Crédit Agricole and Worldline Merchant JV

France is the largest payment card market in the European Economic Area with purchase volume exceeding $770 billion annually. However, card acceptance and merchant acquiring in France is poised for disruption.

Global Network Card Results Worldwide — 2023

p6 Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, American Express, JCB and Discover/Diners Club credit, debit and prepaid cards generated 687.19 billion purchase transactions worldwide for goods and services in 2023, up 9.9% over 2022. Included in those purchase transactions on the global card networks were consumer, small business and commercial card products. When debit card figures are mentioned […]

Fractal’s Smart Routing for Debit Transactions

Fractal, a startup based in Ohio, provides a smart routing service that SaaS platform providers can offer their merchants to identify the lowest cost debit network among Star, Nyce, Accel, Pulse and Shazam.

PPro Provides Access to Local Payment Methods

For nonlocal sellers in Latin America, PPro facilitates financial settlement and handles all local tax and other regulatory requirements using a single platform accessible via a single API, and typically requiring only a single contract.

Mastercard’s Scam Protect

Scam Protect’s machine learning and AI are used to identify the signals of a victim who is being defrauded using device intelligence and behavioral biometrics. Those signals could include hesitation while typing on a website or in an app— sometimes because the victim is being coached over the phone by a criminal.

Clover Kiosk from Fiserv

The self-service Clover Kiosk can be mounted on a wall, rest on a countertop or placed on a floor.

Thredd Card Management Opens in the US

Thredd’s ambition is to be a global provider of payment processing services. In the US, the company expects many of its initial customers will be existing clients from outside the US.