As digitalization of payments information continues to permeate society, the allure of getting a hold of that data illicitly is unabated. Already, for the first half of 2023, the number of U.S. data compromises is higher than the total compromises for every full year between 2005 and 2020, except for …
Read More »Search Results for: digital wallets
Shopify’s Latest Sales Channel Is Roku
Entertainment-streaming platform Roku says a partnership with Shopify Inc. will provide viewers the ability to purchase products from Shopify merchants directly from their TV through Roku Action Ads. It works like this: When viewing an ad for a Shopify merchant, viewers press OK on their Roku remote to learn more …
Read More »Can Visa+ Transform P2P Payments?
Peer-to-peer transfers have turned into big business, but one nagging problem remains: there’s no interoperability between networks. Visa is forging a solution, though there are complications. Peer-to-peer payments have in a relatively short period of time become ingrained in consumers’ daily lives. Whether it’s sending a family member birthday cash, …
Read More »Processors Are Starting to Adopt AI, But Consumers May Not Be Entirely Onboard
The explosive potential that lies in recent advances in artificial intelligence is beginning to be felt in the payments business as banks and fintechs search for ways to wring intelligible trends and operational improvements out of enormous masses of data. The nascent trend toward AI in payments was underscored by …
Read More »Following the U.S., ACI Launches Real Time Payments in Europe And the U.K.
ACI Worldwide Inc. has launched its Instant Pay real-time payment solution in Europe and the United Kingdom. The move comes against the backdrop of a regulatory push in Europe mandating that financial institutions across the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) countries in Europe offer instant payments under the SEPA Instant …
Read More »Nuvei Lands Nonprofit and Government SaaS Provider Sylogist
Sylogist Ltd., a global provider of software-as-a-service to more than 2,000 public-sector customers across the government, nonprofit, and education sectors, has selected Nuvei Corp. as its payments processor. Nuvei will provide Sylogist with payments functionality including support for mobile wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. In addition, Nuvei …
Read More »Eye on Cybercrime: Apple Tackles App Store Fraud; No Slowdown for ID Theft
Cybercrime remains a scourge difficult to tame, according to data from Apple Inc., the Identity Theft Resource Center, and LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Apple Inc. late Tuesday revealed it stopped more than $2 billion in fraudulent transactions in its app store in 2022. In addition, the technology giant blocked nearly 3.9 …
Read More »Paysafe Gains Momentum As CEO Lowthers Completes His First Year at the Helm
Paysafe Ltd. has been all about growth since Bruce Lowthers took over a year ago as chief executive, and on Tuesday he contended the London-based processor is expanding nicely in its key wallet and iGaming markets. “We returned to growth in the second half of 2022,” Lowthers told equity analysts …
Read More »How Tighter Money And Longer Diligence Have Slowed a Once ‘Frothy’ M&A Market
A sort of disequilibrium has set in in payments mergers and acquisitions, leading to fewer deals and stretched out times to conclude the deals that do close, according to M&A experts who spoke this week at the Electronic Transactions Association’s Transact conference in Atlanta. The new dispensation contrasts sharply with …
Read More »Square Launches Tap to Pay for Android in the United States And Five Other Markets
Square, the point-of-sale and e-commerce unit of Block Inc., Wednesday announced the launch of Tap to Pay on Android for merchants in the United States, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The technology will enable Square merchants to accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, such as …
Read More »