Among some 108 banks in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, nearly half indicate they have lost at least 10% of their payments volume to fintechs, according to an Aite-Novarica report supported by payments platform Finastra. As a result, some 65% plan to make a significant or moderate investment in payments technology …

Payments-technology provider Modern Treasury and Silicon Valley Bank launched what they call a global payment solution to let clients of the two companies send cross-border payments at lower than prevailing costs and using local automated clearing house networks. SpecTrust Inc., whose Trust Cloud offers fraud protection for online transactions, said it has …

Entrust Group, an IRA administrator, said it is working with Stripe Inc. to ease credit card and automated clearing house payments for client contributions. Block Inc.’s Cash App will support a cash-giveaway promotion for Moe’s Southwest Grill on Feb. 24, with the total payout expected to be $25,000. U.S. Bank launched its Business …

Payments fintech Marqeta Inc. said it has entered a strategic alliance with consulting firm Deloitte to help banks, fintechs, and payments providers quicken the pace of payments modernization. Grazzy, an app provider for same-day earnings and other employee payments, announced a $4.25-million seed funding round from Next Coast Ventures and Tuesday Capital. …

A technology company called Markt POS announced what it says is the first cloud-based software to handle payments and other functions exclusively for small and medium-size grocery and specialty stores. The company says more than 300 stores have signed up for the product. Iowa-based payments provider VizyPay said it has processed more than $4 …

Varo Bank early Tuesday announced it has become the first digital neobank to be admitted to the Zelle peer-to-peer payments network. The bank, a unit of the 7-year-old, San Francisco-based Varo Money Inc., said it will now offer payments via Zelle through its mobile app. “Adding Zelle to our product …

A nascent movement among states to allow citizens to store a driver’s license or other state ID card in a mobile app could give mobile payments a lift, according to research released early Wednesday. Arizona in March was the first state to allow its citizens the option of storing a …

Payments processor Global Payments Inc. reported revenue of $2.29 billion for the September quarter, up 3.8% year-over-year. Revenue for the first nine months of the year totaled $6.72 billion, up 6.2%. Global Payments expects to close on its $4 billion acquisition of EVO Payments Inc., announced in August, in the first quarter of …

Financial-services technology provider Jack Henry & Associates Inc. launched a real-time peer-to-peer payments platform, based on the Digital Payments Platform from the payments-technology firm Payrailz. Jack Henry acquired Payrailz in September for undisclosed terms.Gr4vy, a U.S.-based payments-technology provider, said Australia’s Woolworths Group will use the company’s payments-orchestration platform to run the retailer’s Wpay service. …

Lavu, a payments-technology provider specializing in restaurants, said it is partnering with Up ‘n Go, a vendor of contactless-payment technology based on QR codes, for pay-at-table checkouts.Data from the Bank of America Institute indicate overall consumer spending seen by the big bank in August was up 13% over the same month in …