Marketing

Independent sales organization Payroc LLC launched RewardPay and CashRewards, programs aimed at offering merchants card-network-compliant services for surcharging and cash discounts at the point of sale. A report from Transaction Network Services Inc. shows 26% of survey respondents in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia who own a …

A surge in gift transactions on the Zelle person-to-person payment network has led JPMorgan Chase & Co. to roll out a feature allowing its mobile users to send digital gift cards. The new service, announced Monday, is available now for both mobile and online customers and enables more than 60 …

Merchant-services platform provider Shopify Inc. on Monday launched its first North American brand campaign, a marketing effort aimed at entrepreneurs that could have the side effect of making Shopify one of those rare payment processors that has a modicum of brand recognition among consumers. The reason for that is that …

i3 Verticals Inc. completed its $24 million acquisition of Northeast Texas Data LLC and Graves Humphries Stahl LLC, collectively known as Net Data, which provides software services, including payment acceptance, to municipalities and local government agencies primarily in Texas. Millersville University adopted the ACI student payment portal from ACI Worldwide …

Physical gift cards may want to look over their shoulders, so to speak. Digital gift cards are gaining ground, especially among younger consumers, finds new research from Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif.-based gift card specialist. Chief among the results is that 41% of Generation Z consumers, generally those …

FitPay Inc. has started shipping its contactless, coin-shaped Flip device, which allows users to spend Bitcoin as U.S. dollars at stores. The company said on Wednesday it plans to “ramp up” production of Flip though the first half of the year. The news comes after Fit Pay announced in January …

Apple Inc.’s forthcoming Apple Card is another push from the computing giant to move payments into a digital realm under Apple’s control, according to analysts. Apple last week announced the card, which bears a Mastercard Inc. brand and will be issued by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The product, which eschews …

A day long dreaded by the U.S. payments industry came and went on Monday with little fanfare and not much more gnashing of teeth. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s voluminous prepaid card rule finally took effect with sweeping provisions governing matters ranging from fee disclosures to error-resolution rights to consumers’ …

Worldpay Inc. may be embroiled in combining its business with that of Fidelity National Information Services Inc., but that isn’t stopping the huge processor from seeking international expansion. Cincinnati-based Worldpay said on Wednesday it will open two new offices in Australia and has obtained a license to acquire card payments …

Square Inc. said concession sellers at the Washington Nationals’ ballpark will be equipped with the Square Terminal device to process fans’ food-and-drink orders in their seats. Fans will also be able to use Square’s Caviar app to order food from concession stands. The Major League Baseball season starts Thursday. The …