UnionPay International’s Merchant Growth and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/20/19

The China-based payments network UnionPay International said it now links to more than 28 million merchants outside China, with 2 million having been added in the first half of 2019. The company also said 80% of U.S. merchants now accept UnionPay credit cards.
Visa Inc. said its B2B Connect network now processes cross-border corporate payments through 62 trade corridors, up from 30 when it launched in June. Also, Infosys, a provider of digital services and consulting, has agreed to enable access to B2B Connect for client financial institutions globally.
Conduent Inc. announced users of its ExpertPay platform can now make child-support payments from their PayPal accounts in all 50 states.
Merchant payments provider International Bancard announced it is partnering with Epos Now to offer cloud-based point-of-sale technology to retail and restaurant clients.
Brex, which creates corporate card and rewards programs tailored to specific industries, said it will tighten its commitment to protecting customer data with two new hires: Shruti Gupta as director of engineering and Whitney Merrill as privacy and data counsel.

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