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In a Crowded Field, Afterpay Brings Its Buy Now, Pay Later Service to the Cash Register
Afterpay Ltd. is making its previously online-only buy now, pay later service available to U.S. consumers in stores. Australia-based Afterpay, fresh off a deal with mall developer Simon Property Group to support its service in stores, announced the in-store service Tuesday. As with online purchases, Afterpay users make four equal payments …
Read More »Men Now Primary Gift Card Buyers; Shopify Adds Sendbird Chat to Store; Dash’s Visa Real-Time Deal
Men Are Now the Primary Buyers of Gift Cards, Blackhawk Network Finds
Men have supplanted women as the primary buyers of gift cards, says a report from Blackhawk Network. The shift is attributable to men taking on more household responsibilities, such as shopping and gifting, the report says. Blackhawk has been conducting the survey for nearly a decade. Types of gift cards …
Read More »BuyLottoNow Offers Decoupled Debit To Entice Merchants
Convenience-store operators wanting another way to accept payments for lottery games have a decoupled-debit option with the launch of the BuyLottoNow program. The program, provided by iVertical Payment Network LLC, Boca Raton, Fla., charges no fees to merchants, but charges consumers 30 cents per transaction. Consumers enroll a checking account …
Read More »Denver Transit Riders Can Now Use Uber To Buy Tickets
Denver light-rail and bus riders will be making a bit of electronic-payments history this spring and summer by being the world’s first commuters able to use Uber Technologies Inc.’s mobile app to buy and use transit tickets. The new service, which will be rolled out over the next few weeks, …
Read More »Payza Now Enables Its Customers To Buy Cryptocurrency Alternatives to Bitcoin
Online payment processor Payza announced Monday that its customers can now use funds in their Payza accounts buy alternatives to Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency market leader. The news comes six months after Payza launched a service enabling customers to sell so-called altcoins such as Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Dash, Monero, and Zcash. …
Read More »A Trip To 7-Eleven To Buy Snacks and Gas Can Now Include Paying Taxes—in Cash
With the April 18 tax-filing deadline bearing down, a new cash-payment option from the Internal Revenue Service and payment processors PayNearMe and Official Payments lets consumers pay federal income taxes in cash at 7-Eleven convenience stores—and if there’s any money left, they can ease the pain with a Slurpee. PayNearMe, …
Read More »The Top 2 Digital Fraud Schemes of 2024 That Every Business Should Know
Online fraud schemes are on the rise across the globe. In fact, data breaches reached an all-time high last year, with an increase of 78% year-over-year between 2022 and 2023*, and that threat continues to escalate as fraudsters find new ways to beat digital security solutions. “There’s a lot of …
Read More »Cash App a Google Play Payment Now and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/18/24
Block Inc.’s Cash App announced it will be a payments option on Google Play, an Android-based e-commerce store offering apps and other content and accessed by more than 2.5 billion users monthly. Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. said borrowers will be able to pay mortgage servicers with debit cards through an integration by Repay …
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