Payments technology provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. reported first-quarter revenue of $113.3 million, up almost 22% from $93.1 million. The latter figure omits $3.5 million in revenue from the company’s RentPayments business, which it sold in September.The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta formed the Special Committee on Payments Inclusion that will focus on advancing …
Read More »Square Posts a Strong Quarter As Larger Sellers And Bitcoin Play a More Prominent Role
An influx of larger merchants helped drive first-quarter payment volume for Square Inc., while on the consumer side the company’s Cash App benefited from a runup in value for Bitcoin as well as increasing adoption by business users. Sellers’ gross payment volume totaled $29.8 billion in the quarter, up 21% …
Read More »PayPal’s Boss Says He’s Out to Make the Company a ‘Leader, Not a Reactor’ in Digital Currencies
Skeptics abound when it comes to digital currencies, but PayPal Holdings Inc. is out to prove them wrong. Chief executive Dan Schulman, an early enthusiast, made it plain Wednesday he sees the crypto trend not only as the company’s big opportunity, but also as a potential liability if PayPal fumbles …
Read More »Square’s New ACH Feature for Invoices Aims at Larger Sellers
To help large businesses reduce payment transaction costs and provide another option for how they receive payments, Square Inc. on Wednesday announced it will accept automated clearing house payments on Square Invoices. The addition of ACH payments could also enable Square to attract large, complex businesses—such as wholesalers, home-repair specialists, …
Read More »GoCardless Is the Latest Fintech to Vie for a Piece of the Open Banking Pie
As momentum behind open banking grows, more financial-service technology providers are jockeying for a piece of this nascent but rapidly growing market. GoCardless, a London-based fintech and provider of bank-to-bank payments, on Tuesday launched Instant Bank Pay, a new open-banking app for its payment platform. Instant Bank Pay allows merchants and …
Read More »Nacha Records Booming Same-Day Results As the ACH Confronts Pandemic Concerns
Faster-payment volume soared 88% on the nation’s automated clearing house network in the year’s first quarter compared to the same period in 2020, Nacha reported Thursday. Transactions processed the same day they were initiated totaled 141.1 million, compared to 75 million in last year’s March quarter, the last period before …
Read More »Paysafe’s New Loyalty Program and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/1/21
Paysafe Group Holdings Ltd. has launched Neteller Knect, a loyalty program for users of its Neteller digital wallet. The program is active in more than 100 countries. Paysafe earlier this week went public via its merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II.Sightline Payments, a startup specializing in payments for the gaming, lottery, and …
Read More »23.1 Billion ACH Payments in 2020 and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/31/21
The top 50 originating institutions for automated clearing house transactions accounted for 23.1 billion payments in 2020, up 8.6% over 2019 and nearly 93% of all commercial ACH payments, according to Nacha, the governing body for the ACH. The 50 largest receiving institutions controlled 61.2% of volume with 16.4 billion payments, …
Read More »Focus POS Releases @Table and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/24/21
Focus POS released its @Table service that enables customers to scan a QR code on the table that pulls up a menu on the device. They then can select and order items and receive confirmation their order is being prepared. They service can keep the tab open until the customer is …
Read More »Card Brands Delay Interchange Updates and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/16/21
Responding to pressure from Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and other critics, Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are delaying planned adjustments to their credit card interchange rates until April next year, Bloomberg News reported. The rate adjustments had been set for next month and involved an estimated net $889 million in increased fee income for …
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