Mobile Commerce

Adyen Inc., a long-time online payments provider, is further boosting its in-store payment acceptance options with the addition of two new point-of-sale devices. Both were designed by Adyen. Dubbed the NYC1 and AMS1 devices, they complement a suite of other POS terminals launched in January. The NYC1 device is designed …

OrbaGraph, a payment automation firm, said Revenue Management Solutions acquired the company. Private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners funded the acquisition. Terms were not disclosed.Dan Price, cofounder of Gravity Payments, which set a minimum starting annual salary of $70,000 for his employees and cut his salary from $1 million …

To help e-commerce merchants reduce shopping cart abandonment, Sezzle Inc. is partnering with customer platform provider Klaviyo. The deal will allow Klaviyo merchants to offer online shoppers a buy now, pay later loan when they abandon their shopping cart. Shopping cart abandonments are a nettlesome problem for e-commerce merchants, with …

E-commerce platform BigCommerce Pty. Ltd. is expanding its deal with installment-payment provider Affirm Inc. to now include merchants of all sizes. Additionally, the broadened deal affords merchants the ability to offer custom payment options, such as bi-weekly and monthly options for eligible customers on purchases ranging from $50 to $17,500. …

Choice Hotels International Inc. launched Choice Direct Pay, which allows businesses to make reservations for employees and guests at multiple properties with billing through a centralized invoice. The service works with more than 5,000 U.S. properties.Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. announced customers can order groceries for delivery from nearly 400 stores via online-delivery …

Organizations hoping for another choice when selecting a vendor to process their online electronic benefits transfer transactions for consumers using SNAP can now opt for Forage. San Francisco-based Forage said the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved it as a third-party payment processor for the SNAP program, the shortened term for …

Bread Financial Holdings Inc. on Monday released a performance update for July, indicating it posted credit card and other loans totaling $17.8 billion last month, a 12% year-over-year increase. The Columbus, Ohio-based provider of personalized payment, lending, and savings solutions said average credit card and other loans for the month …

Technology startup BankiFi, which seeks to enable payments and banking functions for small businesses, announced it has received a $4.8 million investment to fund its expansion into North America. Praetura Ventures led the funding round.Focused Labs, a developer of custom payments software, said it has joined the Stripe Partner Ecosystem. Stripe Inc.’s …

While the recent partnership between fintech Wise US Inc., which specializes in cross-border payments, and Plaid Inc. is another example of the momentum open banking is gaining globally, one overlooked element of the deal is the role the open-banking standard developed by the Financial Data Exchange played in making the …

Central Payments, a unit of Central Bank of Kansas City, completed a $30 million funding round, which was led by Castle Creek Capital and with more investment from Launchpad Capital. The funding spins the company out from Central Bank.PayGround, a digital wallet for medical bills, launched a “get healthy now, pay …