Payments provider TouchBistro launched TouchBistro Marketing, aimed at helping restaurants connect and market to customers via custom marketing campaigns. The new system links to TouchBistro’s restaurant-management platform.Innovative Payment Solutions Inc. announced the second phase of its IPSIPay App with approval from Visa Inc. for use of Visa debit cards within the app.PayPal Holdings …

Transactions on gift cards and cryptocurrency—and even buy now, pay later capability—are coming to commercial washers, dryers, and vending machines with an announcement Monday by PayRange Inc. that it will support the new payment methods. The Portland, Ore.-based company, which says it processes for more than half a million commercial …

Paysafe Ltd. announced it is processing payments for several iGaming operators in the Canadian province of Ontario, including PointsBet and theScoreBet.Diebold Nixdorf said Langley Federal Credit Union selected the company to operate and manage its self-service banking channel. The credit union said it has more than 320,000 membersBuy now, pay later specialist Klarna …

Some 79% of cybersecurity professionals globally said their organizations had been hit by ransomware within the last 12 months, according to a survey of 620 respondents conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group and commissioned by OwnBackup, a data protection platform.Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. announced an integration with Flex, a provider of core system …

Payments is a complex business. Best to start by mastering the basics of pricing and security. Scratching their heads, your business leaders may ask, “Why do fees change for credit card processing? What’s this Level 1? 2? 3?” Then, they hit you with questions related to cybersecurity: “Wait, did you …

Almost eight years after it launched the Apple Pay mobile-payment service, Apple Inc.’s purported move to bring some of its payment-processing and financial-services operations in-house once again could shake up the payments industry. Just how, though, is a big unknown at the moment. Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple is not commenting on …

The PCI Security Standards Council published version 4 of the PCI Data Security Standard. Features of the new standard include, among other changes, updated firewall terminology and a requirement to implement multi-factor authentication for access to the cardholder data environment.Processor Adyen said it is expanding beyond payments to offer embedded financial products, including Adyen …

Unattended payments specialist Cantaloupe Inc. launched ePort Engage Combo, a new all-in-one card reader and telemeter, digital touchscreen, and payment platform that can be installed directly over existing bill acceptors.Payments provider Trust Payments has signed agreements with three independent sales organizations—Provident Advisor Group, DPS Card Services, and Card Dynamics—to sell Trust Payments’ new e-commerce …

Payments provider Payfare Inc. announced it is adding Visa Direct to its platform to enable real-time payouts to gig workers.Cloud-based payments provider Volante Technologies said it is working with the consulting firm KPMG to offer banks cloud technology for real-time payments, along with an advisory service.Mastercard Inc. is working in the United Kingdom with Temenos, …

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigating the impact of buy now, pay later programs on consumers, the Electronic Transactions Association early Friday released a letter it hopes will help clarify the issues and help allay the regulator’s concerns about key issues such as debt accumulation, regulatory arbitrage, and data …