Interac, the Canadian debit network, says a record number of payments were made in 2016 using e-Transfer, its money-transfer service. Transactions totaled 158 million, up 50% from the 2015 total of 105 million. The total value of these transactions reached C$63 billion (US$47.3 billion) in 2016 with an average transaction …

Electronic-payments industry efforts to promote card use may be paying off. Significantly more consumers are using credit cards for low-value purchases of $5 or less than they did in 2016. A CreditCards.com survey released Monday found that 17% of consumers typically used their credit cards for these in-store transactions compared …

A survey of 500 small merchants that accept debit cards finds that 66% of them are satisfied with the fees they pay, says the Electronic Payments Coalition, a bank and network advocacy organization. Javelin Strategy & Research completed the survey, which the EPC sponsored. The findings are part of the …

Yet another development has unfolded in the dueling bids for wire-transfer provider MoneyGram International Inc. As Ant Financial Services Group and Euronet Worldwide Inc. compete to acquire MoneyGram, Ant Financial on Thursday issued an open letter to MoneyGram that addresses Ant’s potential commitments to the money-transfer company. In addition to …

Jamie Walker’s growth mission as the newly anointed chief executive at Elavon Inc., the acquiring arm of U.S. Bancorp, is squarely focused on e-commerce and furthering the company’s partnerships. That isn’t to set aside its other distribution channels, such as independent sales organizations or its direct-sales efforts, Walker tells Digital …

Netspend, the prepaid card unit of processor Total System Services Inc. (TSYS), will pay $53 million as part of a settlement it reached with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations concerning how it handled some marketing materials. The settlement, announced Friday, calls for Netspend to set aside $40 million to …

As mobile-wallet backers wrestle with the right mix of features and functions—loyalty, offers, and payments—to incentivize consumers and merchants to use their products, they should get accustomed to waiting. That was the word Thursday in Orlando, Fla., from speakers at the 2017 Payments Summit, sponsored by the Secure Technology Alliance. …

With a forecast of 15 billion new devices as part of the Internet of Things potentially coming online as payments devices by 2021, securing these devices, whether they are cars, wearables, or appliances, is emerging as a top concern. “We are seeing a huge increase in inadequately protected devices,” Graeme …

Contactless payments may seem like the next evolution of the U.S. payments industry, but the challenges confronting that technology may be greater than those of the ongoing chip migration, industry observers suggested on Tuesday at an industry trade show. “At the moment, contactless is much more complex, more expensive,” Allen …

Merchant acquirer Square Inc. has again improved the speed of EMV transactions made with its contact chip card reader, lowering the speed from 4.2 seconds, as reported in November, to 3.6 seconds, as noted by Jack Dorsey, Square chief executive and chairman, in a Twitter post on Friday. Earlier in …