Affirm Inc. said it will offer its installment-payment services to customers of New Look Vision Group in Canada. The company operates 475 stores in Canada and the United States. Payments platform Payroc announced it has agreed to acquire LedgerPay Inc., which does business as PayiQ. With the acquisition, Payroc says it will gain …
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As more and more attention is drawn to cryptocurrency, crypto users are ready to use their holdings to make every day purchases and play games, finds a new report from Bitget Wallet. Released Monday, the report finds that, globally, 36% of respondents want to use their crypto wallets to make …
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Fiserv Inc.’s Clover point-of-sale technology unit announced it is entering the health-care market with Clover PracticePay. Clover worked with Rectangle Health, a developer of payments software for the health-care industry, on the launch. Mastercard Inc. and American Airlines said they have agreed to extend a longstanding agreement under which Mastercard supports a cobranded …
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The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the GENIUS Act, a bill aimed at regulating stablecoins, giving the nascent digital currency a boost as a mainstream payment option. The GENIUS (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins) Act is intended to provide a legal structure for stablecoins and enhance …
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Block Inc. Tuesday announced businesses using Block’s Cash App iOS app can process contactless payments directly on an iPhone using Apple Inc.’s tap-to-pay on iPhone technology. The new service comes as early testing indicates sellers using the technology have seen a 35% rise in purchase volume by comparison to merchants …
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Caesars Sportsbook is rolling out a universal digital wallet for its mobile betting app that will allow Nevada-based users to fund their wagers directly from their smart phones or tablets. Users will also be able to manage their funds and Caesars rewards through the wallet and track their activity across …
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Paze, the digital wallet from Early Warning Services LLC, says it is working with Payfinia, a unit of banking-services provider Tyfone Inc., to expand its reach. Payfinia, formed by Tyfone in 2024 to provide real-time payments technology, has helped line up Star One Credit Union, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based financial institution, …
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Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day online shopping extravaganza got off to a record-setting start Tuesday, and without much of an assist from inflation. The day saw $7.9 billion in spending, up 9.9% from the same day last year, according to data compiled by Adobe Analytics, which tracks the annual event. The …
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Ripple’s chief executive said Wednesday the company applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national bank charter to support its stablecoin, RLUSD, which it introduced in December. The move, which Ripple chief executive Brad Garlinghouse announced in a post on the social-media site X, follows …
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U.S. processor Worldpay Inc. announced it is establishing acquiring services in Thailand, furthering its operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Digital wallet Curve said it will work with the technologist Thales on Curve Pay for iOS, a mobile payment service that enables users to rely on their iPhone’s NFC chip to make contactless payments. Banking technology provider Alkami …
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