Adyen NV said it has become one of the earliest payments providers to finish testing and receive certification on the Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payments service, set to launch later this month. The payments platform Flywire is working with Tencent Financial Technology to allow Chinese students to use WeChat Pay to make education-related payments while …

Music-technology provider SoundExchange announced it is adding PayPal and Venmo as options for royalty payments to registered creators. The two payments channels join CashApp and Zelle as payout options on the platform. Tulip, a point-of-sale technology provider for retailers, said it will incorporate payments services from Stripe Inc. Dollar General announced DG Cash …

A payments-technology provider called HipFinity launched, offering a payment gateway and other services for independent sales organizations and other resellers. Payments-technology provider Stronghold introduced StrongholdNET, a network connecting merchants and providers of payment services. A blockchain-based startup called Decentral Zone launched to provide an e-commerce marketplace that allows consumers to transact with merchants via digital assets. …

Point-of-sale technology provider Adyen NV has added Tap to Pay on Android, which allows merchants to accept contactless card payments directly on a mobile device with no additional hardware. Adyen is adding the technology initially in the United States and Singapore. Checkout.com launched Identity Verification, a tool based on artificial intelligence that allows …

Services such as buy now, pay later loans and personal financial management will help drive the global volume of digital-wallet transactions to $16 trillion in 2028, up 77% from $9 trillion this year, according to a report from Juniper Research. Katapult Holdings Inc. said more than 20 merchants are now available on …

PayRange Inc., a provider of mobile payments for unattended markets, has extended its reach into the campground and RV parks market. Payments-technology provider NovoPayment released Orchestra 2.0, a payments-orchestration layer aimed at financial institutions. Paybotic Financial, a payments platform specializing in the cannabis industry, said it has joined the Emerging Market Coalition, a nonprofit …

Travel-technology provider Sabre Corp. announced it has acquired Techsembly, a gift card and e-commerce platform for hotels. The U.S. Payments Forum published a white paper outlining the impact of the Federal Reserve’s clarification that debit card issuers must enable a choice of two unaffiliated networks for all transactions, including card-not-present payments. The clarification took effect …

Apple Inc. said it will file a renewed appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a 2021 case that invalidated Apple’s requirement that App Store businesses accept payments only through Apple’s platform. Keys App Inc., a platform provider for locksmiths, launched its Keys App to enable digital payments for services and …

Payments-processing giant FIS Inc. is reportedly looking into selling a majority stake in its Worldpay unit to private-equity firms at a valuation of $15 billion. The news indicates a change in strategy at FIS, which announced in February it intended to spin off Worldpay as a publicly held company some time during the coming …

On Saturday, a final rule issued in October by the Federal Reserve goes into effect, requiring that all issuers offer a choice of at least two networks for routing online debit card transactions. The update, derived from the 2010 Durbin Amendment, has been a bone of contention for years between merchants and issuers. …