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Several players within the financial technology arena introduced new products and entered into various agreements in recent days. Please send news tips and feedback to [email protected]. For other recent financial technology news, click here.
Payments
Alipay and First Data Corp. expanded their partnership to enable acceptance of Alipay at 35,000 North American merchants. Alipay is a digital payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group.
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Bottomline Technologies (de) Inc. released a set of application programming interfaces that enables connectivity to the company's Paymode-X platform for banks, corporate clients and other third-parties.
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Finance company Avid Acceptance LLC selected ACI Worldwide Inc.'s UP Bill Payment Solution.
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FleetCor Technologies Inc. announced a partnership with Uber Freight, as part of Uber Freight's new Uber Freight Plus program, that offers eligible Uber Freight app users discounts and savings on fuel, maintenance and tires. The Uber Freight Fuel Card is powered by Comdata, a FleetCor company and payment solution provider.
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Under a strategic partnership, China-based bank card company UnionPay International Co. Ltd. will expand its global footprint by connecting to ACI Worldwide's global network of payment endpoints.
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The American Veterinary Medical Association chose Bankers Healthcare Group LLC as the credit card partner in its Member Edge benefits program.
Banking and lending
Fifth Third Bank launched cardless ATMs, allowing its customers to withdraw money from its ATMs without a debit card by accessing the cardless ATM icon in their mobile banking app. Fifth Third Bank is a unit of Fifth Third Bancorp.
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NCR Corp. launched NCR SelfServ 80 Series, a family of ATM solutions, in South Africa. The mobile-ready ATM solution has a 19-inch multitouch display.
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Pacific Union Financial LLC partnered with Ellie Mae Inc. to leverage Ellie Mae's Encompass all-in-one mortgage management solution.
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Finicity Corp. announced an integration agreement with Ellie Mae, providing its digital...