Digital Currency

Apartment-rental platform Livly said tenants can make rent payments in cryptocurrency through the Livly Resident Mobile App. Landlords will be paid in U.S. dollars.Banking-technology provider Jack Henry & Associates said consumers and businesses will be able to access cryptocurrency trading through the company’s Banno Digital Platform. Jack Henry is partnering with NYDIG, a crypto …

Large retailers that use Fiserv Inc. payments-acceptance technology can add loyalty functions via a new agreement between Fiserv and loyalty-technology provider Exchange Solutions.The global standards body EMVCo said it is developing an EMV Contactless Kernel Specification for contactless payment acceptance around the world. The new specification will take the place of the more than …

Processor Fiserv Inc. announced it is adding buy now, pay later services from Affirm Inc. to its Carat operating system. Affirm joins Bread, Synchrony, and Zip as current providers. Affirm said its service will be the first fully-integrated BNPL provider with Carat.Payments provider Rapyd Financial Networks Ltd. launched Virtual Accounts, intended to allow businesses anywhere globally …

To effectively service markets where speed of payment is critical, such as online gaming and cryptocurrency, Paysafe Ltd. announced Tuesday it is integrating Visa Direct in its platform. Paysafe will offer Visa Direct, Visa Inc.’s real-time push-payment network, to merchants, exchanges, operators, and other online businesses in the United Kingdom …

Some processors are ready to put the pandemic behind them, but FIS Inc. may have already done it. The big payments processor and banking-services provider early Tuesday reported its merchant revenue increased 15% year-over-year in the first quarter, a number that exceeded the company’s expectations, chief executive Gary Norcross told …

Buy now, pay later provider Afterpay said retailer Rite Aid now accepts the installment payment option online and intends to offer it in-store in coming months.MoneyGram International Inc. rebutted claims by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that the company is a “repeat offender” with respect to “consumer harm,” citing the fact that the …

Global Payments Inc. Monday morning reported continued recovery from the pandemic’s impact along with new developments the Atlanta-based company says will deepen its ventures in buy now, pay later, cryptocurrency, and support for banks overseas. Global chief executive Jeff Sloan also said the processor has exited its operations in Russia in …

Aeropay, a specialist in payments for the cannabis industry, announced it and Flowhub, a point-of-sale platform for cannabis dispensaries, will work together on enabling automated clearing house payments via Aeropay for more than 1,000 dispensaries using Flowhub’s software.Paysafe Ltd. said it is expanding in the auto-finance market through a deal to …

NCR Corp. reported first quarter revenue of $1.9 billion, a 26% increase from $1.5 billion in the 2021 first quarter. Much of that growth can be attributed to its payments and network business, which includes the Cardtronics and LibertyX acquisitions made less than a year ago. This revenue of $299 million increased 1,259% from $22 …

As the mass exodus of Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country continues, charitable organizations and businesses are finding new ways to provide support. Cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain-infrastructure provider Binance joined those efforts Tuesday, announcing the Binance Refugee Crypto Card. The Visa-branded debit card will allow displaced Ukrainians to make or …