Acquiring

Logistics provider Mothership Technologies Inc. announced it has adopted UnionPay as a payment option to ease international transactions. First Pacific Bank will adopt FedNow real-time payments through a connection to software provider Finastra’s Payments to Go platform. Relay Payments said it is extending its trucking and logistics payments network to Love’s Travel Stops. The …

Bluefin Payment Systems LLC expects its deal with processor Moneris Solutions Corp. will significantly streamline Canadian merchants’ payment card security through what the parties say is an enhanced point-to-point encryption solution. Under the terms of the deal, announced last week, Moneris will include point-to-point encryption (P2PE) capabilities in Bluefin’s PCI …

Walmart Stores starting next year will offer a pay-by-bank option through an agreement with processor Fiserv Inc.’s NOW network, which has integrated with the Federal Reserve’s FedNow system and the Real Time Payments network offered by The Clearing House Payments Co. The new payment method, if widely adopted, is expected to …

Acquirers and independent sales organizations wanting to improve their standing among merchants should take note of four trends affecting payments today, according to Bill Dobbins, head of acquiring and enablement at Visa Inc. Dobbins, speaking at the Western States Acquirers Association conference in Las Vegas this week, outlined why the …

Mastercard Inc. has agreed to a partnership with Safari.com, an Africa-based telecom company, to promote payment acceptance and cross-border payments in Kenya. The Sling Money money-transfer app announced a capability that allows users to load, send, or receive stablecoins while interacting with other wallets or with exchanges. In related news, software developer Envoc said it …

The Electronic Payments Coalition late Wednesday filed an Amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The lawsuit, brought by Illinois Bankers Association, Illinois Credit Union League, American Bankers Association, and America’s Credit Unions and filed last month in the United …

Card91, an India-based technology company, introduced a platform that offers a digital prepaid card that also functions as an ID and access card. The product is aimed at corporate employees and students. KM Malta Airlines, a new air carrier, has agreed to adopt a payments-orchestration platform from CellPoint Digital. Online-security firm DefenseStorm said it …

Capchase, a financing platform that funds software-as-a-service companies based on future recurring revenue, announced early Wednesday a partnership with the processing giant Stripe Inc. to provide buy now, pay later financing for SaaS vendors in the United States. The deal, which marks Stripe’s entry into B2B BNPL in the U.S., will …

Echelon Payment Solutions Group may be a new name in the acquiring industry, but its roots extend to 2006. Once affiliated with EVO Payments and known then as EVO Platinum Services Group (EPSG), Echelon is its own entity offering payment services and providing support for its sales partners. Melville, N.Y.-based …

France-based fintech Market Pay has launched a single app it says can process payments from both point-of-sale terminals and Android or iOS smart phones. FICO, a U.S. developer of fraud-prevention technology, said it is working with Jersey Telecom in the United Kingdom to develop software that can detect telephony signals in real …