A relatively novel method for private companies to go public gained momentum in the payments industry Monday with the announcement that London-based processor Paysafe Group Holdings Ltd. will be acquired by a group put together by Las Vegas-based Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. in a deal valued at approximately $9 billion.  …

Overall U.S. credit card use dipped 2% for the week ending Nov. 29 compared with the week ending Dec. 1, 2019, according to the Tracking Transaction Trends report from PSCU, a credit union service organization. Meanwhile, debit card use increased 4.9% for the same period. Regionally, the largest credit card drop was …

At UL, we have seen both customers and merchants are experiencing an increased need for contactless payment options in brick-and-mortar stores. The current pandemic is a large factor in this, of course, but so also is the convenience and speed that contactless payments bring when compared to the traditional contact …

Processor Stripe Inc. launched Stripe Treasury, a banking-as-a-service platform for its merchants, which can open Stripe Balance business accounts. Stripe is working with Evolve Bank & Trust on the service. Merchants can open interest-bearing accounts eligible for FDIC insurance in minutes. Commerce platform Shopify Inc. is one of the first to offer …

Houston-based P97 Networks Inc., a provider of cloud-based mobile-commerce technology, including pay-at-pump, has partnered with Cybersource, Visa Inc.’s fraud-management platform, to expand its PetroZone platform offering to fuel retailers both in North America and overseas. P97 has installations in 140 countries. PetroZone is an EMV-compliant application that enables mobile payment …

Sysnet Global Solutions said it acquired the Managed Complication Solutions division of ControlScan Inc. With the acquisition, Sysnet said almost 4 million small and mid-size businesses and payment processing companies use its services. Terms were not disclosed.Fido Merchant Services, a United Kingdom-based payment gateway and merchant services provider, is embarking on …

Most Americans will be glad to see the last of 2020 as they ring in 2021 in a few weeks, and that group will include private investors. In a year in which the coronavirus ran rampant, damaging many businesses and shuttering others, tech investors pegged significantly fewer privately held payments …

The Libra Association, the organization behind the Libra cryptocurrency project, said it is renaming itself Diem, Latin for “day.” Acknowledging pressure from governments and regulators worldwide, the association this spring changed course on several key strategies, setting out new plans for single-currency stablecoins and a stronger compliance regime.Commerce platform Shopify Inc. said its merchants had …

Payment at a distance has become a priority as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are five ways to make that shift go smoothly. The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the way we live and work in countless ways, and that includes how we pay our bills. Consider a recent …

We are all living digitally infused lives as a result of the pandemic, and as the promise of a vaccine suggests that this may end in the coming year, the question is: will the changes stick? One area of keen interest to retailers and the payments industry is mobile payments, …