IPwe Inc., a provider of predictive analytics and blockchain technology, is partnering with Advasa Co. Ltd., a provider of earned wage access solutions. The deal will enable Advasa’s to expand its earned wage access business globally. Earned wage access provides employees the ability to access a portion of their already …

The consolidation of the payment-processing business continues apace, driven by economies of scale and the challenges of keeping up with emerging technology. In the latest deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter of next year, Global Payments Inc. announced last month it will acquire EVO Payments Inc. …

Dutchie, which develops technology for cannabis retailers, unveiled Dutchie POS, which includes a hardware terminal and point-of-sale software.In related news, point-of-sale technology vendor POSaBIT Systems Corp. announced an agreement to license its point-of-sale technology to an unnamed “large cannabis technology partner.” The agreement calls for a one-time fee to POSaBIT of $500,000, …

Payments provider Celero Commerce has acquired Community Bankers Merchant Services, a provider of electronic transaction processing through community and regional banks across the country. Terms of the deal, announced late Thursday, were not disclosed. The acquisition of CBMS will open the door for Celero to provide processing services to merchants …

Merchant acquirers continue to reap the benefits of a bustling economy. Nuvei Corp., a Montreal-based acquirer, said its payments volume increased 38% in the second quarter, and Alpharetta, Ga.-based Priority Technology Holdings Inc. said its bank card processing volume increased 14.3% in the quarter. Nuvei said its payments volume topped …

Paya Holdings Inc. has been among the payments industry’s more acquisitive processors, and on Friday morning its chief executive made plain the company isn’t ruling out bigger deals. “You can see our balance sheet, our leverage, and the powder is certainly there to do larger transactions,” chief executive Jeff Hack …

Shift4 Payments Inc. has long made no secret of its plans to expand the average size of the merchants it serves, but early on Thursday its chief executive made the company’s overarching strategy crystal clear following recent signings of such international clients as Time Inc. and SpaceX’s Starlink satellite business, …

The consolidation of the payment-processing business continues apace, driven by economies of scale and the challenges of keeping up with emerging technology. In the latest deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter of next year, Global Payments Inc. announced early Monday it will acquire EVO Payments Inc. …

Merchant acquiring is Fiserv Inc.’s largest and fastest-growing business, and in the second quarter it showed no signs of slowing down. Driven by technologies like Clover, a set of point-of-sale gear, and Carat, a fast-growing commerce platform, the acquiring unit posted $1.9 billion in revenue in the quarter ended June …

Mobile-payment solution provider Bank Shot has added support for digital-check acceptance in the real-estate market. The new feature will enable consumers to initiate an earnest-money or rent payment via a digital check. In addition, real-estate brokers, title companies, and property managers can use Bank Shot to pay realtor commissions. Bank …