Payments Innovation

Payments Innovation
Roblox Game Developer Earnings Leap 19% in 2023
February 21, 2024

Roblox game developers earned a record $741 million in 2023. This marks an increase of roughly 19% from the previous year, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Feb. 21), citing a Roblox filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Since its inception in 2006, Roblox has provided a platform for developers to create millions...

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NMI Debuts Embedded Payments Offering
February 15, 2024

Payments technology company NMI has debuted a new embedded payments solution. NMI Payments, announced Thursday (Feb. 15), is designed for software companies, independent sales organizations (ISOs) and payment professionals, the company said in a news release.  “The NMI Payments platform easily integrates within existing applications and payment solutions, offering...

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Nearly 30% of ISVs Say System Integration Issues Make It Harder to Innovate
February 15, 2024

The software publishing industry is undergoing significant changes as key players seek to enhance customer engagement and tap new revenue streams through the embedded finance ecosystem.  This ecosystem includes payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and marketplaces, all of which are increasingly rolling out innovations...

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Davidson Hospitality Group Adopts eTip’s Digital Tipping Platform
February 12, 2024

Davidson Hospitality Group has selected eTip as a digital tipping partner. The hospitality management company aims to use the digital tipping and financial benefits platform to create value across its operations, the companies said in a Monday (Feb. 12) press release. “We are excited to leverage innovative technology that...

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The Impact of Flexible Payments Infrastructure in Accelerating Innovation
February 08, 2024

We are in the midst of a payments ecosystem renaissance.  There have never been more ways to send and receive money, and those ways available have never been more streamlined, secure, fast or convenient.  But that doesn’t mean that it is time now for payments...

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X Heralds P2P Payments With @XPayments Account
January 21, 2024

Is X getting closer to adding peer-to-peer (P2P) payments to its platform? Elon Musk’s social media company announced plans to launch such an offering earlier this month. Now, X — formerly Twitter — has apparently set up a dedicated payments account. The verified @XPayments account appeared on...

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Payroc Launches Cloud-Based Payment Solution for Independent Software Vendors
January 16, 2024

Payroc has introduced a PayByCloud solution aimed at simplifying omnichannel payment integrations for independent software vendors (ISVs). This cloud-based solution eliminates the need for ISVs to invest heavily in payments integration, streamlining the process and reducing time and effort, the payments company said in a Tuesday...

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Network Tokenization and Digital Identities Are Quietly Transforming Payment Security
January 05, 2024

One innovation above all others dominated the headlines in 2023: artificial intelligence (AI). But while AI, particularly its impact on the payments landscape, captured public eyeballs and enterprise attention, other technical innovations like network tokenization and digital identities are reshaping the way transactions occur and...

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Payments Orchestration Helps Platforms Extend Their Global Reach
December 11, 2023

Blake Whitson, vice president, payments and global customer support at Brainly, and Andy McHale, senior director, product and market strategy at Spreedly, told PYMNTS that payments orchestration can make all the difference in the world of eCommerce, in pursuit of scale and boosting authorization rates....