Entrust Corp., a provider of identity technology, on Monday launched its Citizen Identity Orchestration platform, which is aimed at governments’ delivery of public services. The new platform, intended for such functions as benefits delivery, tax filing, health-care access, and border crossings, uses artificial intelligence for identity verification, issuance of digital …

As criminals’ knowledge of how to beat multi-factor authentication through phishing schemes increases, the need for payment providers to implement phishing-resistant solutions continues to grow. Phishing attacks are a form of social engineering in which cybercriminals deceive consumers into revealing personal and account information. The cybercrime can also involve installation …

Buy now, pay later provider Affirm Holdings Inc. has expanded its payment options to include Pay in 2 and Pay in 30. The new BNPL options are intended to provide consumers with more flexibility in budgeting their monthly income, the company says. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows …

EBay Inc.’s decision to stop accepting American Express cards effective Aug. 17 is generating big headlines, but some payments-industry experts question whether the decision is really a tactic to negotiate a lower interchange rate from the travel-and-entertainment card giant, given that eBay says it won’t stop accepting AmEx for about …

Cantaloupe Inc. announced early Tuesday it will install its Cheq point-of-sale platform at professional soccer club Detroit City FC’s home stadium for all games and live events. Cantaloupe will begin providing POS services at the stadium in June as part of a multi-year deal. The deal builds on Cantaloupe’s acquisition …

Payments play a key role in consumers’ willingness to make repeat purchases from a merchant, according to Discover Financial Services Inc. Some 85% of consumers say a negative payment experience makes them less likely to interact with a business in the future, says Discover’s 2024 Payment State of the Union report. …

Eved LLC, a provider of payment management solutions for the entertainment and media industry, late Thursday launched a prepaid business-to-business card for production companies. The Visa-branded card, called EvedPay, will enable entertainment, media and production companies to load predetermined dollar amounts onto the business-to-business prepaid cards to manage spending limits …

Personalized financial-management tools and digital assistants will provide the pathway for banks and card issuers to differentiate their mobile apps or Web sites from those of competitors and drive adoption and usage, according to a new report from J.D. Power. The best opportunities for card issuers will come from offering …

Airlines face myriad challenges when it comes to improving their payment processes to drive bookings and support growth, according to a report from omnichannel payments and digital-commerce platform provider CellPoint Digital. The two leading payments challenges facing airlines are a lack of alternative payment methods and regional forms of payment, …

Merchants have been granted a 90-day extension to file a monetary claim as part of the settlement of a nearly two-decades-old interchange lawsuit filed against Visa and Mastercard. Merchants now have until Aug. 30 to file their claims, the court overseeing the settlement has ruled. A settlement between Visa and …