Mastercard launched a portfolio of fleet management solutions in the Asia-Pacific region. Mastercard Fleet: Next Gen is designed for fleets of all sizes and brings together payments, data and controls, the company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 4) press release. The portfolio provides global acceptance...
Visa now enables its Visa Acceptance Platform clients to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone. The company introduced a software development kit (SDK) that allows payment service providers (PSPs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and direct merchant clients to adopt this technology, according to a Tuesday...
Online shopping has stopped being a young person’s game, and the data now points to a broader shift: where consumers shop is increasingly tied to how they pay. PYMNTS Intelligence’s “How People Pay: Payment Choice Depends on Shopping Channel” finds that eCommerce use looks surprisingly...
Mastercard has introduced a new accreditation framework designed to streamline market entry for financial-technology startups in the United Kingdom, according to a Jan. 15 press release. The initiative, titled “BIN Sponsor Plus,” aims to connect FinTechs and other businesses with a vetted network of financial...
The perceptions and realities of rewards programs are changing as consumers redefine what good loyalty looks like. Simple loyalty mechanics are no longer enough. Rewards must be meaningful, contextual and delivered at the exact moment a consumer is ready to engage, said Avery Walter Miller,...
Payments network TrueLayer says it has begun offering pay by bank payments in Finland. The payment method will be available through Kustom Checkout, and is powered by Stripe, the company announced in a Wednesday (Jan. 21) news release. “Through this collaboration, thousands of Kustom merchants can now offer the shoppers...
OnePay and Klarna have partnered to enable the users of the OnePay Cash financial services platform to convert recent purchases into fixed-term payment plans. This ability to choose after checkout to pay over time will be available for eligible debit purchases, the companies said in a Tuesday (Jan. 20) press release. Dubbed “Swipe to Finance,” the...
Mastercard has expanded its startup engagement program Start Path to include agentic commerce and services. This new part of the program will focus on agent platforms and agentic enablement, agent-native tools and services, and emerging agentic payment flows. Applications for the next cohort are open now, Mastercard...
Pay.com has expanded the number of options offered by its payment orchestration platform by adding Paysafe as a recommended acquirer for card transactions for online merchants. The platform also integrated Paysafe’s Skrill and Neteller digital wallets and the firm’s PaysafeCard eCash solution, the companies said in a Friday (Jan. 16) press...