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The programmable point of sale

September 17 2018

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• POS
• Remote Commerce
• Stripe

“Stripe Terminal extends your online presence into the physical world. Enable in-person payments for any business model with pre-certified card readers, JavaScript and mobile SDKs, and cloud-based hardware management.”

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Using a selfie to verify your online card payment – the technology is here

September 17 2018

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• PSD2
• Remote Commerce

“Mastercard is hoping its Identity Check solution will become the technology of choice for banks looking to meet new requirements for verifying identities online as set out in the (Revised Payment Service Directive) (PSD2) legislation. The technology, which has been developed in part at the Mastercard Labs facility in Leopardstown, enables users to use biometric identifiers […]

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Square CFO: ‘We think we can go to the biggest businesses in the world’

September 19 2018

• in
• POS
• Square

“Square Inc., the company once known for its small payment dongles, revealed big objectives at Recode’s Code Commerce event in New York on Tuesday. “We think we can go to the biggest businesses in the world,” Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said at the event. She explained that the company “doesn’t see a cap anymore” when […]

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Ripple’s XRP Product xRapid May Go Live in the Next Month

September 18 2018

• in
• Blockchain

“xRapid is unique from Ripple’s other blockchain-based settlement system, xCurrent, in that it utilizes XRP and the XRP ledger in order to facilitate cheap and instant cross border transactions, with the product being specifically marketed towards banks and other financial institutions. The product allows a group, like a bank, to convert their fiat currency to XRP, […]

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Stripe built a payments powerhouse by focusing on e-commerce. Now it’s following its customers into bricks and mortar.

September 17 2018

• in
• POS
• Remote Commerce
• Stripe

“The San Francisco-based upstart, founded in 2010 by brothers Patrick and John Collison, is hoping to make a big splash into brick-and-mortar retail next and is unveiling a new product called Stripe Terminal that it believes will take it there. The new offering, fueled by the acquisition earlier this year of a software startup called Index, […]

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Google Pay has arrived (in Italy)

September 19 2018

• in
• Mobile Payments

“Whether you need to do your daily shopping or plan a night out, your Android phone is all you need when you leave home, thanks to Google Pay” . Starting today, Google Pay is available in Italy to help you pay easily and securely with your phone.

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451 Research’s Global Unified Commerce Forecast Uncovers Dramatic Shifts In Consumer Spending Patterns

September 13 2018

• in
• Remote Commerce

“451 Research, a leading technology research and advisory firm, today announced that, after two years of collecting data from payment networks, payment processors, financial institutions, digital wallet providers and retailers, it has launched its Global Unified Commerce Forecast. The premise of 451 Research’s Global Unified Commerce Forecast is to deliver a view into the evolution of […]

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TD Bank Adopts Bottomline Technologies’ Paymode-X with Visa Payables Solutions

September 18 2018

• in
• B2B
• Financial institutions
• TD Bank

“TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, announced today that it is collaborating with Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ :EPAY ), a leading provider of financial technology that helps make business payments simple, smart and secure, to offer Paymode-X with Visa Payables Solutions to its U.S. business banking customers.”

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BlueSnap Expands Local Payment Processing Capabilities to the Australian Market

September 18 2018

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• Cross-border payments
• Remote Commerce

“BlueSnap, an online payments technology company, announced today the addition of local payment processing to its All-in-One Payment Platform for B2C and B2B businesses with customers in Australia. With a single connection to the All-in-One Payment Platform, BlueSnap allows businesses to process payments domestically, avoid costly cross-border fees and gain better conversion rates for increased revenue. They […]

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First Data Ships 1 Millionth Clover Device

September 17 2018

• in
• First Data
• POS

“Since First Data’s acquisition of Clover five years ago, Clover’s innovative approach to point-of-sale (POS) technology has transformed how business owners manage their business needs through cloud-based development tools, lower-cost software and a more robust set of tools to help them run their operations with added efficiency and productivity. Clover has become the number one […]