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Oracle Corp. launched Oracle Health Payments, which the company says combines gateway routing, processing, and acquiring in a single contract for health-care providers. Capabilities include tap-to-pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. Visa Inc. said it is collaborating with Analytic Partners to enable a data-analytics service for merchants. The fintech Pivot …

Tyfone Inc., a provider of consumer and commercial digital banking services for community banks and credit unions, has launched Payfinia Inc., a separate company that provides real-time payments technology. Payfinia’s flagship product will be the Instant Payment Xchange (IPX), which provides consumers with the ability make an account-to-account payment using …

Two payments providers, in separate developments, are fine- tuning their services for veterinary-practice software makers. Gravity Payments Inc. has an integration with Fear Free LLC, a software developer, and Weave is updating its software for veterinary clinics. Broomfield, Colo.-based Fear Free says it will offer Gravity’s payment option with its …

J.P. Morgan Payments has entered into an expanded relationship with One Inc, a payments platform specializing in the insurance industry, to focus on property & casualty insurance clients. Consumers will spend $1,778 on average during the upcoming holiday season, according to projections from Deloitte Consulting LLP. The FIDO Alliance, a group backing …

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to overturn the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act filed a motion late Friday requesting the court deny a request from several merchant organizations to join the Illinois Attorney General as defendants in the suit. At the heart of the plaintiffs’ argument is that the Illinois …

Payments revenue, which grew at a healthy clip through last year, is going to see a drastically slower growth rate over the next five years, argues the Boston Consulting Group in a report issued early Monday. Worldwide payments revenues, which totaled $1.8 trillion last year, will increase at a compound …

Mastercard Inc. said its Identity Attribute Verification service soon will enable issuers to confirm cardholders’ information such as age, date of birth, or address. The initial focus will be select markets in Europe with plans to expand into others in 2025. Expense-management software developer Findity announced its Real Time Card platform, which it …

Six years after dropping its support for cryptocurrency, Stripe Inc. is once again enabling its merchants to accept the digital money. As of Oct. 9, Stripe merchants can now accept USD Coin, a stablecoin that settles transactions in U.S. dollars. In the first 24 hours after launch, consumers from more …

Buy now, pay later specialist Affirm Inc. has agreed to offer financing options to customers using ArcBest’s U-Pack moving company. Weave, a provider of payments and management software to medical practices, introduced Call Intelligence, technology based on artificial intelligence and aimed at analyzing data from patient calls. Payments processor HubSpot Inc. said it agreed …

More than a year after the launch of real-time payments by the Federal Reserve, financial institutions of all sizes are adopting the service. Some mid-size and smaller institutions are also looking ahead to related issues, including the looming ISO20022 standard for financial messaging. The latest example emerged Thursday with an …