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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Hotels.com Picks Affirm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/20/24
Affirm Inc. said it will work with Hotels.com to allow consumers to book rooms and pay over time. The move builds on Affirm’s existing partnerships with Expedia Group. Shopping-app installs increased 61% in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year, according to Adjust’s shopping-app insights report. myKaarma, …
Read More »With Two Major Providers of Real Time Payments, the Request for Payment Takes on a Higher Profile
When the Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payments service debuted commercially 13 months ago, the story mainly focused on the general concept of immediate money transfers. But since then the payments industry has been busy refining that concept and working on service-ready applications. One of the most talked-about of these applications …
Read More »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%), …
Read More »Flexa Components Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/16/24
Flexa, a digital-currency platform, has launched Flexa Components, a program aimed at easing wallet-based point-of-sale payments with cryptocurrencies. In related news, gift card platform Raise said it will accept cryptocurrency in its Raise App, used by 6 million consumers, according to the company. Payments-technology provider Sionic has launched a fraud-detection and mitigation service aimed …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Payroc Partners With Moneris Solutions to Offer Card Present Payments in Canada
Payments platform provider Payroc WorldAccess LLC has agreed to work with processor Moneris Solutions Corp. to provide card-present payments in Canada. The partnership with Toronto-based Moneris enables Tinley Park, Ill.-based Payroc to provide independent software vendors and small and medium businesses with a single platform for processing card-present transactions in …
Read More »EasyPark’s Vancouver Parking Plans and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/12/24
Sweden-based EasyPark Group, a provider of mobile apps for parking payments, is working with parking-technology firms ZipBy and Fennix to enable parking and gate-entry at parking lots throughout Vancouver, British Columbia. EasyPark expanded into North America in 2021 with its acquisition of Park Now Group, which included ParkMobile LLC. EasyPark acquired Park …
Read More »Lightspeed Lines up US Foods Referral Channel and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/9/24
Lightspeed Commerce Inc. announced it is working with US Foods Holding Corp., a large foodservice distributor, to sell Lightspeed’s payments technology for restaurants in the U.S. market. Embedded payments provider i3 Verticals Inc. reported $56 million in fiscal third-quarter revenue, down 2.3% from $57.3 million year-over-year. Its net loss increased to $8.3 million …
Read More »How Shift4’s CEO Looks to Build Shift4 Into ‘the SpaceX of Payments’
Having finished what its chief executive called “a very busy quarter,” the major processor Shift4 Payments Inc. early Thursday reviewed recent moves in acquisitions, stadium deals, and point-of-sale technology, both for its longstanding position in the U.S. hospitality market and overseas. Even more ambitious initiatives are looming, promised chief executive …
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