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The official launch of FedNow as a commercial service is set for July, but already the nation’s banking regulator, along with observers, have seen a pattern in where initial participants have been using the real-time payments service. “We’re starting to see more activity around business-to-consumer [payments], related to payroll front …

Visa Inc.’s U.S. debit card payments volume of $767 billion in its fiscal second quarter increased 9.6% from $699 billion in the quarter ending March 31 a year ago. Its U.S. credit card payments volume of $704 billion was a 10.5% increase from $638 billion a year ago. For all regions, Visa’s …

White-label buy now, pay later provider Splitit Payments Ltd., introduced on Tuesday SplititExpress, a checkout experience that enables consumers to complete checkout in less than two seconds, compared to one-to-two minutes for other BNPL applications, Splitit says. The new feature also supports installment payments via Google Pay and Apple Pay. …

Giant processor Fiserv Inc. said its revenue from its merchant business increased to $1.85 billion in the first quarter, a 12.1% increase from $1.65 billion a year ago. Brookfield, Wis.-based Fiserv said its two other segments—financial technology and payments and networks—also had revenue increases. Revenue for the financial technology business …

The momentum behind tap to pay technology on smart phones shows no signs of slowing down. MagicCube Inc., which has traditionally focused on providing contactless payment technology to small merchants through off-the-shelf mobile devices, has expanded its reach to small and mid-sized merchants through a partnership with ACI Worldwide Inc. …

Payments analysts looking for where the growth is can find it in the automated clearing house network and in debit cards. With respect to transaction volume, no U.S. payment system grew faster over the three years from 2018 to 2021 than the ACH, which posted a compound annual growth rate …

Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. said it is launching MX POS, a point-of-sale platform offering cloud accessibility with analytics and data reporting. Chargebacks911, a platform for chargeback management, advised merchants to streamline subscription-cancellation processes in response to a proposal from the Federal Trade Commission to require merchants to make it as easy to …

Payroc LLC has partnered with wireless-network platform provider Bleu to launch tap-to-phone payments for Android and iOS devices in the United States. Merchants will be able to accept payments using a smart phone or tablet device. The rollout of tap-to-phone technology is expected to help merchants meet consumers’ evolving expectations …

The United Kingdom-based point-of-sale technology specialist Miura Systems has launched its latest payment device, an Android-based terminal called the Miura Android Smart POS, or MASP. It’s the latest payment-acceptance device aimed at independent sales organizations and other third-party resellers to take advantage of the open-source capabilities of the Android operating …

RevSpring Inc. said it is the payment partner to the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., a new program for U.S. pharmacies. Cheq Inc., a mobile-payments provider serving the hospitality industry, said its technology will fulfill food orders at The Bite of Seattle, a festival set for July 21-23 and expected …