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This Amazon-backed Startup Makes Digital Payment Possible Without Internet

September 9 2019

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• mPOS

“ToneTag’s technology involves transmitting data encrypted from one device to another using sound waves. It doesn’t require any particular hardware and can be done through smartphones, feature phones, PoS (Point of Sale) devices, EDC (Electronic Data Capture) devices and also by ToneTag’s retail pod, among others. One has to simply program a device with ToneTag’s […]

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Mobile Payments Can Transform Revenue Collections For SA’s Struggling Metros

September 18 2019

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• Mobile Payments

“Making it easier for consumers to pay their municipal bills could transform revenue collections for South Africa’s struggling metros and municipalities, bringing in much-needed funds to improve service delivery in the process. Thomas Pays, the CEO of South African digital payments platform Ozow (formerly i-Pay), says most municipalities have debt books of billions of Rands […]

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Mozilla and Creative Commons Want to Reimagine the Internet Without Ads, and They Have $100M to Do It

September 16 2019

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• Micropayments

“Now, Mozilla, Creative Commons, and a new micropayment startup have announced a $100 million grant program to finally bring that dream to fruition. The program, called Grant for the Web , will give roughly $20 million per year for five years to content sites, open source infrastructure developers, and others building around Web Monetization, a […]

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POS Providers Invite Developers To Attract More Merchants

September 16 2019

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• ISVs
• Payment service provider
• POS

“As integrated payments continue to garner more interest from payments companies amid increasing merchant demand, two point-of-sale system providers are making it easier for developers to create software programs for merchants.  Revel Systems Inc. last week launched Revel Integrated , a program that offers developer tools and infrastructure to integrate their work into the Revel […]

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Treasurers See Plenty of Use Cases for Real-Time Payments, And They’re Writing Fewer Checks

September 16 2019

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• B2B
• Faster payments

“Corporate treasurers can identify numerous use cases for real-time or otherwise faster payments, but they do worry about transaction security, according to the Association for Financial Professionals. Some 60% of respondents surveyed in the AFP’s newly released 2019 payments study said business-to-business transactions will benefit the most from faster and real-time payment systems, with consumer-to-business […]

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MoneyGram Announces New Debit Card Deposit Service in Partnership With Visa

September 9 2019

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• P2P
• Remittances

“MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI ), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, today announced the launch of a new debit card deposit service in partnership with Visa ( https://usa.visa.com/ ) via Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time1 push payments platform, which enables payments to over a billion cards worldwide. The person-to-person (P2P) money transfer option allows customers in the […]

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Deals

U.S. Bank Acquires talech, Gains Digital Capabilities As It Transforms Its Business for the Future

September 9 2019

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• POS

“U.S. Bank has acquired talech, a Palo Alto-based software company that helps small and medium-sized businesses simplify operations and make better decisions through an integrated point-of-sale system. This acquisition is one of the many ways U.S. Bank is increasing its digital expertise to provide value when and where customers interact with technology.”

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Mastercard™ Track to Modernize $125 Trillion Global B2B Payments Market

September 12 2019

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• B2B

“Mastercard launched Track in 2018 as a trade platform to address identity, compliance and payment management needs. As a secure, permissioned repository of more than 210 million registered entities worldwide, the trade directory is a central component to the expanded suite of products and services. Track will now encompass all current and future B2B payment […]

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Mastercard and R3 Partner to Develop New Blockchain-Powered Cross-Border Payments Solution

September 11 2019

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• Cross-border payments

“Earlier this year, Mastercard strengthened its cross-border network reach with its acquisition of Transfast . Today’s announcement complements the company’s formidable capabilities by providing access to R3’s Corda ecosystem, which includes more than 300 of the world’s leading financial services firms, technology companies, central banks, regulators and trade associations.”

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Shopify to Acquire 6 River Systems

September 9 2019

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• Innovation
• Remote Commerce

“With the acquisition of 6 River Systems, Shopify will add a team with decades of experience in fulfillment software and robotics, including experienced leaders from Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics). Adding 6 River Systems’ cloud-based software and collaborative mobile robots called “Chuck” to the Shopify Fulfillment Network will increase the speed and reliability of warehouse […]