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 …

Darwinium, a fraud-prevention platform serving payments providers and fintechs from global offices in London and Sydney, announced its expansion into the U.S. market, including relocation of its corporate headquarters to San Francisco. Some 65% of treasury officers reported their organizations were victimized by attempted or actual fraud last year, the …