PayIt LLC announced on Tuesday it is processing payments for fishing licenses for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. The deal, which was consummated March 20 but not announced immediately, is the latest for PayIt, an 11-year-old Kansas City, Mo.-based platform that specializes in digital payments for …
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Merchants Get an Extension to File Monetary Claims in the Big Credit Card Settlement
Merchants have been granted a 90-day extension to file a monetary claim as part of the settlement of a nearly two-decades-old interchange lawsuit filed against Visa and Mastercard. Merchants now have until Aug. 30 to file their claims, the court overseeing the settlement has ruled. A settlement between Visa and …
Read More »Embracing digital payment options and fueling payment innovation in Canada
Jon Purther, Director, Research, Payments Canada The Canadian payment landscape continues to transform rapidly, fueled by shifts in consumer and business needs and expectations and technology innovations. Looking ahead, it’s clear that continued innovation will further expand choice within the Canadian payment ecosystem. The payment preferences of Canadians Canadians …
Read More »As Users Return to ATMs, Guidance Emerges for Contactless Transactions With And Without Cards
The onset of the covid pandemic spurred deployers and developers to bring contactless technology to the ATM, and now industry organizations are offering guidelines on the matter as deployers look to widen acceptance of contactless cards and mobile devices. Calling contactless technology “table stakes” for most consumers, the Redwood City, …
Read More »The CFPB Rules BNPL Users Have the Same Protections As Credit Card Users
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday issued an interpretive rule that buy now, pay later users are entitled to some of the same rights and protections of the Truth in Lending Act that apply to credit cards. Protections the CFPB says consumers are entitled to include the right to …
Read More »Human-Initiated Digital Attacks Rose 19% in 2023 While Account Takeover Remains Dominant
Account takeover, long the scourge of retailers and businesses, remained the top fraud type in 2023, according to the latest data from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Released Wednesday, the “Confidence Amid Chaos” report found 28.7% percent of fraud in 2023 was third-party account takeover. That was followed by scams and bonus …
Read More »Revenue Down 33% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/21/24
Presto Automation Inc., a provider of payments technology for quick-serve restaurants, said its March-quarter revenue dropped 33% year-over-year to $4.45 million. Revenue for the year ending March 31 also fell by one-third, to $14.2 million. The company said it will wind down its pay-at-table product to concentrate on its artificial-intelligence …
Read More »Eye on Dining POS: NCR Voyix’s QR Code App; Olo Works With MenuSifu
Point-of-sale technology for the ultra-competitive restaurant market gained even more momentum Monday as several key players unveiled new solutions. The announcements were in conjunction with the annual National Restaurant Association show taking place in Chicago. Digital-commerce technology platform NCR Voyix Corp., formerly NCR Corp., introduced its Aloha Pay-At-Table technology, an …
Read More »COMMENTARY: Why Merchants Should Embrace Network Tokenization
If you know anything about the payment space these days, you know that the natives are restless. Merchants have been fed up with interchange rates for years, with no shortage of lawsuits to voice their complaints. Even after winning the right to pass on interchange costs to the consumer, merchants …
Read More »Eye On Restaurants: NCR Voyix Launches a Self-Service Kiosk; Lightspeed’s Q4 earnings
Digital-commerce technology provider NCR Voyix Corp., formerly part of NCR Corp., has partnered with self-ordering software provider GRUBBRR to introduce a new ordering kiosk for restaurants. The kiosk, which integrates with NCR Voyix’s commerce platform, was developed as a response to consumers’ growing preference for self-service ordering, the company says. …
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