Transaction Processing

Avelo Airlines said it has entered a multi-year agreement to adopt payments services from PayPal Holdings Inc., including Pay in 4, PayPal’s buy now, pay later service, as well as PayPal Checkout and Braintree, PayPal’s transaction processor. U.S.-based payments platform FreedomPay said it will support transactions for Pennies, a United Kingdom-based fintech that …

The payments business may be shying away from the mergers-and-acquisitions market for the time being, but that’s not a strategy Shift4 Payment Inc.’s boss is interested in imitating. “Now, there’s a general distaste for acquisitions. That’s not a mistake we’re going to make,” declared Shift4 chief executive Jared Isaacman early …

The Federal Trade Commission and the state of Florida reached a settlement with Chargebacks911 in a lawsuit they filed in April alleging the company and its owners use multiple unfair techniques to prevent consumers from winning chargeback disputes. The settlement would prohibit them from providing chargeback mitigation services to high-risk clients that use affiliate …

Long-time credit union service and financial-technology providers PSCU and Co-op Solutions announced a merger late Monday. The merged entity, which has yet to be named, will create an end-to-end payments system for credit unions of all sizes, PSCU chief executive and president Charles E. “Chuck” Fagan, promised during a press …

FIS Inc. is selling a majority stake in its massive Worldpay transaction-processing operation, but that doesn’t mean the company is ditching the payments business, its chief executive made plain early Tuesday. “We have not moved totally away from that,” Stephanie Ferris told equity analysts during an early-morning call to review …

Card manufacturer CPI Card Group Inc. reported $105.9 million in third-quarter revenue, a 15% decrease from $124.6 million in the 2022 third quarter. It had a profit of $3.9 million, a 67.2% decrease from $11.9 million a year ago. Cautious consumer spending and a focus on managing inventory levels likely had an …

Restaurant-management platform provider OpenTable Inc. is offering 1,000 vouchers for Uber rides to diners eating at restaurants participating in San Francisco’s Restaurant Week. The promotion is intended to encourage visitors and locals to dine out during the event, which actually runs for two weeks from Nov. 3 through Nov. 16. …

Fraud at call centers operated by financial services organizations increased 39% from 2019 to 2022, according to new data from TransUnion LLC. That was the third-largest increase among sectors, surpassed only by travel and leisure and logistics, finds the TransUnion “2023 State of Omnichannel Fraud Report.” The report is based …

Some two-thirds of consumers feel a February proposal from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to cap monthly credit card late fees at $8 (down from $41) would have a positive impact on “the average credit card holder,” according to an online survey in September of 802 adult cardholders by the Auriemma Group. …

More than 10 years after Visa Inc. wrote its rules permitting surcharging on its credit cards, questions remain among acquirers, especially those selling or considering surcharge programs for their merchants. Now, as more merchants mull surcharge or cash-discount programs to alleviate some of their card-acceptance costs, and with recent changes …