The top management at Global Payments Inc. said early Wednesday the company is beginning to reap the benefits it planned for when it paid $4 billion to acquire EVO Payments Inc., a processor with international merchant connections. The deal, which is now more than a year past its closing date, …

Roller, a developer of payments and management technology for attractions and events, launched Analytics, a platform incorporating technology from Google’s BigQuery offering to generate business insights. The average ransom payment to decrypt data locked up by cyberthieves is now $2 million, up five-fold from a year ago, according to data …

Capital One Corp.’s chief executive late Thursday struck back against concerns that the banking giant’s proposed acquisition of Discover Financial Services will dampen competition in banking and payments. “The facts will show there are no barriers to entry in the credit card business,” declared Richard Fairbank as he fielded questions …

Buy now, pay later provider Splitit Payments Ltd. has launched an installment-payment option for financial institutions that consumers can access at the point-of-sale. Financial institutions can offer the option by connecting directly to Splitit’s merchant networks, through a direct link or through a card network. The payment option, called FI-PayLater, …

Consumers using SNAP and electronic benefits transfer payments at a U.S. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. store now have broader access to the services through DoorDash Inc., a third-party delivery service. Announced Wednesday, the deal means Walgreens shoppers can use their SNAP/EBT payments card at any Walgreens, regardless of where they …

Citing “relative stability” across key business metrics, such as cross-border volume, Visa Inc. late Tuesday reported March-quarter increases of 10% year-over-year in both net revenue ($8.8 billion) and net income ($4.7 billion). Driven by stable consumer spending, dollar volume grew 8%, while total cross-border dollar volume grew 16% and processed …

Same-day ACH transactions helped fuel a strong first quarter for the automated clearinghouse network. Nacha, the governing body for the automated clearing house network, reported early Tuesday that same-day ACH transactions totaled 273.7 million during the quarter, a 47% increase from the same period a year ago. The dollar value …

Fiserv Inc. has been an acquisitive payments processor in recent years, but it’s a deal the company concluded nearly five years ago that is energizing growth at the company. Fiserv’s $22-billion acquisition of First Data Corp. in the summer of 2019 brought Clover, a set of point-of-sale technologies that today …

Though the big news about Discover Financial Services is its pending acquisition by Capital One Financial Corp., the acquiring segment remains vital to the card brand. “Our business model, being a network rail, is the right space for us,” Judith McGuire, Discover senior vice president of global products, told Digital …

Executives at Discover Financial Services Inc. early Thursday cut short their first-quarter 2024 earnings call, saying in advance they would not take questions after the presentation. Instead, equity analysts listening to the presentation were told to direct questions to Discover’s investor-relations team. On the call, executives duly reported a significant …