Transaction Processing

Apple Inc.’s sneak peek at its iOS16 operating system on Monday included the news that the new version will include Apple’s widely expected entry in the hot buy now, pay later market. Available in the U.S. market, Apple Pay Later will be accepted at all places that take Apple Pay …

High usage rates and increasing adoption by small businesses are the primary factors that have led Interac, Canada’s national debit and account-to-account payment network, to hit a record 1 billion transactions for the 12-month period ended April 30, a 16% increase from the same period a year earlier. A recent …

Payments-as-a-service and other “as-a-service” technologies have emerged in recent years to package the technology and expertise needed for fintechs to expand their reach and expertise in payments. Now acquiring-as-a-service is stepping onto center stage with news that Fiserv Inc. has agreed to support payments for merchants using Trust Payments Ltd. …

Luma Health Inc. debuted LumaPay, which allows patients to pay medical bills via text messages.U.S.-based payments provider FreedomPay said it is working with Network International to provide digital-payment capability to the hospitality industry in the Middle East and Africa region.Canada-based Kapsch TrafficCom announced it has now manufactured 100 million toll-payment transponders, which are used in …

Square intrigued the payments industry a decade ago when it emerged to provide small sellers with a simple dongle they could attach to a mobile phone to accept card payments. Now Square says it’s moving to the next step. The company announced Thursday that later this year it will adopt …

Huntington Bancshares Inc. said it is establishing a unit within the bank dedicated to payments strategy and investment. Amit Dhingra has been appointed to lead the group as Enterprise Payments Director.A platform called i-payout said it is launching a real-time service for payouts in the U.S. and Canada. Rather than …

Shoplazza, a shopping-cart technology provider for more than 360,000 merchants, said it will support integration of payments-acceptance capability from Payoneer into its clients’ Web stores.Billing and payment platform Kill Bill and Wovenware, a provider of artificial intelligence and software engineering services, said Wovenware created an open-source plugin that integrates e-commerce processor Adyen to the …

Since going public a year ago, Payoneer Global Inc. has been capitalizing on its capabilities in key cross-border payments capabilities, including direct transfers and mass payouts. Its reach now includes big international online marketplaces with its announcement early on Wednesday that it will process payments for merchants selling on SEAGM, …

To expand its iGaming business and revitalize its digital-wallet business, Paysafe Ltd. on Monday announced it is increasing the wagering limit for high-stakes online gamblers using its Skrill USA wallet to fund their iGaming accounts.  The feature is expected to appeal to high rollers who make five- and six-figures wagers. …

Few payments sectors were harder hit by the pandemic than ATM networks around the world, and now numbers released over the weekend indicate that the global ATM installed base continued to decline last year, albeit at a slower rate than in 2020.  The U.S. market, indeed, saw its ATM count …