Authentication provider Veriff said an analysis of Google search data, a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, and the FBI’s Internet Crime Report 2021 data found that credit card fraud accounted for 2.3% of all reported online crimes. Phishing and its variations had the highest rate of 44.76%.Payments provider Lightspeed Commerce Inc. said it has …

POSaBIT Systems Corp., a point-of-sale system provider for the cannabis industry, announced a private placement of more than 5.8 million shares that generated approximately C$47.7 million ($3.6 million) that will help support its launch in eight U.S. state by year’s end.Corpay, a payments-technology unit of the U.S.-based payments provider Fleetcor, …

Mastercard Inc. said it is working with seven companies to enable its branded payment cards to be used for making non-fungible token purchases. NFTs are digital goods.Sardine, a provider of anti-fraud and compliance technology to fintechs, said it will work with cryptocurrency-technology provider Zero Hash to enable instant settlement on the …

Huntington Bancshares Inc. said it is establishing a unit within the bank dedicated to payments strategy and investment. Amit Dhingra has been appointed to lead the group as Enterprise Payments Director.A platform called i-payout said it is launching a real-time service for payouts in the U.S. and Canada. Rather than …

Visa Inc. has collaborated with working-capital platform Fundbox to launch the Fundbox Flex Visa debit card, issued by Pathward N.A.KindTap Technologies, a payments provider specializing in the cannabis industry, has integrated with Dispense, an e-commerce platform, to allow merchants using Dispense to accept credit card and automated clearing house payments …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent a letter to the chief executives of JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, Discover, and American Express asking them to explain the practice of omitting data about consumers’ monthly credit card payments when sending information to credit-reporting companies. The CFPB contends the …

Two of the busiest trends in payments are quick-response (QR) codes and cryptocurrency, and now payments players are finding ways to blend the two. Social Life Network Inc. on Friday said its Decentral Life unit has added a QR code application for its platform supporting digital wallets and payments. The …

Aeropay, a specialist in payments for the cannabis industry, announced it and Flowhub, a point-of-sale platform for cannabis dispensaries, will work together on enabling automated clearing house payments via Aeropay for more than 1,000 dispensaries using Flowhub’s software.Paysafe Ltd. said it is expanding in the auto-finance market through a deal to …

Cannabis-payments platform CanPay said it has passed half a billion dollars in transactions, processing for more than 800 merchant locations in 31 in states.A cryptocurrency-investment platform called BitStore introduced a Mastercard-branded prepaid card that allows users to make payments at merchants with their crypto assets. Processing is handled by Alchemy Pay.Payments provider PayTrace Inc. announced it …

Payments provider ACI Worldwide Inc. said its data indicate the number of tax payments made via a mobile device has increased 27% over the same time last year, while the dollar value has climbed 40%. Tax payments via credit card are up 13%, and have increased 8% by debit card. Dollar value …