Mobile Commerce

Contactless credit card transactions caught up to their debit counterparts as a percent of volume in August, with 17% of total card-present volume, as tracked in the monthly PSCU Payments Index, attributed to the payment form. That matches the share for contactless debit transactions. PSCU, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based credit …

Hot trends tend to spin off related innovations, and now it looks like buy now, pay later is no exception. The London-based fintech Curve OS Ltd. on Thursday unveiled Curve Flex, a service that lets users convert any Curve transaction into an installment plan with the swipe of a button …

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., said to be Brazil’s largest domestic airline, has chosen FIS Inc.’s Worldpay unit for payments processing in the 38 global market where the airline operates.Zum Rails, a provider of payments and open-banking software, launched anti-fraud technology for its Instant Deposit feature, which is enabled by Visa Direct.Humbl …

The biggest U.S. processor of card transactions announced on Thursday it has started processing credit card payments in the U.S. for the massive Alibaba.com online marketplace. As part of the arrangement, J.P. Morgan Merchant Services said it is working with the mobile and online payments provider Alipay to manage transactions …

Square Inc. launched its Early Access Program for beta testing in Spain. The program allows select businesses and freelancers to access Square technology. The move marks Square’s entry in the Spanish market.Sky Systemz, a business-to-business software company, launched Sky Paymentz, a service to enable businesses to accept payments in person, online, …

Like a coiled spring, consumer demand is set to explode once social, entertainment, and shopping restrictions are lifted. Retail and hospitality will be the first to benefit as consumers seek to make-up for lost ground. But has Covid left businesses too weak to reap the rewards or has it helped …

Visa Inc. announced it has helped enable an estimated 16 million small businesses globally for digital payments, reaching 30% of its goal to so enable some 50 million small concerns.The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said it will acquire GreenSky Inc., a provider of payments and loans at the point of sale for more …

Six years after it shut down its last effort in mobile wallets for merchant payments, Square Inc. on Monday announced it is launching a new payments feature that will let users of its highly popular Cash App pay sellers in-store and online. Cash App Pay, which can be used at …

Bot attack volumes increased 41% year-over-year in the first half of 2021, according to the latest Cybercrime Report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions.Outseer, an RSA Security LLC company, said its 3-D Secure technology has processed $100 billion in transactions to date in 2021. It also released its third quarter “Fraud & Payments …

As digital commerce continues to proliferate globally, the need for identity-resolution technology has grown exponentially. Credit-reporting giant TransUnion LLC on Monday strengthened its hand in that capability with the announcement it is acquiring Neustar Inc. for $3.1 billion. TransUnion will finance the deal with a combination of cash and debt.  …