Credit Cards

Datacap Systems Inc. said it is working with gift card provider Card Market to enable Datacap partners to order custom gift cards for Datacap Gift, Datacap’s new omnichannel gift platform.E-commerce platform Promenade Group expanded its service to include Promenade for Butchers that includes a Web site, online ordering, delivery options, marketing, back-office management, …

Network volumes and interchange revenues posted hefty increases at American Express Co. in the second quarter as consumers and businesses spent more while a recovery continues from the Covid-19 pandemic that hit two years ago. AmEx reported Friday that its network volumes totaled $394.8 billion in the quarter ending June …

Payments provider Celero Commerce announced it is the preferred processor for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.Datacap Systems Inc. and PAX Technology Inc. announced an integration partnership. Datatcap’s software is now certified on multiple PAX devices.Payments provider ACI Worldwide Inc. extended an agreement with analytics firm IR for real-time transaction monitoring.Marriott International announced …

Dee Hock, who died Saturday at 93, may not have single-handedly founded the modern electronic payments industry, but he came closer than anyone else to claiming that mantle. He is widely credited as the force that harnessed a widely varied collection of banks to start the credit card system that …

Discover Financial Services saw its overall dollar volume increase 10% year-over-year in the second quarter despite a flat performance by Discover’s Pulse debit network. Riverwoods, Ill.-based Discover said late Wednesday that total payment volume in the quarter ended June 30 was $138.7 billion versus $125.6 billion in the year-earlier period. …

Authentication provider Veriff said an analysis of Google search data, a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, and the FBI’s Internet Crime Report 2021 data found that credit card fraud accounted for 2.3% of all reported online crimes. Phishing and its variations had the highest rate of 44.76%.Payments provider Lightspeed Commerce Inc. said it has …

A class of card issuers is suing Apple Inc., alleging they pay $1 billion in fees annually for inclusion in the technology company’s Apple Pay mobile wallet, while Apple maintains a monopoly on contactless payments at the point of sale for iOS devices. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the …

Fresh off the introduction of its buy now, pay later product, the big private-label and cobranded credit card issuer Synchrony Financial on Monday reported that strong consumer spending in the second quarter boosted its purchase volumes and interchange income. Stamford, Conn.-based Synchrony said total purchase volume hit $47.2 billion for …

The total volume of tokenized payment transactions worldwide will exceed 1 trillion by 2026, up from 680 billion this year, according to a report released Monday by Juniper Research. The growth will come mostly from click-to-pay options that allow buyers to pay with a single click, using tokenized credentials, the …

Mastercard Inc. and D-Wave Systems Inc., a quantum computing systems firm, announced a multiyear alliance to advance the adoption of quantum computing technology in areas such as consumer loyalty and rewards, cross-border settlement, and fraud management applications.Payments provider Adyen NV said it has processed 10 million donations by buyers on the commerce platform …