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June, 2023

• 30 June

  With a Few Weeks Til Launch, FedNow Lists 57 Participants

  

  FedNow, the nation’s second real-time payments network set to debut in late July, says 41 financial institutions, 15 service providers, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury will be ready to send and receive transactions. All 57 have completed certification and testing for FedNow. The Federal Reserve said in 2019 …
• 1 June

  Eye on Wallets: Google Wallet Adds Driver’s License Storage; Alipay’s Apple Pay Integration

  

  Google Wallet is adding the ability to store a digital image of a state-issued ID card along with several other features announced Thursday. In related news, Alipay, a China-based digital wallet with an estimated 1.3 billion users, is enabling users to add Alipay to their Apple IDs for use with …

April, 2023

• 24 April

  Eye on Tap to Pay: MagicCube Teams Up With ACI; Fiserv Offers Tap to Pay on Clover

  

  The momentum behind tap to pay technology on smart phones shows no signs of slowing down. MagicCube Inc., which has traditionally focused on providing contactless payment technology to small merchants through off-the-shelf mobile devices, has expanded its reach to small and mid-sized merchants through a partnership with ACI Worldwide Inc. …
• 3 April

  PayPal Becomes Ticketmaster’s Preferred Payment Partner, a Boon for Braintree

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. says it is now the preferred payments partner of Ticketmaster, the big and often controversial multi-national ticketing business owned by Live Nation Entertainment Inc. The deal announced Monday is a boon for PayPal’s Braintree merchant-processing unit, which will become Ticketmaster’s main processor. Monday’s announcement essentially is an …

March, 2023

• 31 March

  As FedNow’s July Debut Nears, the Roadshow Begins

  

  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 …
• 22 March

  Familiar Names Grace the Upper Reaches of the Latest Strawhecker Merchant Acquirer Directory

  

  No surprise, the top merchant acquirer by payment volume remains JPMorgan Chase & Co., according to the 2023 edition of Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers from TSG, formerly known as The Strawhecker Group. With volume of $2.15 trillion, Chase retained the top spot last year that it has held since …

February, 2023

• 23 February

  Block Resets to Focus on Slowing Expenses And Speeding Profit Growth

  

  Block Inc. has been a fast-growing payments machine over the years since its founding in 2009, and now the company is looking to slow down somewhat and focus more intently on profit growth, according to top executives. That move could start with personnel. “We plan on slowing our pace of …
• 7 February

  Real-Time Payments Tee up in Separate Sionic And Oracle Offerings

  

  Real-time payments are getting more attention in financial services, and vendors are quickly enabling the faster-payment capability. Among the latest to do so is Sionic Corp., with its suite of services that includes its Verified Rapid Payments, and Oracle Corp., with a new set of cloud-based banking services. Atlanta-based Sionic …

January, 2023

• 30 January

  Justice Wants More Info From Visa on its Debit Practices

  

  The U.S. Department of Justice wants more information from Visa Inc. on its U.S. debit practices, a continuation of an investigation originally started in 2021. Visa disclosed the request in a Jan. 27 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing and said the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division made the request on …
• 23 January

  Dealer Pay Enhances Its POS Platform To Enable Better Customer Experience for Auto Dealerships

  

  Dealer Pay, a provider of point-of-sale technology to franchise and independent auto dealers, has updated its platform with several new features intended to deliver a better customer experience. Dealer Pay’s “send payment request” features enable dealers to collect payments directly from the customer via text messaging or email. Dealers can …