Forter Payment Optimization
The most successful ecommerce merchants calibrate fraud management, which is a risk analysis, with payment optimization, which is a growth analysis. Forter offers ecommerce merchants support in both areas. The Forter Trust Platform has been used to fight ecommerce fraud since 2014. It delivers identity intelligence, isolating suspected criminal activity by analyzing legitimate transactions from […]
Splitit’s Embedded White- Label BNPL for Merchants
Among providers of buy now, pay later (BNPL) and installment loan payment options, Splitit is different. The company’s service is embedded in the merchant’s checkout page on a white-label basis, and the pay-over-time option comes from the line of credit tied to a cardholder’s credit card. Competitors typically present their own consumer-facing brand and underwrite […]
Barclays’ Payment Acceptance Business to Brookfield
Alternative asset management firm Brookfield has entered a partnership with Barclays Bank in the UK to carve out its payment acceptance business, including processing contracts, POS terminals and gateways, as well as services pertaining to foreign exchange, data and analytics.
Global Payments and FIS in Deals to Scale Their Processing Businesses
Global Payments will become the largest acquirer of card transactions worldwide, overtaking J.P. Morgan Payments which currently holds that position.
Payment and Identity Infrastructure for Autonomous AI Agents
Use cases for consumers managing autonomous AI agents include accessing websites to identify price data in real time prior to purchasing travel services and tickets for sport and entertainment events.
Card-Present Transactions for Online Merchants
Software that enables card-present transactions for online merchants by using a buyer’s phone to enter a PIN is available from start-up Burbank.
Ingenico’s Axium CX9000
The CX9000 has a small footprint (11.25 inches high, 15 inches wide, 11.375 inches deep) with integrated cable management and is intended for installation at retailers, restaurants and small businesses that need to preserve counter space.
Largest Merchant Acquirers in the US—2024
Owners of the 59 largest portfolios of merchant payment card acceptance contracts in the US are shown here. Transactions they acquired in 2024 included those from American Express, Discover, Diners Club, JCB, Mastercard, Visa and UnionPay credit, debit and prepaid cards—the global network brands. Also included are US domesticonly debit card brands led by Interlink, […]
Verifone and PayPal are Omnichannel Partners
Verifone will offer enterprises that use its in-store services PayPal’s omnichannel solution including ecommerce processing and in-store acquiring.
Token.io Uses API Connectivity for A2A Payments
Last year, Token.io handled 62 million A2A transactions averaging $2 billion monthly. The average transaction amount was $400.