Deluxe Corp. said it and Echo Health Inc. have formed a joint venture called DPX Payments to provide payables services to the middle-market and will offer a disbursements platform. ACI Worldwide Inc. said its 2023 Prime Time for Real-Time Payments report found the Middle East as the fastest-growing region for real-time payments globally, …

Working with Searchlight Capital Partners, payments provider Rev Worldwide closed on its $1-billion all-cash acquisition of the Netspend consumer business from Global Payments Inc. Netspend is a specialist in prepaid and debit cards for more than 100,000 retail locations. Payments provider Finix Payments Inc. said it is now a payment processor, having completed direct connections to …

Business-to-business payments specialist TreviPay said it will integrate its services with Spryker, a commerce platform for enterprise businesses. Chargeback resolution provider Chargebacks911 issued a plea for “regulatory discretion” as the financial technology industry develops. In April, Chargebacks911 was accused by the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida attorney general of allegedly using multiple techniques …

Amazon.com Inc. reported first-quarter revenue from “other sources” of $1.03 billion, up 55% year-over-year. The “other” category includes revenue from the massive online retailer’s cobranded credit cards. Total revenue from products and services for the quarter was $127.4 billion, up 9.5% year-over-year. Law firm BakerHostetler released its 2023 Data Security Incident Response …

Payment processor and core banking provider FIS Inc. posted first quarter revenue of $3.51 billion, a 0.6% increase from $3.49 billion in the same quarter in 2022. Its net income of $141 million was 17.5% greater than the $120 million profit a year ago. FIS’s merchant solutions segment had revenue of $1.1 …

Visa Inc.’s U.S. debit card payments volume of $767 billion in its fiscal second quarter increased 9.6% from $699 billion in the quarter ending March 31 a year ago. Its U.S. credit card payments volume of $704 billion was a 10.5% increase from $638 billion a year ago. For all regions, Visa’s …

Payments-technology provider Ingenico launched its AXIUM Payment Experience, dubbed APEX, an app intended to make it easier for businesses to craft payments apps. U.S. payments provider InComm Payments introduced a new unit, InComm Payments Brazil Technology Ltda., to expand the company’s operations in Brazil. Embedded-finance specialist Maast launched a set of new technologies aimed at making …

Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. said it is launching MX POS, a point-of-sale platform offering cloud accessibility with analytics and data reporting. Chargebacks911, a platform for chargeback management, advised merchants to streamline subscription-cancellation processes in response to a proposal from the Federal Trade Commission to require merchants to make it as easy to …

RevSpring Inc. said it is the payment partner to the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., a new program for U.S. pharmacies. Cheq Inc., a mobile-payments provider serving the hospitality industry, said its technology will fulfill food orders at The Bite of Seattle, a festival set for July 21-23 and expected …

Discover Network reported $54.1 billion in Discover Card volume for the first quarter, up 9.5% over the same period last year. Discover’s Pulse debit network processed $65.3 billion in volume, a 9% increase year-over-year. Revenue net of interest expense rose 29% to $3.75 billion, but net income dropped 21% year-over-year owing …