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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.”
July 26, 2023
Payments on Fire®: Episode 213 – From the Vault: Payment Tokenization Continues to Roll (Episode 21)
Glenbrook Partners, LLC
“Network tokenization – the promised land of payments. Like most promised lands, the journey there is epic and, well, hard. One question we hear from our clients, workshop participants, and the folks in our Merchant Round Table is: Are we there yet?”
July 14, 2023
Verde Payments Rolls Out Powerful Merchant Protection Tools
Newswire
“Verde Payments is announcing a suite of tools to aid merchants with chargeback problems. This ala carte service is now available through the FraudDeflect Product Suite. Of particular note is the new Visa Compelling Evidence 3.0 service tool that can erase chargebacks and stop chargebacks for existing subscription customers.”
June 27, 2023
Square to Roll Out Generative AI to Help Drive Retail Sales
Australian Financial Review
“Payments and business software provider Square will put generative artificial intelligence into the hands of its merchant customers this year, allowing small businesses to use its data to determine what products are top sellers and which employees are the most productive.”
Checkout.com Launches Intelligent Acceptance, an AI-Powered Optimization Engine That Boosts Acceptance Rates and Increases Merchant Revenue
PR Newswire
“Checkout.com, the global payments solution provider, today launches Intelligent Acceptance, its latest product to help merchants optimise acceptance rates and grow revenues.”
May 16, 2023
Visa Partners Seven New Startups to Accelerate Payments Innovation in Asia Pacific
PR Newswire
“Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today announced seven new startups it will partner as part of its Visa Accelerator Program in Asia Pacific. The seven startups selected as part of the 2023 program are from India, Mainland China, Thailand, Singapore and Germany and they will be working on solutions in the areas of Web 3.0, global money movement, embedded finance, […]
May 15, 2023
Payments Fintech Checkout.com Becomes End-to-End Payments Provider with 3DS 2.3.1 Certification
Crowdfund Insider
“Checkout.com, the global payments solution provider, is now the first to be certified by EMVCo, for the latest 3DS 2.3.1 protocol. This certification “allows Checkout.com authentication to best support merchant needs, using proprietary artificial intelligence to roll out support in a safe and intelligent way.””
RuPay Introduces CVV-Less Card Payments: How it Works
NewsBytes
“Checking the CVV (card verification value) before making any payment is one of the hassles associated with credit or debit cards. India’s homegrown card network Rupay has a solution for this: CVV-less payments.This would mean cardholders can make payments without reaching into their wallets. Let’s see how RuPay’s CVV-less payment works. Rupay’s CVV-less payment experience is available […]
May 10, 2023
Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) Q1 2023 Data Dashboard
Electronic Payments Coalition
“The Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) released its 2023 Q1 Data Dashboard highlighting the emerging trends within the credit and debit markets. Newly released data featured in the Q1 Data Dashboard show that as a share of purchase volume, credit interchange and merchant discount rates have remained stable for the past seven years. In 2022, the […]
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