The Bureau of the Fiscal Service, part of the U.S. Treasury Department, has appointed the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. to manage the bureau’s Direct Express prepaid debit card program under a five-year agreement, starting Jan. 3. Fraud-prevention platforms Bectran Inc. and Giact Systems LLC are partnering to offer companies services …

The Federal Trade Commission said its Negative Option rule, also known as click to cancel, goes into effect Jan. 14, and regulated entities must be compliant by May 14. The measure obliges entities that offer subscription services to make unenrollment as easy as the enrollment process. Airline and travel payments specialist CellPoint Digital raised $30 …

Fiserv Inc. and ADP have agreed to offer as a package Fiserv technologies such as Clover and CashFlow Central and ADP services for payroll and human resources. The offering is expected to be available early next year. Gift card specialist Raise said it expanded into Canada following last month’s launch in the United …

Debit cards not using prepaid funds accounted for 58% of U.S. card spending in 2022, the Atlanta Fed noted in a review of a Federal Reserve Payments Study released last week. Credit cards were used for 36% of payments and 6% of payments were made with prepaid debit cards. Cantaloupe Inc. will serve as …

Buy now, pay later processor Affirm Inc. said it is expanding its partnership with Priceline to include online travel agency Priceline’s business-to-business platform, Priceline Partner Solutions. Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. announced it has completed the process of going private after five years as a public company. Neon Maple Purchaser Inc., a unit of Advent …

Payments provider Celero Commerce acquired Precision Payments. Celero said its total annual North America card processing volume is expected to exceed $28 billion with the addition. Terms were not disclosed. NCR Atleos Corp. said it will provide its Cashzone Network ATMs in United Kingdom-based grocer Waitrose stores. Payhawk Ltd. announced an integration with Mastercard …

Prepaid card platform Blackhawk Network launched eGift Card Links, which allows brands to let customers paste a link into an email, text, or social-messaging app. Recipients access the e-gift card by opening the link and can redeem it immediately. Judopay, a United Kingdom-based mobile-payments platform, said it is entering the North American …

The National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars agreed to use Shift4 Payments Inc. to process ticket sales at its home venue, Everbank Stadium. Buy now, pay later provider Sezzle said retailer Rural King, with 130 stores, will offer the BNPL service. Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. reported third-quarter revenue of $79.1 million, up 6% from the same …

Visa Inc. announced it is bringing its Visa Flexible Credential to the U.S. market, starting with Affirm Inc.’s Affirm Card, a debit card that supports buy now, pay later functionality. The network simultaneously is launching the technology in the United Arab Emirates. The flexible credential technology enables users to make payments from a …

The Western Union Co. announced a data-sharing service aimed at allowing businesses to use information from the payments platform to more sharply target marketing efforts at consumers globally. Visa Inc. has agreed to support palm-recognition technology for payments developed by Tencent, the China-based social-media company, starting in Singapore. The fintech PhotonPay announced it will …