Southwest Offers Uplift BNPL Option and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/23/21

Uplift Inc., a buy now, pay later provider specializing in travel, said consumers can now buy tickets on Southwest Airlines Co. flights and pay in installments.
Some 79% of gift card buyers expect to increase spending on gifts when pandemic restrictions are relaxed or lifted, according to a survey of 1,056 U.S. gift card buyers by Blackhawk Network Inc.
Advisory firm Beroe Inc. said its new research forecast that mobile wallet adoption will reach 75% globally by 2025. That’s up from the 50% to 55% estimated in 2021. Current U.S. mobile wallet adoption levels range from 22% to 25%.
Idex Biometrics ASA said its client, Idemia, has launched the first biometric cards using Idex’s fingerprint sensor.

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