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Sensing that consumers’ growing preference for contactless-payments options will be permanent, Intuit Inc. on Thursday introduced its QuickBooks Card Reader for small businesses. The terminal, which integrates with QuickBooks Payments, supports what Intuit calls smart-tipping functionality. Businesses can customize three tipping options that are displayed on the card reader as …

For Apple Inc. to become a disruptor in the rapidly growing buy now, pay later market, the technology giant is going to have to win consumer’s trust and demonstrate its BNPL platform is secure.  Reports of Apple developing a BNPL product, which the company has internally dubbed Apple Pay Later, …

Payments provider Global Payments Inc. announced consulting firm PwC will be a charter member of Global’s TSYS Partner Program, an initiative aimed at developing business partnerships with companies globally.CloudPay Inc., a payroll-processing provider, launched CloudPay Now, a service allowing multinational companies to provide earned-wage access globally.InComm Payments will process prepaid card transactions online …

United Kingdom-based mobile-payment specialist Miura Systems is expanding its operations in North America through the introduction of PCI PTS v5 certified terminals, a turnkey semi-integrated payment application, and a hosted device-management system. Miura, which has deployed more than 3 million payment devices to more than 30 countries, is also beefing …

Wireless connectivity at faster speeds and with more reliable service could be more widely available to the payments industry in as few as two years or less. Mastercard Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.’s Verizon Business unit announced Tuesday morning they intend to work together to make 5G connectivity available in …

ICBA Bancard, the payment services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, said it now offers real-time payments via Finzly, a fintech, and its connection to The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s Real Time Payments network.Mastercard Inc. and Major League Baseball announced a multiyear extension of their sponsorship deal. Mastercard …

Atlanta-based EVO Payments Inc. is working with global ATM technology provider KAL to allow banks and independent ATM deployers to quickly set up ATMs anywhere in Europe. The new service combines Germany-based KAL’s ATM software with EVO’s payments network, the parties said Tuesday. “We have created a highly efficient method …

Plenty of reports since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic have documented how consumers have responded by shifting to e-commerce—some for the first time—but few reports break out the impact on the mobile segment of that number. It turns out the pandemic has spurred considerable shopping by mobile-phone users, as …

Payments provider E-Complish announced it acquired an outstanding interest in Regal Technologies LLC, which provide automated clearing house and other payment services.Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. said it will process transactions for BetMGM, an online gaming and sports-betting platform.Payments provider ACI Worldwide Inc. said it is working with the Foundation for California Community Colleges to …

Visa Inc. is bringing a point-of-sale payment-acceptance application that uses commercially available consumer smart phones on tour to U.S. small businesses, it announced Wednesday. Using a smart phone from ZmBizi LLC loaded with the POS app, 50 small businesses in Washington, D.C., will be able to accept payments without having …