White-label buy now, pay later provider Splitit Payments Ltd., introduced on Tuesday SplititExpress, a checkout experience that enables consumers to complete checkout in less than two seconds, compared to one-to-two minutes for other BNPL applications, Splitit says. The new feature also supports installment payments via Google Pay and Apple Pay. …

The momentum behind tap to pay technology on smart phones shows no signs of slowing down. MagicCube Inc., which has traditionally focused on providing contactless payment technology to small merchants through off-the-shelf mobile devices, has expanded its reach to small and mid-sized merchants through a partnership with ACI Worldwide Inc. …

Payroc LLC has partnered with wireless-network platform provider Bleu to launch tap-to-phone payments for Android and iOS devices in the United States. Merchants will be able to accept payments using a smart phone or tablet device. The rollout of tap-to-phone technology is expected to help merchants meet consumers’ evolving expectations …

Square, the point-of-sale and e-commerce unit of Block Inc., Wednesday announced the launch of Tap to Pay on Android for merchants in the United States, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The technology will enable Square merchants to accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, such as …

Web registrar GoDaddy Inc. continued its push into payments Monday by adding Apple Inc.’s Tap to Pay on iPhone to the GoDaddy Mobile App. The inclusion of Tap to Pay on the GoDaddy app will enable small businesses to accept contactless payments on an iPhone without a dongle. Merchants need …

Responding to allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and Florida’s attorney general that it used multiple techniques to prevent consumers from winning chargeback disputes, chargeback-management company Chargebacks911 on Friday released a statement saying the charges are unfounded. The FTC and Florida attorney general Ashley Moody sued Chargebacks911 on Wednesday alleging …

With real-time payments quickly becoming a reality for the U.S. payments market, smaller financial institutions are scrambling to adopt the necessary technology. That in turn is creating opportunities for a wide range of technology companies. The fintech Go-Live Faster says it will launch what it bills as a solution that …

Fiserv Inc. announced Wednesday that Salem Five, a Salem, Mass.-based mutual savings bank, is piloting FedNow, the Federal Reserve System’s real-time payments network, which is expected to launch in July. In addition to Salem Five, nearly 20 financial institutions, including Peoples Bank and Mediaoplis, Iowa-based Mediapolis Savings Bank, have signed …

Even if Walmart Inc. is successful in terminating its contract with Capital One Financial Corp. to issue private-label and co-branded cards on the retail behemoth’s behalf, the loss is not likely to have a major impact on Capital One’s business, says a research note from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. The …

Upset with the customer-service aspects of its cobranded card-issuing deal with Capital One Financial Corp., Walmart Inc. has sued the bank, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. Among the allegations brought by Walmart is that Capital One failed to replace lost cards or post some transactions to customers’ accounts …