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March 29, 2024
RBI Gives Aggregator Payment License to Amazon Pay [India]
India Infoline
“Amazon Pay, the digital payments arm of ecommerce giant Amazon India, has been granted a payment aggregator (PA) licence by the Reserve Bank of India. It now joins Zomato, Google Pay, Zoho, and others in being eligible to provide online merchant payment services to its customers.”
March 28, 2024
For the First Time in 25 Years Merchants Have Identified Refund/Policy Abuse and First-Party Misuse as the Leading Threats, Surpassing Phishing in North America and Europe
Merchant Risk Council
“The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) today announced the release of their 2024 Global eCommerce Payments and Fraud Report in partnership with Visa Acceptance Solutions and Verifi.”
March 5, 2024
JPMorgan Joins France’s Payments Network CB to Skirt Visa, Mastercard
Yahoo Finance
“JPMorgan Chase & Co said it had joined France’s leading payments network Cartes Bancaires (CB), becoming the first U.S. bank to do so as it seeks to offer cheaper card payment costs to its clients in the country…JPMorgan’s merchant customers, which include some of the largest U.S. firms, will be able to process their payment […]
February 26, 2024
Amazon Pay Secures Payment Aggregator Licence From RBI
The Economic Times
“A payment aggregator licence by the RBI will enable Amazon to increase its merchant payments business, a major opportunity for the ecommerce giant given its large online shopping business in India.”
February 13, 2024
ACI Worldwide and RYVYL EU Power Merchant Payments in Central Eastern Europe
Business Wire
“ACI Worldwide announced a collaboration with RYVYL EU, a leading payments service provider (PSP) and acquirer in Central Eastern Europe (CEE), to help merchants across the region increase revenues through higher transaction conversion rates.”
October 23, 2023
Google Makes Big Consumer and Merchant Lending Push in India
TechCrunch
“Google has partnered with banks and other lenders in India to offer loans to individuals and merchants on the Google Pay app as the tech giant broadens its Indian payments app, processing about 4 billion transactions monthly, and makes its strongest push for financial inclusion in the South Asian market.”
October 18, 2023
Fiserv Opens the Door to Embedded Finance, Bringing Firm-Wide Capabilities to Clients and Partners
Business Wire
Fiserv, Inc. is simplifying the future of embedded finance for the payments ecosystem. By making capabilities from its merchant acceptance, banking, and card issuing businesses available to clients and partners through a curated set of APIs, Fiserv will supercharge how payment facilitators, financial institutions, and software platforms serve their respective clients.
Advancing Global Open Banking to Empower Choice and Instill Trust
Mastercard
“Mastercard is partnering with Worldpay from FIS, the merchant solutions business of global financial services technology provider FIS, and Zip, a BNPL firm, to scale new open banking-powered solutions that enable more payment choice, empower consumer lending, and modernize account-based payments.”
September 11, 2023
Payments Views: Payments Post #6 - Glenbrook's August Roundup
Glenbrook Partners, LLC
“Will broad downward pressure on the cost of merchant processing lead to its commoditization? Take a look back at August’s headlines surrounding merchant surcharging, fee backlash, and Adyen’s H1 performance in the newest Payments Post from Glenbrook’s Chris Uriarte and Justin Pituch.”
September 7, 2023
Stripe Rival Adyen Secures Banking License in the UK
CNBC
“Adyen has acquired a banking license in the U.K., which enables its merchants to offer cash advances to small and medium-sized enterprises in the country.Adyen already has a banking license in the Netherlands, which lets it process merchant payments nearly instantly.”
September 5, 2023
Visa Expands Stablecoin Settlement Capabilities to Merchant Acquirers
Visa
“Visa, a global leader in payments, announced its next step in modernizing cross-border money movement. Visa is expanding its stablecoin settlement capabilities to the high-performing Solana blockchain and is working with merchant acquirers Worldpay and Nuvei.”
August 23, 2023
Payments on Fire™: Episode 217 – Talking Moonshots with Jared Isaacman, Founder and CEO, Shift4
Glenbrook Partners, LLC
“In this episode, we had the opportunity to talk with Jared Isaacman, Founder and CEO of the Integrated Payments Provider, Shift4. Over the past 24 years, Shift4 has evolved by addressing the unique requirements of merchant categories and sub-categories in the increasingly complex Point of Sale (POS) environment.”
August 22, 2023
J.P. Morgan Payments Enables Tap to Pay on iPhone for U.S. Merchants Starting with Sephora
Bloomberg
“J.P. Morgan Payments today announces the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone for its merchant clients in the U.S. The solution allows merchants to accept contactless payments using their iPhones, without the need for a dedicated payments card reader or additional hardware.”
August 4, 2023
Mastercard Enables CVC-less Payments for Tokenized Cards in India
Mastercard
“Mastercard today announced the introduction of Cardholder Verification Code (CVC)-less online transactions for its debit and credit cardholders who have tokenized their cards on merchant platforms. The move aims to reduce the checkout time and make virtual transactions hassle-free and more secure.”
July 27, 2023
Checkout.com Launches Intelligent Acceptance, an AI-Powered Optimization Engine that Boosts Acceptance Rates and Increases Merchant Revenue
Checkout.com
“Checkout.com, the global payments solution provider, today launches Intelligent Acceptance, its latest product to help merchants optimise acceptance rates and grow revenues.”
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