Mastercard Inc. saw overall payment volumes inch up in the final quarter of 2020, buoyed by rising debit card volumes and such factors as federal stimulus payments in the U.S. market, the card network’s top executives reported Thursday. Looking ahead, the arrival of vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic will …

Transaction volume for hotels and restaurants fell between 40% and 50% in December compared to December 2019, according to numbers released by payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. Retail and e-commerce businesses, on the other hand, saw a year-over-year increase in volume last month for the first time since the pandemic set in.Xformative …

The Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority in Reading, Pa., will launch its Go Mobile payment app Jan. 26, allowing riders to use a mobile device to pay for bus fares and passes. The app was developed by Modeshift Inc., a specialist in technology for transit agencies.Bestpass, a processor of toll payments for …

Its big merger behind it, the new Worldline is flexing its muscles in the global market for processing and point-of-sale technology. As with so much else in the payments arena, scale is vital to continued success. That appears to be the case with Worldline S.A.’s $8.6-billion acquisition of Ingenico Group …

The Covid-19 pandemic is driving consumers and merchants to opt for contactless options, and now software that can enable an ordinary smart phone to accept cards via near-field communication is moving faster toward the point of sale. Visa Inc. on Wednesday granted a so-called security compliance allowance to MagicCube Inc.’s …

Software-based options are proliferating for merchants who want to use their own mobile phones for payment card acceptance. Are we entering the era of Square II? Square Inc. made payments history a decade ago with its iconic dongle that enabled iPhones to accept payment cards (“How the Twitter Guy Changed …

Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit on Wednesday announced a major overhaul of its 5-year-old Google Pay wallet to push beyond mobile payments and incorporate links and data Google says will generate daily usage. The move comes as major payment apps such as Apple Pay and Google Pay have sought to boost …

MagTek Inc. released its DynaFlex platform. Announced Tuesday, the platform can serve as a countertop or mobile device, be mounted to a tablet, or affixed to a standalone kiosk.  Designed to work with multiple configurations, DynaFlex is compatible with Windows and Android devices. It can accept payment via magstripe, EMV …

As of mid-October, Joe Biden is heavily favored to win the presidential election and the Democrats are likely to take control of both houses of Congress. If the current trajectory plays out (let’s pause for a moment and recognize that anything could happen), the payments world will find itself in …

The Western Union Co. reported third-quarter revenue of $1.259 billion, down 4% year-over-year. Peer-to-peer transactions in the quarter totaled 77.3 million, up 6%.MoneyGram International Inc. reported third-quarter revenue of $323.2 million, down 1% year-over-year on a constant-currency basis. Digital transactions accounted for a 27% share of all money transfers in the quarter.Amazon.com …