Roller, a developer of payments and management technology for attractions and events, launched Analytics, a platform incorporating technology from Google’s BigQuery offering to generate business insights. The average ransom payment to decrypt data locked up by cyberthieves is now $2 million, up five-fold from a year ago, according to data …

Veritran, a U.S. technology company, said it is working with global financial-messaging service Swift to enable a smoother process for bank customers looking to make cross-border payments. Some 78% of community and regional banks plan to widen payments and merchant services for small businesses in coming months, with 96% planning …

Paystand Inc., a business-to-business payments fintech, announced it has acquired Teampay, a developer of spend-management software. Terms were not announced. Treez Inc. released an e-commerce application for cannabis retailers using its Treez point of sale technology. The new service lets stores create an online storefront and accept payments. Payments platform RevoluGroup Canada Inc. said …

Quickcharge, a division of Transact Campus Inc., completed an integration of Amazon.com Inc.’s Just Walk Technology at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa that enables employees to use their badges to pay for food and beverages. Payments processor Elavon said it is expanding a partnership in Europe with commerce-technology platform FreedomPay to include …

Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit announced offline-payments capability is now available on all Square devices in all geographies around the world. The move covers Square Stand and Square Reader for contactless and chip, in addition to Square Register and Square Terminal. Square Reader for magstripe, the original Square device, has been covered …

The Merchants Payments Coalition released a 30-second TV ad that says the Credit Card Competition Act, a measure that would stipulate merchants have credit card routing choices, would prohibit China’s credit card network UnionPay from processing U.S. credit card transactions. Currently, no regulation prohibits that the MPC says. The CCCA, if passed, would …

The European Commission’s antitrust regulators are likely to approve, perhaps as early as next month, proposals from Apple Inc. that would open the iPhone’s NFC capability to wallets that rival Apple Pay, Reuters has reported. If accepted by the regulator, the proposals would end a four-year inquiry that otherwise could have led …

American Express Co. reported first-quarter 2024 revenue of $15.8 billion, up 11% from the same period last year, and billed business of $367 billion, up 6%. Net income grew 34% to $2.44 billion. Affinipay, a payments platform specializing in the legal and accounting professions, said it has expanded its LawPay and …

Point-of-sale technology provider PAX Technology Inc. introduced Airlink, networking technology that provides payment connectivity in outdoor settings and other venues where wireless Internet or other network service may be unavailable or insufficient. Mastercard Inc. introduced what it calls a mobile virtual card app, which is aimed at financial institutions and supports the loading …

Fiserv Inc. introduced Clover Kiosk for the hotly competitive restaurant payments market, along with what it calls an enhanced Clover Kitchen Display System. Ferry, a tip-payout specialist, has launched a payroll card and tipping platform nationally for casual-dining chain BJ’s Restaurants, which operates more than 200 locations in 30 states. U.S.-based …