Mobile Commerce

Adyen NV said it has become one of the earliest payments providers to finish testing and receive certification on the Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payments service, set to launch later this month. The payments platform Flywire is working with Tencent Financial Technology to allow Chinese students to use WeChat Pay to make education-related payments while …

Financial services was the most impersonated industry by criminals launching phishing attacks during the first half of 2023, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Vade. Financial services accounted for more than 33% of all phishing URLs, followed by the social media (22%) and cloud (21%) industries. Phishing is the …

With the Federal Reserve’s rollout of the FedNow real-time payments service expected by the end of the month, a regional Federal Reserve Bank official on Wednesday outlined a roadmap for the new network that includes network interoperability, the possible addition of peer-to-peer payments, and, overall, the prospect of fewer payment …

Music-technology provider SoundExchange announced it is adding PayPal and Venmo as options for royalty payments to registered creators. The two payments channels join CashApp and Zelle as payout options on the platform. Tulip, a point-of-sale technology provider for retailers, said it will incorporate payments services from Stripe Inc. Dollar General announced DG Cash …

Car IQ Inc., a payment-platform provider for vehicles, has partnered with Visa Inc. to enable acceptance of its Car IQ Pay wallet for automobiles across the Visa network. San Francisco-based Car IQ’s wallet can be used by fleet operators, car-sharing services such as Zipcar, and ride-sharing services such as Uber. …

As digitalization of payments information continues to permeate society, the allure of getting a hold of that data illicitly is unabated. Already, for the first half of 2023, the number of U.S. data compromises is higher than the total compromises for every full year between 2005 and 2020, except for …

Entertainment-streaming platform Roku says a partnership with Shopify Inc. will provide viewers the ability to purchase products from Shopify merchants directly from their TV through Roku Action Ads. It works like this: When viewing an ad for a Shopify merchant, viewers press OK on their Roku remote to learn more …

Point-of-sale technology provider Adyen NV has added Tap to Pay on Android, which allows merchants to accept contactless card payments directly on a mobile device with no additional hardware. Adyen is adding the technology initially in the United States and Singapore. Checkout.com launched Identity Verification, a tool based on artificial intelligence that allows …

FIS Inc. is the latest processor to be certified for the Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payments network, which is scheduled to launch later this month. FIS, which announced yesterday it is selling a sell a 55% interest in its merchant-processing business, joins a growing list of certified FedNow participants, including  ACI …

Spotify, the digital-music service, has notified long-time customers it will no longer support payments from Apple Inc.’s App Store for premium subscriptions. Those customers who use the Apple service will be moved to Spotify’s free service and must transition to an alternative, such as PayPal or a credit card, for …