Mobile Commerce

Mega-merger fever hasn’t subsided in the payments industry. A combination of FIS Inc. and Global Payments Inc., which have reportedly broken off talks to merge in a deal that could be valued at $70 billion, would represent a continued push for yet more economies of scale in a business whose …

Fast-food chain Burger King is depositing $1 into random Venmo accounts to promote the chain’s $1 Your Way Menu, which features all items at a price of $1. Venmo is a peer-to-peer payments provider owned by PayPal Holdings Inc.Blackhawk Network said it has added a capability to order gift cards for curbside pickup …

A new report finds that debit card use is gaining favor among consumers compared to credit cards immediately following the national election in November. That’s according to The Future of Money Report 2020 from Logica Research. “This unprecedented year has uncovered contrasts between challenges and opportunities in the world as …

An integration between online delivery service Instacart and grocery chain Aldi that lets customers use government benefits to order grocery deliveries has seen fast expansion since the program launched in October. Almost 1,000 Aldi stores in 23 states plus the District of Columbia have been added to the program in recent …

WinCo Foods, a grocery chain with 129 stores in the Western United States, has launched a gift card program from Blackhawk Network.Buy now, pay later service Zip announced an offer of 3% cash back on purchases on its service during the Christmas season through Jan. 8. Zip recently launched Tap & Zip, which …

The Hale & Hearty Soups fast-casual chain of 20 locations in Boston and the New York City area has chosen Appetize Technologies Inc. to upgrade its point-of-sale operations. The deployment is expected to conclude next month.With consumers worldwide reluctant to travel by air because of fears of catching Covid-19, some 78% of …

Openpay Group Ltd., an Australian buy now, pay later processor, began operations in the U.S market. Simultaneously, the company announced former Deloitte executive Brian Shniderman has been appointed chief executive of the U.S. operation.Fidel Ltd., a provider of financial application programming interfaces, said its API is enabling cash-back offers for …

Klarna’s buy now, pay later payment options are coming to Verifone Inc. point-of-sale devices, Klarna AB announced Tuesday. This marks the first buy now, pay later option to be available on Verifone POS terminals in the United States and Europe as part of the Verifone Cloud Services platform, Klarna says. …

Payments provider Paysafe Group Holdings Ltd. announced the U.S. launch of Paysafecash, a digital service that allow consumers to pay online in cash. The service is provided by InComm Payments’ Vanilla Direct payment network.Some 30% of consumers have signed up for peer-to-peer payment platforms in the past six months, according to a survey …

The recent ranswomware attack on the big payments processor TSYS could portend worse to come for the payments business as cyber criminals seek vulnerabilities in the industry and carry out new tactics to squeeze out ransom payments from their victims. More attacks on credit and debit processors are “absolutely” coming, …