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FedNow, the impending real-time payment service from the Federal Reserve, was formally introduced to the merchant-acquiring industry Thursday at the annual Northeast Acquirers Association conference. Expected to launch in July, FedNow will enable participating banks to offer instant payments with a default limit of $100,000 per transaction and stretch to …

Business-to-business bill-payments provider Billtrust announced its dollar volume in 2022 exceeded $100 billion, up 35% over 2021 and the first time the company has reached the $100-billion mark in a year. PayTech Women, formerly Wnet, released its 2022 Annual Report, which provides an overview of the organization’s activities and impact. General Agents …

As the modern payments landscape has developed, digital wallets have become nearly impossible to avoid—not that consumers want to stay away. In fact, the recent decision by America’s largest banks to team up and create their own digital wallet points to quite the opposite. It’s easy to see why consumers …

In-stadium payments provider Cheq Inc. said visitors to the Miami Marlins’ home field, loanDepot park, now can use its services for mobile, kiosk, traditional point-of-sale, and handheld payment options in parts of the park. Cheq began offering mobile payment services at the venue in 2021.8 P97 Networks, a provider of mobile-payments technology for gas …

Apple Inc.’s newest financial product, a buy now, pay later service called Apple Pay Later, has finally arrived. Launched Tuesday, Apple Pay Later was announced in June, but only now is it being made available, and just to a limited set of Apple Pay users. Apple says it will offer broader …

Point-of-sale terminal and payment software provider Ingenico on Tuesday announced it has acquired Phos, a developer of specialty software that enables smart phones and tablets to function as payment terminals. Ingenico said in a statement that Phos is a “premier player” in the fast-evolving software for the POS (softPOS) market …

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. reached an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to buy Silicon Valley Bridge Bank after a competitive bidding process. Terms include FCB’s assumption of $110 billion in assets, $56 billion in deposits, and $72 billion in loans. Starting Monday, the 17 SVB branches will operate as …

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-based chatbot developed by OpenAI, is being rolled out by Klarna AB to provide what the payments platform calls personalized and intuitive shopping experiences. Online shoppers will be able to ask Klarna, through the chatbot, for product recommendations, as well as receive links to shop recommended products …

With a federal appeals court ruling on Thursday upholding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s constitutionality, the CFPB, along with its severest critics, find themselves at a crossroads at a time when the agency has become significantly more energetic in overseeing the payments industry. The latest ruling, from the Federal Court …

Account-to-account payments is becoming a growing force in the payments landscape, totaling $525 billion in global e-commerce transaction value in 2022, up from $463 billion in 2021, a 13% increase, according to the FIS Global Payments Report 2023. The volume was funneled through about 70 real-time payment schemes providing high-speed …