Competitive Strategies

PayJunction announced its No-code Payments Integration Platform, a free browser extension that enables quick integration of payment features in any cloud software platform. The online grocery delivery service Instacart said it has initiated service in Alaska, making the company the first to enable in all 50 states grocery payments using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …

Visa Inc. said it has extended for four years an agreement with U.K.-based Conferma Pay to support Visa Commercial Pay, a set of business-to-business payments technologies. Payments provider Vanco Payments said its Web-based RevTrak technology will support donations through Livingtree Give, fundraising software from the Livingtree fundraising platform. India-based Tata Group’s Tata AIA Life …

Block Inc’s Square merchant-processing unit late Tuesday introduced Square Go, a booking app for beauty and personal-care merchants. The app allows consumers to search for, and schedule appointments with, health and beauty merchants locally. The mobile app also suggests merchants based on a consumer’s previous booking patterns. Consumers can receive …

Marqeta Inc. late on Tuesday announced it will continue processing transactions for Block Inc.’s Cash App card product for another four years under a new agreement between the companies. The renewal will see San Francisco-based Block using Marqeta’s issuing platform through June 2027. The announcement comes days after Block reported …

i3 Verticals Inc. generated $93.9 million in fiscal third quarter revenue, up 16.5% from $80.6 million in the corresponding quarter in 2022, ended June 30. Its quarterly loss widened to $6.7 million from $4.7 million last year for the same period. Rebate-management platform Vendavo announced a collaboration with Oracle to ease payments and …

BitPay Inc. expanded the payment capabilities of its cryptocurrency wallet Tuesday with inclusion of bill payment. BitPay users can now pay bills with digital currency at more than 5,000 billers, the Atlanta-based company says. To enable bill payment, BitPay has partnered with Method Financial, an Austin, Texas-based provider of embedded …

As account-to-account payments raise their profile in the payments arena, Dwolla Inc. has launched Dwolla Connect to enable businesses to integrate the payments into their apps and connect with existing cash-management systems. One of its chief utilities is enabling a centralized location for payment information. Announced Tuesday, Dwolla Connect provides …

Add a stablecoin to the roster of PayPal Holdings Inc.’s financial and payments products. Announced Monday, the PayPal USD will begin rolling out to PayPal accountholders today and in coming weeks. A stablecoin is a form of cryptocurrency pegged to a reserve asset viewed as stable, such as gold or …

Fintech iWallet, whose technology lets repair personnel and other field-service providers process checks on a smart phone, said it is seeing growth among small businesses such as those in the plumbing, appliance-repair, electrical, and HVAC fields. Financial-technology provider Ascend will provide its billing-technology platform to process transactions for NFP, a property and casualty …

Canadian fintech Nuvei Corp. is partnering with iGaming operator 888 Holdings Inc. to provide card acquiring and payment in the United States. The deal expands both companies’ footprint in the U.S. market Montreal-based Nuvei will enable 888 to accept deposits into iGamers’ accounts. In addition, iGamers will be able to …