As competition among payment orchestrators heats up, providers looking to separate themselves from the pack find themselves under pressure to offer points of differentiation, according to Datos Insights’ “Payment Orchestration Vendor Evaluation” report, released Tuesday. One key differentiator for payment orchestrators is smart payment routing, according to the report. This …

FIS Inc. said it will make a peer-to-peer payment service from Neural Payments available to its banking customers. The white-label product enables bank customers to transfer money from their accounts to anyone, regardless of weather the recipient’s financial institution uses Neural Payments and without the need to download a third-party app …

Sweden-based EasyPark Group, a provider of mobile apps for parking payments, is working with parking-technology firms ZipBy and Fennix to enable parking and gate-entry at parking lots throughout Vancouver, British Columbia. EasyPark expanded into North America in 2021 with its acquisition of Park Now Group, which included ParkMobile LLC. EasyPark acquired Park …

Payments provider North American Bancard has rebranded as North. The independent sales organization, which debuted in 1992, said North is emblematic of upward movement. Its values, business strategy, and merchant commitment stay the same, North said in a blog post.  Nuvei Corp. said it will acquire Pay2All Instituição de Pagamento Ltda., a …

An in-home services company called The Helper Bees has launched a benefit card that allows members to spend benefits at more than 60,000 retail locations, including drugstores and grocery chains. Duda, a Web site developer, said its e-commerce technology has integrated with Block Inc.’s Square platform, a move it says will allow …

When Alex Chriss took over in September as PayPal’s chief executive, he promised to shake up what he saw as a complacent payments engine. Now, the company is starting to see some tangible results from Chriss’s moves, though the new boss isn’t entirely satisfied. “We know there is much more …

U.S.-based Papaya Global, which offers platforms for payroll and payments processing, said it will support payroll and other workforce software for Cegid, a Europe-based provider of cloud software for finance and human resources. American Express Co. announced updates to its U.S. Consumer Gold Card, including credits for spending at restaurants included in …

Growth in contactless and peer-to-peer payments, e-commerce, and value-added services were among the highlights discussed with stock analysts late Tuesday during Visa Inc.’s third-quarter earnings call for the card company’s fiscal year 2024. Visa’s Tap-to-Pay contactless payments technology has penetrated multiple markets, accounting for 80% of all face-to-face Visa transactions …

Point-of-sale and payments software provider Sound Payments said it completed an integration with two Equinox Payments POS terminals in Sound’s Quantum Cloud platform. Blaze Solutions Inc., a provider of technology for cannabis sellers, has released new point-of-sale technology for that market, featuring a Web-based POS system and upgraded user interface. A startup …

Payments provider Payzli said it now offers services from the Visa Acceptance Platform, including Tap to Phone and contactless payments. Swipesum, a merchant-services company, and Visa Inc.’s Authorize.net unit said they will support payments for 4aGoodCause, an online donation service. Relay Payments Inc. said 22 Onvo travel plazas will use its payments services that …