News

March, 2025

• 31 March

  Ingo Payments Looks to Marqeta to Enhance Ingo’s Embedded Banking Platform

  

  Ingo Payments, a provider of account funding, transfer, and payout solutions, has chosen Marqeta Inc. to be the issuer processor for Ingo’s enhanced embedded-banking platform. The deal will help Ingo Payments provide its customers a scalable technology stack to develop financial products and bring them to market quickly, the company …
• 31 March

  Crypto Gains Altitude as Private Jet Charters See Potential in the Coins

  

  Two private-jet operators early Monday announced news about their acceptance of cryptocurrency, raising yet again questions about the usefulness of digital currency both for luxury spending and everyday shopping. Clearwater, Fla.-based Hera Flight said it has started accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies for charter flights. Meanwhile, Paramount Business Jets …
• 31 March

  Fiserv’s Clover Goes Down Under and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/31/25

  

  Fiserv Inc. has introduced its Clover point-of-sale technology in Australia. The system is now available in 11 countries, supporting a total of 3.5 million POS devices, according to the company. SumUp Payments Ltd. is working with FreedomPay Inc. to offer to the hospitality industry and merchants generally a payments platform with offline capability …
• 28 March

  QorPay Adds Services From Visa’s Cybersource to Its Payments Menu

  

  QorPay Inc. reported Thursday that it has integrated its payment technology with Visa Inc.’s Cybersource unit to provide new merchant-acquiring and security services to its business customers. Founded in 2019, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based QorPay is a payment facilitator and independent sales organization that works with several banks and a software company …
• 28 March

  Mobile Wallets And Payment Apps Are Favored for Different Uses, an Onbe Survey Finds

  

  Diners visiting a fast-casual restaurant—think Chipotle, Five Guys—are more likely to choose a mobile wallet to pay rather than a payment app, according to data from disbursement platform Onbe. In its Payouts Landscape Report, 56% of consumers prefer to use a mobile wallet for paying at a fast-casual restaurant, compared …
• 28 March

  Alacriti Updates Credit Union’s Payments Operations and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/28/25

  

  Lighthouse Credit Union said it will work with payments-technology provider Alacriti Inc. to update the credit union’s payment operations. Point-of-sale equipment maker MagTek Inc. announced an integration with KwickPOS, a restaurant management POS system provider. A survey by Bitget Global Inc. of 4,599 cryptocurrency users shows 46% prefer crypto payments because of speed, but 37% point …
• 27 March

  NMI Taps Mastercard to Power Its New Tap-to-Pay Service for Small Merchants Eyeing Mobile Payments

  

  With an eye on small merchants, payment processor NMI on Thursday announced a tap-to-pay feature driven by Mastercard Inc.’s Cloud Commerce app for Android smart phones or tablets. The service will enable Android-using small and mid-size businesses to accept electronic payments without adding new hardware, Schaumburg, Ill.-based NMI says. NMI-connected …
• 27 March

  Nacha’s Top 50 Originators And Receivers Account for 94% of Payments Volume

  

  The big automated clearing house network Nacha says the volume of ACH payments made at originating institutions increased 7.4% from 2023’s report on the top 50 originators and receivers. Nacha released its annual rankings Thursday and says the volume of ACH payments made at originating financial institutions accounted for 93.8% …
• 27 March

  Wirex Travel Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/27/25

  

  The payments platform Wirex Ltd. has launched Wirex Travel, a travel-booking utility offering discounts and cashback to users paying with a Wirex card. Nayax Ltd. has agreed to embed its payments technology within products from N-and Group, starting with the latter’s automated self-service commerce machines. Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. has launched Ambient, a …
• 26 March

  Grow Your Portfolio — Sign High-risk Merchants in New and Emerging Verticals

  

  Partnering with the right payment technology company to accept as many payment types as possible is a great way for small- to mid-sized merchants to modernize and grow their businesses. Unfortunately, due to the higher level of risk that comes with certain merchant categories, many small businesses have been left …