E-commerce marketplace and payments-technology provider Shopify Inc. reported revenue for the quarter ended June 30 of $245 million, up 62% year-over-year. Gross payments volume totaled $3.6 billion, up 64% from $2.2 billion in the same quarter last year. Shopify posted a $30.8 million operating loss, nearly double the $15.9 million …

Joe Kaplan, the chief executive of merchant processor Paya and former president of the Electronic Transactions Association’s board of directors, died unexpectedly last week, the ETA announced. Kaplan was the former CEO of Total Merchant Services and founded Innovative Merchant Solutions, which he sold to Intuit Inc. in 2003 and …

Processor Stripe launched Stripe Issuing, a platform to aid merchants creating their own credit and debit cards. The service enables developers and businesses to create physical or virtual cards with a single application programming interface call to the platform. Stripe said it is not issuing cards directly to consumers. Physical cards …

Switch Inc., whose CardSavr application programming interface allows cardholders to manage card-on-file transactions and updates, said it is merging its technology with voice technology to make it possible for consumers to inquire about and update payment data with merchants via voice command. Custom Business Solutions Inc., a reseller of the …

Beyond, the payments company started by Robert O. Carr in 2017, purchased Boosterville for an undisclosed amount. The company provides a service that connects nonprofit organizations with local merchants. Boosterville has been rebranded Chip-In. Visa Inc. and wire-transfer provider MoneyGram International Inc. said they teamed up to enable cross-border remittances using …

Payscout announced it purchased Paywire Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Payscout said it will expand Paywire’s education and health-care payments products to its merchants. Paywire’s tools consolidate payment software systems to reduce the scope of compliance and enhance security, Payscout said. Mobile point-of-sale specialist CardFlight Inc. lined up another distribution …

Washlava, a mobile-payments provider for laundromats, opened its second app-enabled laundromat, in New York City’s Queens borough. Washlava’s first such location opened in 2017 in Tampa, Fla. Payments provider Century Business Solutions announced an integration with Limo Anywhere, a point-of-sale software developer for the livery and limousine industry. Users of …

Sundance Payment Solutions launched this month, said president Eric Barth. The company works with independent sales agents to sell a suite of payment-processing services. Payments provider Fattmerchant announced it has closed on a $10.5 million Series C funding round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners. The funding will help launch new …

Walmart shoppers who have access to Apple Pay and have a payment preference are twice as likely to use Apple Pay rather than Walmart Pay, but discounts and other deals could tip the scales back in Walmart’s favor, according to a study by Auriemma Consulting Group. Payments provider Century Business …

Co-Op Financial Services said it is adding cardless ATM transactions to its roster of services for credit unions. Dubbed Cardless Cash Access, the service is available on Diebold Nixdorf and NCR ATMs within the Co-Op ATM Network that are managed using the Co-Op Terminal Driving program. Hyperwallet, whose technology enables …