EMTransfer LLC, a real-estate cash-management platform provider, has teamed up with KeyBank to bring real-time payments to the real-estate industry through The Clearing House Payments Co.’s RTP network. Using application programming interfaces from KeyBank, EMTransfer can connect parties involved in the real-estate closing process, such as title insurance and escrow …

Cantaloupe Inc. is rolling out Cantaloupe Go, a line of self-service apps and kiosks that rely on artificial intelligence to enable consumers to purchase products in self-service retail locations, such as micro-markets. Cantaloupe Go comprises Cantaloupe’s line of self-checkout kiosks. which vary in cost, features, and payment-acceptance capabilities; Smart Store …

Presto Automation Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence-based solutions for drive-through restaurants, is rolling out its voice-ordering system at participating Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s drive-throughs nationwide. San Carlos, Calif.-based Presto had been piloting the technology at select Carl’s Jr. and Hardees locations. Carl’s Jr. and Hardees, which together have about …

Stripe Inc. has expanded its partnership with Thinkific Labs Inc., a platform for creating, marketing, and selling online learning products, to distribute Stripe Apps to its network of instructional course creators. The agreement makes Thinkific the first platform provider supporting embedded payments to distribute Stripe’s apps to its customers. Gaining …

National Retail Solutions Inc., a provider of point-of-sale technology to independent retailers, reported same-store sales in April among retailers in its network grew 6.5% compared to the same period a year earlier. The increase was a significant jump from the 0.1% increase in same-store sales in March, compared to a …

Fiserv Inc. has partnered with conversational-commerce platform provider Authvia to enable independent software vendors to offer a text-to-pay solution through Fiserv’s CardPointe gateway. The offering, which was developed in response to the growing use by businesses of tools to communicate with consumers via text and chat, allows businesses to bill, …

Amazon.com Inc. has beefed up the rewards for its Visa-branded cards issued by Chase, in response to cardholder’s desire for travel-related perks and the ability to earn more rewards for day-to-day expenses, such as commuting. Additionally, Amazon is allowing cardholders to redeem rewards daily and has rebranded its cards. Prime …

Amazon.com Inc.’s deal with Citibank N.A. to add Citi Flex Pay, the card issuer’s installment-loan program, to its Amazon Pay digital wallet is expected to pay big dividends for both parties. By adding Citi Flex Pay, Amazon Pay will gain access to one of the largest cardholder bases in the …

Vesta, a transaction-guarantee platform for online purchases, has partnered with e-commerce platform provider Shopify Inc. to make its fraud-fighting solutions available to Shopify merchants. The addition of Vesta is expected to help Shopify sellers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico reduce false positives and increase approval rates for legitimate …

Citing increased demand for low-cost account-to-account payment solutions, digital-payments fintech Dwolla Inc. announced it grew its partner ecosystem 45% during the first quarter of 2023, bringing the total number of partners to 40. Among the companies to partner with Des Moines, Iowa-based Dwolla is financial data aggregator Flinks, a Montreal-based …