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Vail Resorts has selected buy now, pay later provider Uplift to allow Vail guests to pay for a pass over time with monthly installments.Discover Financial Services launched its Online Privacy Protection service on its mobile app. The service allows users of the Discover card and banking services to remove personal information from 10 …

Cryptocurrency payment gateway Data Mynt Inc. on Tuesday announced support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Data Mynt will facilitate payments to and from all Lightning Network-enabled wallets, such as Block Inc.’s Cash App and Strike.  The Data Mynt gateway, which says it is agnostic as to wallet, asset, and blockchain, …

One of the country’s biggest merchant associations on Monday joined a growing chorus of voices arguing fee increases planned by the major card networks for this month will exacerbate inflation. “American consumers are struggling under the worst inflation in four decades, and these increases would only make the situation worse,” …

Sila Inc., a software platform for fintechs, launched Instant Settlement, a service that offers immediate access to automated clearing house debits executed on its platform.Canada-based business-to-business payments platform Versapay announced it has closed on its acquisition of U.S.-based DadeSystems, an accounts-receivable software specialist. Terms were not disclosed.Synchrony Financial reported first-quarter net earnings of …

Be careful what you wish for. For years, payments processors have contended that state and local lawmakers and regulators would enact better regulations if they were better-informed about how payments work. The good news is that’s now happening, said Kim Ford, senior vice president of government relations at Fiserv Inc. …

Restaurant chain Everbowl said it will accept franchise-fee payments in Bitcoin starting today. The 6-year-old company has 50 locations and plans to open more than 150 additional ones over the next three years.Gemini, a cryptocurrency platform to buy, sell, earn, and store crypto, said its Gemini Credit Card is now available in …

Customer checkout, whether online or at a store, can be taken for granted by merchants and payments firms alike. That’s a big mistake, according to a panel of experts who spoke Wednesday about new opportunities—and threats—lurking in checkout buttons.  For one thing, checkouts can represent a battleground in which players …

Everyware Worldwide Inc., a contactless payments and customer engagement company, announced its Pay By Text service, which enables consumers to use a cell phone number to make a payment. The service relies on Visa Inc.’s Token ID service.Insurity’s Sure Claims Payments platform will provide digital-payment options on workers’ compensation claims for Victory …

Fiserv Inc. said Arkansas Federal Credit Union now offers the Zelle peer-to-peer payment service via Fiserv.Till Payments, an Australia-based payments-technology provider, said it is marking its official debut in the North American market at this week’s Electronic Transactions Association conference in Las Vegas. In January, Till acquired Zips, the payment-processing unit …

Payments gateway BridgePay Network Solutions LLC said is working with Visa Inc.’s TokenID technology to provide network tokenization to all clients using all processors.Paysafe Ltd. said it is expanding its working relationship with international gaming operator Betsson Group to support traditional and alternative payments for the new Betsafe online sportsbook for Colorado.Everi Holdings …