Zelle for Small Business And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/2/23

Citizens Financial Group Inc. has launched the Zelle peer-to-peer payments service for the bank’s small-business customers.
U.S.-based Clickatell said it has deployed its Chat 2 Pay service with a pay-by-link capability for FlySafair, a South African airline for mobile payments via’s FlySafair’s WhatsApp channel.
Payments provider Lightspeed Commerce Inc. announced it processed $22.4 billion in volume for the quarter ended Dec. 31, up 10% year-over-year, with revenue of $188.7 million, up 24%, and a net loss of $814.8 million, including a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $748.7 million. The year-ago net loss was $65.5 million The company said Jan. 17 it was eliminating 300 jobs, or 10% of its workforce.
Digital-currency companies Airswift Technology Ltd. and Cloud Payments said they are working to enable instant access to cryptocurrency for transactions at the point of sale on Visa and Mastercard cards.
U.S.-based business-payments provider FleetCor Technologies Inc. announced it has acquired Mina, a United Kingdom-based cloud-based platform for electric-vehicle charging of commercial fleets. Terms were not announced.

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