Industry News
The latest information about the companies, products and services that are shaping the payments industry, selected by our team of specialists.
Oct 15, 2020
Rapyd and InComm Payments Partner to Support Cash Payments
The partnership will empower participating billers and other consumer-facing providers of goods and services to provide cash payment options to their customers. > See Article
Oct 14, 2020
Through the partnership, Agora will enable users of its digital banking suites, such as Agora Junior teen banking and Small Medium Business banking, to easily take advantage of rewards through Sionic´s Mobile Rewards Marketplace. > See Article
Oct 14, 2020
Cambridge Global Payments & Ripple Partnership Goes Live
The partnership will deliver cross-border payment solutions to B2B customers by optimizing RippleNet, Ripple´s global payment network. > See Article
Oct 14, 2020
ParkMobile Expands Presence in San Diego Through a New Partnership with Diamond Parking
The partnership with Diamond Parking will expand the app´s availability to over 40 locations and adding 2,000 more parking spots throughout the city. > See Article
Oct 12, 2020
ACI Worldwide Selected by Entergy Services, LLC for Mobile Payment Options
Entergy Services, LLC will utilize its ACI Speedpay solution to launch a new mobile wallet bill payment channel. > See Article
Oct 9, 2020
dLocal Expands Emerging Markets Payment Platform in the Caribbean, LATAM
dLocal has expanded its payments network to include three markets in Latin America and the Caribbean: Costa Rica, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. > See Article
Oct 9, 2020
BMO Announces Partnership with The Clearing House, Launches Global Pay for U.S. Business Customers
BMO business customers will have the ability to send payments via the Real-Time Payments network in 2021. > See Article
Oct 8, 2020
Alchemy Pay and QFPay Power Digital Currency Payments for Shopify Merchants
Alchemy Pay has announced that it will be launching its hybrid fiat and cryptocurrency payment services for ecommerce players on Shopify through Alchemy´s partnership with QFPay. > See Article
Oct 8, 2020
Mastercard and Marqeta Expand Strategic Global Partnership
Mastercard will help expedite Marqeta´s international expansion by streamlining its global network certification process, which governs which providers are allowed to process payments internationally through the Mastercard network. > See Article
Oct 8, 2020
Splitit Triples Global Growth, Achieves Record Third Quarter
Splitit´s merchant sales volume grew 214% from Q3 2019, with North America growing 200%. > See Article
Oct 8, 2020
Square, Inc. Invests $50 Million in Bitcoin
Square, Inc. has purchased approximately 4,709 bitcoins at an aggregate purchase price of $50 million. The investment represents approximately one percent of Square´s total assets as of the end of the second quarter of 2020. > See Article
Oct 7, 2020
Broadridge Announces Solution to Save Banks Time and Money in Meeting ISO 20022 Payments Standard
Broadridge´s Financial Messaging and Connectivity solution for firms migrating to the new ISO 20022 standard for payments between financial institutions uses a mutualized service model on a shared cost basis. > See Article
Oct 7, 2020
Payrix Announces International Expansion as Digital Commerce Heats Up
Payrix has launched into Australia and New Zealand--as it completed the acquisition of Brisbane-based payment service provider, IntegraPay. > See Article
Oct 7, 2020
Advanced Fraud Solutions Releases Report on Prevalence of Card-Not-Present Fraud, BIN Attacks
The report details why card-not-present (CNP) has remained so prevalent and how financial institutions can mitigate card-related fraud losses. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
Alacriti Partners with The Clearing House to Drive Faster Payments Innovation
Alacriti provides a cloud-native platform for faster payments innovation, enabling both banks and credit unions to securely access the RTP network and rapidly deliver new products and services to their retail and corporate customers. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
F5´s Shape AI Fraud Engine is a new SaaS solution that eliminates fraudulent online transactions that get past existing fraud tools. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
NMI Simplifies EMV and Contactless Payment Integration with Launch of ChipDNA Cloud
NMI has launched ChipDNA Cloud, an API that simplifies EMV and contactless payment integration for independent software vendors, independent sales organization, and merchants. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
Agilysys & Shift4 Payments Renew Partnership Providing Integrated Hospitality Commerce Solutions
By adding Shift4´s end-to-end payment solution, Agilysys customers can enjoy the benefits of a fully integrated payment experience at their property, connecting everything from online reservations to checkout, onpremises dining, spa services, and more. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
Factor4 Announces Partnership with Clearent
The partnership provides Clearent´s small to medium-sized business customers with omnichannel gift card and loyalty solutions that encompass in-store, online, and mobile strategies. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
PAR Technology Announces the Release of PAR Payment Services
PAR Technology has introduced PAR Payment Services to provide an all-in-one payment processing solution for restaurants. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
Foot Locker, Inc. Selects Adyen to Power In-Store and Online Payments Internationally
Foot Locker and Adyen have been working together since 2018. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
Introducing Mandiant Advantage: Threat Intelligence
Mandiant Threat Intelligence provides organizations with information on active threats as they emerge and is the first generally available SaaS offering on the new Mandiant Advantage platform. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
Macy´s and Klarna Announce New Five-Year Partnership to Provide More Payment Options
Within the department store segment, Macy´s is one of the first companies to offer its customers Klarna´s buy now, pay later offering. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
B2B Fintech Raises $150 Million at a Valuation of More Than $2 Billion
Tipalti will use this additional funding to double-down on its product roadmap, accelerate its growth path, extend its global presence, and increase its market-leading position as the preferred solution for high-velocity companies across the globe. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
P27 Nordic Payments Platform to Acquire Swedish company Bankgirot
Bankgirot has a central role in the Swedish payment system and handles transactions of a total value of approximately SEK 73 billion per day. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
ASC X9 Issues New Standard for Public Key Cryptography/ECDSA
The new standard, called the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA), defines a mechanism to facilitate the secure authentication and nonrepudiation of data in financial and other online transactions. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
NMI Simplifies EMV and Contactless Payment Integration with Launch of ChipDNA Cloud
The API reduces EMV integration work, development support, and hardware and software requirements for payment devices. > See Article
Oct 6, 2020
200 Banks and Credit Unions Go Live with Zelle via Fiserv in 2020
In total, Fiserv, Inc. has enabled implementation of P2P payments for more than 400 institutions via the Turnkey Service for Zelle. > See Article
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