Fintech TreviPay said it is acquiring Baton Financial Services Inc., which provides a business-to-business invoice payments network. Terms were not disclosed.Mobile wallet payment provider Citcon said its service is now integrated with Abacus Business Computer, a merchant services company serving restaurant and retail merchants.U.S.-based payments-technology provider ACI Worldwide Inc. announced South Africa’s Nedbank will move all …
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Circle’s Valuation Doubles and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/17/22
Digital-currency payments specialist Circle Internet Financial LLC announced it has agreed to new terms with Concord Acquisition Corp., terminating an agreement it had reached with that company in July. The new agreement values Circle at $9 billion, twice the valuation set by the original SPAC combination. The holding company established by the original agreement …
Read More »Fintech Fyncr Looks to Disrupt Bill Payment With an App That Aggregates Credit Card Bills
In a bid to make it easier for consumers to pay myriad credit card bills each month, a startup called Fyncr Inc. on Thursday launched a bill-payment app that allows users to aggregate and pay their credit card bills in one application. With the Fyncr app, credit card holders can …
Read More »An Acquisitive Fiserv Adds Finxact for Cloud-Based Digital Banking Services
Fiserv Inc. has been an acquisitive company since its merger in 2019 with First Data Corp., and on Tuesday its top management said its latest acquisition will accelerate the company’s penetration of the growing market for digital-banking services provided not locally but through a cloud configuration. The $650-million deal for …
Read More »Better Communication And Fee Transparency Boost Big Banks on Merchant Satisfaction
After years of trailing fintechs such as Square Inc. when it comes to merchant satisfaction with payment processing, big banks find themselves atop the leader board, according to J.D. Power’s 2022 U.S. Merchant Services Satisfaction Study. Bank of America Merchant Services leads the way, posting a satisfaction score of 894 …
Read More »Nayax’s New Vending Options and other Digital Transactions news briefs from 2/2/2022
Nayax Ltd., a payments processor for vending machines, announced it has launched an EMV-compliant platform allowing multiple choices with a single transaction authorization.Hospitality-technology provider Bite Ninja said it has acquired Zenu, a provider of ordering and payment technology for restaurants. Terms were not announced.BlueOne Card Inc. said it is launching its BlueOne Card, …
Read More »QR Code Transactions Are on the Rise, But Now So Are Concerns About QR Code Fraud
With the Covid-19 pandemic helping fuel broad adoption of Quick Response codes by merchants for payments and ordering, it was only a matter of time before criminals exploited the contactless technology. Fraudsters are creating fake QR codes that, when scanned, take consumers to a bogus landing page that collects payment …
Read More »Digital River’s New Drop-in Checkout Tech and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/25/22
Payments provider Digital River Inc. unveiled Drop-in Checkout, technology that streamlines payments acceptance for brands on Digital River’s platform.Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. said it will process payments for Concessions International, a provider of food-and-beverage technology for airports, at almost 40 of the company’s locations.Cantaloupe Inc., a payments provider for unattended locations, said it …
Read More »Boku To Sell its Identity Unit and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/19/22
Mobile-payments provider Boku Inc. is selling its Boku Identity Inc. unit to cloud-communication platform Twilio Inc. for $26.1 million upfront and another $6.2 million payable later to cover indemnities.Payments provider Lightspeed Commerce said its NuOrder technology will support orders and payments for women’s fashion platform Intermix, which operates 31 boutiques and an e-commerce site.Text …
Read More »Mastercard OKs Coinbase NFT Marketplace Use and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/18/22
Mastercard Inc. said it is enabling Mastercard-branded cards to be used for purchases on Coinbase’s upcoming NFT marketplace. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are digital goods.Accounting-automation company Bookkeep announced integrations with Stripe, Sage Intacct, and NetSuite. The company, which serves more than 600 retailers and restaurants, also offers links to Shopify, Square, Amazon, and …
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