FIS Inc. said its SecurLock service, working with artificial-intelligence technology from the fintech Stratyfy, is set to increase the volume of card transactions accurately identified as fraudulent, allowing clients to stop the transactions before they are consummated. FIS said the technology “was able to deliver a significant improvement of accurately identified …

Zil Money Corp. reported its automated check-payment app, OnlineCheckWriter.com, has passed $70 billion in volume since its inception in 2018. The service relies on various payment methods, including the automated clearing house, real-time payments, and QR codes. The payments platform Nayax Ltd. announced an offering of 3.13 million of its ordinary shares at …

Challenges abound for card managers. Here’s how to manage them more efficiently. The payments space is one arena in the financial services industry that is uniquely ripe for change and disruption. The growth of embedded finance, cross-border payments, blockchain technology, real-time transactions and more are all combining to create a …

FIS Inc. said it is working with Banked, an open-banking provider, to develop new pay by bank services for businesses and consumers. Gateway provider Trice Technologies Inc. said it is a technology provider and real-time payments gateway for the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC. Web services and payments provider GoDaddy …

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is revolutionizing the way consumers and businesses handle their financial affairs, offering an innovative alternative to traditional, centralized financial systems. This transformation is creating a dynamic financial landscape where both traditional finance methods and DeFi coexist, encouraging real-time, transparent, and secure digital payment solutions. This evolution presents …

CUSIP Global Services announced late Wednesday that it will be taking over day-to-day operations of the administration of the issuer identification number system from the American Bankers Association. The change is not monumental as CUSIP has a long history of managing numbering programs for the financial services industry. The ABA …

Sports-betting enthusiasts rank rapid payouts and payment choice most highly when choosing a sportsbook, according to a report from Paysafe Ltd., a payments processor for which gaming is a major market. The research canvassed 3,000 bettors in six states, Canada, and the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy in December. Airwallex, …

KioSoft Technologies has agreed to license technology from PayRange Inc. in a deal that could exceed $62 million in value over a 10-year period. The agreement stems from a settlement of a four-year dispute in which PayRange, a provider of payments technology for the laundry and vending industries, alleged KioSoft infringed its …

The Huntington National Bank launched a secured credit card offering 1% cashback rewards and no annual fee. Secured cards require cardholders to make a one-time, refundable deposit to back activity on the card. Mastercard Inc. and BOK Financial Corp. expanded their agreement making Mastercard the exclusive payments network in BOK’s debit and …

PayPal Holdings Inc. has put its new stablecoin to work as an investment tool with a PayPal USD investment in Mesh Connect Inc., an embedded-finance platform. Announced Monday, the stake from PayPal Ventures, the digital wallet’s investment arm, was made almost entirely in PayPal USD, a stablecoin PayPal introduced in …