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IndustryUpdate

PARTNERSHIPS Factor4, NCR team up
Factor4 LLC, a provider of gift
Aria Systems, Worldline expand partnership card and loyalty solutions, part-
nered with NCR Corp. Under the
Aria Systems, which helps enterprises grow subscription and usage-based agreement, Factor4's gift card pro-
revenue, expanded cooperation with Worldline, a global provider of pay- grams are now integrated with
ments and transactional services. Aria customers benefit from an enhanced set NCR Silver and Counterpoint
of features and capabilities for their needs in subscription commerce through POS solutions. According to
Ingenico (part of Worldline), Aria noted, adding that merchants can more Factor4 CEO Dan Battista, the
effectively mitigate fraud, reduce failed or delayed payments, and offer cus- two companies' market-leading
tomers an increased number of payment options. contactless and ecommerce solu-
tions have enabled merchants of
all types to weather the pandem-
ic, adapt to market changes and
embrace consumer preferences.

KUBRA, Mastercard to
expand customer choice

KUBRA, a provider of customer
experience management solu-
tions, said it is growing its net-
work of payment channels by
integrating with Mastercard Bill
Pay Exchange. Billers using the
KUBRA e-billing platform can
now offer customers who pre-
fer to use their banking institu-
tions' platforms a seamless way
to make bill payments, the part-
ners stated. Mastercard Bill Pay
Exchange is a digital solution
designed to make it easier for
consumers to view, manage and
pay their bills without setting up
accounts with multiple billers.

ACQUISITIONS

Atlantic-Pacific Processing
acquires Paynomix

Atlantic-Pacific Processing
Systems acquired cloud-based
software company Paynomix
LLC, making Paynomix a whol-
ly owned subsidiary. Paynomix
founder Brent Gephart will join
APPS as its new chief informa-
tion officer. Paynomix will con-
tinue developing and imple-
menting software-as-a-service
payment solutions focused on
helping businesses maximize
customer interactions, streamline
operations and drive revenues,
APPS stated.

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