Near-Field Communication (NFC)

U.S. servicemembers who use the Military Star credit card will see a change in September as the closed-loop network it uses migrates to the Discover Global Network. The Exchange Credit Program issues the Military Star card, which is administered by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, and has approximately …

Payments provider Payzli said it now offers services from the Visa Acceptance Platform, including Tap to Phone and contactless payments. Swipesum, a merchant-services company, and Visa Inc.’s Authorize.net unit said they will support payments for 4aGoodCause, an online donation service. Relay Payments Inc. said 22 Onvo travel plazas will use its payments services that …

Raptor Technologies, a provider of software to schools, announced it has acquired PayK12, a platform for online payments and event ticketing for schools from kindergarten through 12th grade. Terms were not announced. Payments-technology provider SpotOn said it has joined the U.S. Foods Check Business Tools program, which provides technology and services to …

Contactless transactions were supercharged by the pandemic, and now slightly more than half of U.S. cardholders are using the technology when they pay with either cards or wallets, according to Mastercard Inc. research. With that kind of momentum behind them, researchers are looking at ways to expand near-field communication technology, …

Contactless payments are forecasted to surge 113% in value by 2029, reaching $15.7 trillion by 2029, up from $7.4 trillion this year, predicts a new report from Juniper Research. Ticketing and soft point-of-sale applications will be significant drivers of this growth, United Kingdom-based Juniper says. “As access becomes more widespread, …

The Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. said it has received approval for a retail-services license from the central bank of the United Arab Emirates, laying the groundwork for an expansion into the UAE market. Fast-food chain Long John Silver’s said it is working with multiple technology vendors to update its digital and in-store ordering experience …

Delta Air Lines Inc. is adopting Tap to Pay on iPhone for its U.S. flights, a move made in conjunction with processor Elavon Inc. Delta has long accepted card payments on flights, having adopted a card-only policy in 2009 for North America flights, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported then. The move …

Shareholders in Nuvei Corp. approved the processor’s previously announced agreement to be acquired by Advent International LP for $34 per share in a move that will take the big processor private. The Financial Times reported that regulators in the European Union have accepted concessions from Apple Inc. that will allow competing payment platforms to access the …

Apple Inc. says iPhone users will be able to send funds to each other by simply holding their iPhones next to each other. It’s a further refinement of Apple’s financial services, which jumped off in 2014 with the launch of Apple Pay. In a video presentation Monday, Apple executives say …

Payments provider NMI announced what it calls an “enhanced” integration with Shopify, the Canada-based e-commerce platform. The integration is meant to assure independent sales organizations and software providers that integrations comply with updated Shopify requirements. Chase Payment Solutions has brought its Tap to Pay on iPhone capability to Canada, with beauty retailer Sephora …