …

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Consumers Favor Cash Back Over Other Rewards As a Counter to Inflation, J.D. Power Finds

Cashback has replaced miles and rewards as the top credit card perk consumers want, according to J.D. Power’s 2024 U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study. The trend is being driven by inflationary pressures that have hiked credit card interest rates and annual fees. As a result, consumers are gravitating to cards …

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With Little Fanfare, Apple Will Make Its Secure Element Available to U.S. Developers

U.S. third-party developers soon will have new capabilities to access the secure element piece of Apple Inc.’s iPhone when iOS 18.1 eventually is released, a move that could herald further app development and cement Apple’s position among mobile-wallet providers. Apple, without fanfare, revealed this long-desired access Thursday in a simple …

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Lightspeed’s New Data Tool and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/14/24

Lightspeed Commerce, a specialist in hospitality payments, launched Retail Insights, a data service for merchants. Shift4 Payments Inc. announced it will process all ticket sales and foodservice payments at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the arena for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. U.S.-based fintech software firm OMNIQ Corp. said …

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Priority’s Volume up 4.5% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/8/24

Priority Technology Holdings Inc., a payments provider, reported $15.8 billion in June-quarter bankcard processing volume, up 4.5% year-over-year. For the first half of the year, volume came to $30.6 billion, up less than 1%. Revenue for the company totaled $219.9 million for the quarter, up 21%. For the first half, …

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Greenlight And Google Team Up on a Spending App for Kids

Greenlight Financial Technology Inc. has partnered with Google Wallet to enable its debit card to be loaded into the Google Fitbit Ace LTE smart watch. The partnership is expected to help parents teach their children how to manage their spending and finances through Greenlight’s banking app, the company says. The …

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Toast Sites Balloon 29% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/7/24

Hospitality point-of-sale maker Toast Inc. said it now serves 120,000 merchant locations as of the end of the second quarter, a 29% increase from the same period a year ago. Its gross payment volume jumped 26% year-over-year to $40.5 billion. Toast posted second quarter revenue of $1.24 billion, a 27% increase from …

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