Sign & Rent
Alert Management Systems and Volatile Studios are enabling consumers to make a credit card payment right from a smart phone or tablet while signing for a rental contract or delivery.
ProPay & AutoManager
AutoManager has integrated with TSYS’ ProPay to deliver fully integrated electronic auto loan payments for auto dealers. DeskManager, AutoManager’s DMS software, will now allow borrowers to pay auto loans by debit card, credit card or bank account.
Doxo Payments
Doxo announced the National Grid has made available to its customers the doxo application to enhance the company’s customer engagement and experience by offering a paperless account and billing option. Through doxo, National Grid’s electricity and gas customers, across New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, can now receive their bills and other account documents, organize account information, and make payments directly from their free doxo account.
ProPay & Actionstep
TSYS’ ProPay says Actionstep has integrated with ProPay to deliver a fully integrated client bill-pay solution for law firms. Clients can now pay their legal bills by debit card, credit card or bank account. Invoices can be paid in-office, over the phone, by Web, email, and even text message. There is no mobile app to download and no online payment portal required.
CurrentC & Coupons
Despite rumors of a forthcoming obituary the MCX CurrentC mobile payment platform is alive and says it will Beta launch in Columbus in the coming weeks. This week they inked deal to add seamless digital manufacturer coupons with payment at the point-of-sale (POS).
Digital Commitment Gap
There is a huge digital commitment gap between bills paid online or mobile and statements delivered digitally. New research finds 72% of bills are paid through online or mobile channels”but only, only 39% of statements are delivered digitally.
Disabling UK Cards
A new UK survey has found the ability to temporarily disable an account to prevent unauthorized use scored highest among the choices offered at 47.2% rating it in the highest and only 10% rating it in the lowest. At the other end of the spectrum is the ability to allow for a single use.
Apple Watch
Online pre-orders for the new Apple Watch begin today but there is already a back log of four to six weeks. Meanwhile, Coupons.com has developed the first-of-its-kind savings and digital promotions app for the Apple Watch.
Pellegrini & Gemalto
Gemalto has inked a major deal with Pellegrini to supply EMV digital meal vouchers. Pellegrini is a leading issuer of meal vouchers delivering 35 million units every year.
happay Corp Visa
RBL Bank, a/k/a Ratnakar Bank, has partnered with happay, a Bangalore-based start-up to launch the “happay Business Expense VISA Card”.
CardLinx Standards
CardLinx Association has published the final versions of its first four standards to enable interoperability between the payments and digital marketing ecosystems. The standards have been developed by working groups of the global payment networks, merchants, banks, digital advertising publishers, payment processors, and card-linked offer technology companies.
Wells Fargo Rewards
Wells Fargo has become the first major U.S. financial services provider to introduce the ability for customers in The Wells Fargo Rewards® Program to redeem their rewards at more than 12,500 Wells Fargo ATMs.