Faster payments got a boost Friday as Nacha, the governing body for the nation’s automated clearing house network, raised the limit on same-day payments from $25,000 to $100,000. The move follows a similar action earlier this year by The Clearing House Payments Co. for real-time transactions and is expected to …

Airport restaurant and retail operator OTG Experience LLC says it will be one of the first retailers to use Amazon.com Inc.’s “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology, the system that powers Amazon’s Amazon Go stores, when it opens a CIBO Express Gourmet Market next week in Terminal C of Newark Liberty International Airport.A technology …

The payment habits of Generation Z and Millennial consumers are providing some of the motivation for Glance Technologies Inc. to change its name and mission. Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996, and those born in 1997 and later are Gen Z members. Announced Tuesday, the new corporate name is …

Cornerstone Payment Systems announced the acquisition of Move Your Mountain, a crowd-funding platform. Terms were not disclosed.Digital cross-border payments provider Remitly Inc. launched Passbook by Remitly, a mobile app aimed at immigrants in the United States that features a no-fee account from Sunrise Banks N.A. and real-time transfers via Visa Inc.’s Visa Direct …

Disbursements once were a staid business dominated by checks and ACH direct deposits. No more, thanks to the rise of the gig economy and new payout technology. When they’re owed something, 21st Century consumers aren’t satisfied with waiting to get a check, and waiting again for it to clear. They …

Mastercard Inc. on Wednesday reported double-digit growth in fourth-quarter purchase volume and transactions, but reduced economic activity from the Coronavirus that originated in China could put a crimp on growth early this year. “We’ll take this as it comes, one step at a time,” Mastercard chief executive Ajay Banga said …

The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC, operator of the Real Time Payments network, said Thursday that it will raise the RTP transaction limit from the current $25,000 to $100,000 effective Feb. 1. Steve Ledford, TCH senior vice president of product strategy and development, tells Digital Transactions News the limit is …

MoneyGram International Inc. announced online transactions grew more than 70% year-over-year between Dec. 1 and Dec. 25, a record growth rate for that period. The money-transfer provider, which did not report the actual transaction volume, said 80% of the transactions were initiated on a mobile device.PayPal Holdings Inc. has closed on its …

Loyalty apps are great, but they badly need a technology overhaul. By adding artificial intelligence, retailers can step up customer engagement and convert more sales. As brick-and-mortar retailers battle for foot traffic and sales, there is good news for them. Gen Z, the first truly digitally native generation, were strolling …

Visa Inc. is working fast to expand its foothold in cross-border remittances, a relatively new market for the card network. Last month, MoneyGram International Inc. announced it is the first remittance service to allow international transfers that rely on Visa Direct, a push-payment service that enables real-time transfers to holders …