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          tocurrency assets, growth in the cryptocurrency market,   to market for their products, the company stated. Crypto
          rising dependence on cryptocurrency and proliferation   loans provider Nexo joined the platform to offer access
          of  blockchain  technology.  However,  lack  of  regulatory   to crypto loans disbursed via Single Euro Payments Area
          frameworks may restrain this growth, researchers noted.  payments deposited directly into Mistertango customer
                                                                  accounts.
        PARTNERSHIPS                                              SWBC now a NACHA Preferred Partner


          Bridgeline  to support Stripe processing                SWBC has become a NACHA Preferred Partner for auto-
                                                                  mated clearing house (ACH)-facilitated lending services.
          Bridgeline Digital Inc., a provider of cloud-based web   NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association said its
          content management, ecommerce and marketing auto-       Preferred Partners are "a select group of innovators that
          mation software, stated it will expand its enterprise   contribute to NACHA's strategic efforts in support of
          ecommerce capabilities by providing native support      the payments ecosystem at large by removing friction,
          for Stripe Payments. "This newly integrated payment     increasing ease, cash flow accessibility and efficiency, as
          provider expands on our list of currently supported     well as supporting sound risk management and security
          providers such as  Authorize.net, CyberSource, PayPal   for ACH payments." SWBC was selected as a Preferred
          and more," Bridgeline said. The partnership provides    Partner because of its suite of products that facilitate effi-
          a transactional payment alternative to PayPal, allowing   cient use of ACH payments within financial institutions'
          users to stay on a company's website throughout their   own lending products, the association added.
          commerce transaction as opposed to redirecting them
          away from the website to handle the payment process-    USAePay certified on EPX processing platform
          ing, Bridgeline added.
                                                                  Payment  gateway  service  provider  USAePay  reported
          Ingenico, Xiamen Airlines work to                       it is now certified on Electronic Payment Exchange's
          optimise global online payments                         processing platform. EPX, the wholly owned processor
                                                                  of North American Bancard Holdings, offers full-service
          Ingenico Group, which focuses on seamless payments      credit card, debit card, and electronic check payment
          globally, signed a partnership agreement with Chinese   processing. Martin Drake, president of USAePay, said,
          carrier Xiamen Airlines to provide the online payments   "This integration with EPX will open the door for many
          infrastructure for the company. Ingenico stated that    of our ISO, ISV, and POS partners to have more process-
          Xiamen Airlines' customers come from diverse markets,   ing options and tools available to utilize."
          which has led to a complex payments infrastructure.
          To  sustain  growth and  simplify  payment operations,   Vigilant, Park Mobile team for
          the company selected Ingenico to enable it to increase   pay-by-phone parking
          the number of local payment methods and currencies
          it accepts, and help optimise the customer experience   Artificial intelligence and data analytics company
          when purchasing airline tickets online.                 Vigilant Solutions teamed with ParkMobile, a provider
                                                                  of mobility and smart parking solutions in the United
          Michigan Legacy CU, FCTI team up                        States. Vigilant said the objective is to provide business-
                                                                  es, universities and municipalities a solution to enable
          Michigan Legacy Credit Union and FCTI Inc. signed a     enforcement officers to expedite payment verification of
          multiyear contract to provide dynamic on-screen mar-    parking permits and pay-by-phone accounts. "The inte-
          keting  to Michigan Legacy Credit  Union cardholders    gration creates a powerful parking payment verification
          at  ATMs placed in 7-Eleven locations throughout the    solution by combining ParkMobile's parking permit and
          United States. The agreement enables the credit union   pay-by-phone systems with Vigilant Solutions' cloud-
          to deliver custom-branded messages including targeted   based software and license plate recognition (LPR)
          campaigns to their cardholders through the Screen       detections," the partners noted.
          Upgrade feature of FCTI's Marketing and Branding
          Application ATM program, the partners stated.         ACQUISITION

          Nexo joins new Mistertango partners program
                                                                  AdRoll Group acquires Growlabs
          Crypto-friendly  payment  company  Mistertango          for RollWorks business unit
          launched its partners offers platform, which is integrat-
          ed into Mistertango's website and mobile application,   AdRoll Group reported that it acquired Growlabs, a
          and provides customers access to a range of services    two-year-old startup with a comprehensive business-to-
          and solutions provided by partners enrolled. Through    business (B2B) database and suite of lead generation and
          the platform, Mistertango customers benefit from new,   outbound sales automation technologies. The acquisi-
          often exclusive offers, and partners have a new channel   tion of Growlabs is expected to bolster AdRoll's identity


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