Mobile Commerce

The worldwide market for buy now, pay later will grow to a volume of $112.36 billion by 2029, up from $32.89 billion in 2023, representing a compound annual growth rate of 22.5%, according to the “Buy Now Pay Later Platform Market” report from Research and Markets. Challenges the market faces include regulatory …

The FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information mandate is back in force with a recent court decision. That rule, part of the Corporate Transparency Act passed in 2024,had required businesses to file a Beneficial Ownership Information report by Jan. 1, which was delayed earlier in December but now makes these reports due Jan. 13. Businesses formed …

The outlook for payments in 2025 will be rife with open finance, instant payments, multi-rail payments, interchange questions, and the increasing use of artificial intelligence, observers suggest. The top three payments trends next year will be open finance, instant payments adoption, and point-of-sale innovations, says Capgemini Research Institute in its …

United States District Court Judge Virginia Kendell granted a preliminary injunction late Friday that provides banks some relief from the pending Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, but also gives merchants reason to cheer. Kendell, who is overseeing a lawsuit filed against the IIFPA, ruled the injunction applies only to financial …

Fiserv Inc. is looking to beef up its capabilities in embedded payments with an agreement to acquire Payfare Inc., a Toronto-based company, for $201.5 million Canadian, or approximately $139 million in U.S. currency. The deal, which was announced early Monday and is subject to shareholder approval, comes as processors look …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Walmart Inc. and Branch Messenger Inc. over allegations of fees for transferring earnings made by individuals in the Walmart Spark Driver program. The CFPB alleges Walmart forced delivery drivers to use Branch deposit accounts. To move funds from these accounts to another drivers faced “a …

WooCommerce is making Affirm Holdings Inc. its default buy now, pay later payment option, the e-commerce platform provider announced early Thursday. WooCommerce has offered Affirm as a payment option since 2015. In 2022, WooCommerce began offering Affirm to its merchants in Canada.  As part of the deal, eligible merchants will …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau early Friday said it has sued Early Warning Services LLC as well as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, alleging the Zelle person-to-person payments network failed to protect consumers against fraud. The banks are three of the seven financial institutions that own Early …

The city of El Monte, Calif., has extended its agreement with GiveCard, a prepaid debit card platform, to manage the city’s Guaranteed Income pilot program, which embraces 125 low-income participants. Togetherwork, a payments provider specializing in pet-care businesses, has acquired Petexec, a software provider for the same market. Terms were not …

Consumers may not be racking up more revolving credit card debt than they did in 2023, but their ability to pay their bills on time is coming under pressure, according to a report released early Thursday by J.D. Power. Consumers say they are having a harder time paying their bills, …