The number of merchants that have connections to messaging platforms just as they have connections to payment processors is growing. Authvia owns US patents that cover message-based payments and conversational commerce over text. Its Txt2Pay technology can be used to present invoices, receive payments, capture digital signatures, collect data, deliver documents and more. The Authvia payment authorization engine is available through a web-based portal, a salesforce.com application, APIs and other means. Authvia is integrated with the largest messaging networks operating in the US and Canada, ...