Vending

Payments provider Deluxe Corp. reported its first-quarter revenue dipped nearly 2% year-over-year to $545.4 million. Net income swooned from $9.7 million to $2.8 million owing to higher interest expense and a higher income-tax rate, according to the company. Revenue in its payments division, its second-largest unit after checks, rose 3.5% to $172 …

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 …

Visa Inc. announced a pilot for Visa+, a service that allows users to move payments between rival peer-to-peer payments networks. The pilot, set to launch later this year, will begin with transfers between PayPal and Venmo, a PayPal-owned network, but plans are to include P2P services DailyPay, i2c, TabaPay, and Western …

Losses to identity fraud fell 17% last year, to $43 billion, compared to 2021, thanks to beefed-up prevention at banks and credit unions and more active outreach by consumer-advocacy groups, according to the 20th edition of Javelin Strategy & Research’s Identity Fraud Study. Payments provider Paysafe said Greyhound Lines Inc. will use the Paysafecash …

Instances of card skimming were up in the United States in 2022, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified, a five-fold increase over 2021, and a more than three-fold increase in the total number of cards compromised, according to FICO (formerly Fair Isaac Co.). In addition, 3,000 unique financial institutions …

Cantaloupe Inc., a specialist in payments technology for vending machines and self-service marketplaces, introduced a marketing push early Wednesday for The 46 Kiosk, a terminal featuring a 46-inch screen aimed at users in wheelchairs and those with vision issues. The device, which Malvern, Pa.-based Cantaloupe says is compliant with the …

Vending and unattended payments specialist Cantaloupe Inc. has closed on its $41 million acquisition of Three Square Market, known as 32M, and intends to use it as a springboard for expansion and improved profit margins. Three Square Market, with headquarters in River Falls, Wis., will generate an estimated $19 million …

Thomas Warsop is taking over as chief executive of payments-technology provider ACI Worldwide Inc., succeeding Odilon Almeida, who is stepping down after serving in that role since March 2020. Warsop formerly was non-executive chair of the board of directors and is being succeeded in that role by board member Adalio Sanchez. Dow …

After riding a strong growth wave in 2021, installations of specialized ATMs that allow users to convert their local currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, into cryptocurrencies have cooled off considerably in 2022. Through August, just 5,000 cryptocurrency ATMs have been installed globally this year, bringing the total to more …

Payments platform ISVPay said it is working with Unattended Card Payments, a specialist in unattended hardware, on a full-service unattended payment service.Technology company Fobi AI Inc. has partnered with Barnet Technologies, a vendor of sales and inventory-management software, to launch Bevy Pass, a digital wallet for the retail liquor and hospitality industry.CAI Software LLC, …