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The City of Syracuse has partnered with InvoiceCloud, an EngageSmart solution, to enhance online tax payment options for residents. Starting December 28, residents can pay taxes via phone, text, Google Pay, Apple Pay, and PayPal, alongside traditional methods. The new system offers lower convenience fees and the ability to schedule payments, improving efficiency for city employees and enhancing customer convenience. InvoiceCloud already supports water and parking bill payments in Syracuse, making this a significant upgrade for local residents.

Bookkeep has announced new integrations with Stripe, Sage Intacct, and NetSuite, enhancing its accounting automation platform used by over 600 retailers and restaurants. This technology helps automate sales summaries and deposit reconciliation, saving clients a minimum of 20 hours per month. The integrations facilitate accrual-based summaries and automate processing fees, addressing the growing complexities of digital payments. Bookkeep aims to support retailers as they expand into ecommerce, with projections indicating significant growth in digital payment transactions by 2024.

MultiPay Group has engaged Percona to provide Managed Services for its MySQL open source database, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring high availability of its payment platform. MultiPay, a global payments technology company serving clients like Zara, relies on Percona's expertise to optimize its database and support its expansion across 24 countries. The partnership is expected to streamline database management and improve service performance for MultiPay's diverse clientele in the retail, hospitality, and transportation sectors.

Paymentus (NYSE: PAY) has expanded its partnership with Harris Utility Group to integrate its cloud-based billing and payment platform into the SilverBlaze customer engagement platform for utility providers. This enhanced collaboration supports consumer demand for digital payment options, including digital wallets like PayPal and Amazon Alexa. The integration will help utility providers meet customer expectations by offering e-billing and real-time notifications. Both companies have added over 30 new customer accounts, including Santa Monica and Burlington Electric, reinforcing their market position.

ACI Worldwide announced a new partnership with KyckGlobal to enhance digital disbursement options for billers in the U.S. This partnership allows billers to offer customers a variety of payment methods, including international payments and cash options. The collaboration aims to streamline payments in sectors like education and insurance, enabling quick and convenient disbursements. The service utilizes a cloud-based engine that supports multiple payment types, aimed at improving customer experience and reducing disbursement delays.

Criteo has chosen Aerospike's real-time data platform to enhance its global commerce media platform. This digital transformation aims to improve performance while reducing server count by 80%, leading to millions in annual cost savings and decreased CO2 emissions. Criteo's platform, which operates 950 billion requests daily, is set to benefit from Aerospike's capabilities to meet increasing data demands with rapid response times. CTO Diarmuid Gill emphasizes the need for scalability to adapt to exponential data growth.