Oracle Corp. launched Oracle Health Payments, which the company says combines gateway routing, processing, and acquiring in a single contract for health-care providers. Capabilities include tap-to-pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. Visa Inc. said it is collaborating with Analytic Partners to enable a data-analytics service for merchants. The fintech Pivot …

Six years after dropping its support for cryptocurrency, Stripe Inc. is once again enabling its merchants to accept the digital money. As of Oct. 9, Stripe merchants can now accept USD Coin, a stablecoin that settles transactions in U.S. dollars. In the first 24 hours after launch, consumers from more …

Financial technology provider Kasheesh Inc. on Thursday launched a virtual card that allows consumers to split payments for online purchases across up to five existing credit, debit, and prepaid cards. The card is intended to provide an alternative to buy now, pay later loans.  The Mastercard-branded card can be loaded …

A survey from credit-reporting agency TransUnion indicates 89% of U.S. consumers who have used buy now, pay later programs are satisfied or very satisfied with the service. The survey canvassed 1,200 consumers in the second quarter. Some 53% of non-users indicated they’d be likely or very likely to use BNPL if the …

Companies that can make immediate worker payouts are poised to outcompete those that can’t. Personalization in banking and financial management is critical. Today, customers have high expectations for a cohesive financial experience, and the banks and companies that refuse to adapt will certainly be left behind. According to a survey …

Presto Automation Inc., a provider of payments technology for quick-serve restaurants, said its March-quarter revenue dropped 33% year-over-year to $4.45 million. Revenue for the year ending March 31 also fell by one-third, to $14.2 million. The company said it will wind down its pay-at-table product to concentrate on its artificial-intelligence …

Just 38 app developers have so far applied to Apple Inc. to enable payment processors outside of Apple’s proprietary payment system, the iPhone maker said. That’s out of 65,000 developers that were eligible to apply, according to Bloomberg. The report follows legal action that required Apple to make the alternatives available for apps. Ohio-based …

Quickcharge, a division of Transact Campus Inc., completed an integration of Amazon.com Inc.’s Just Walk Technology at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa that enables employees to use their badges to pay for food and beverages. Payments processor Elavon said it is expanding a partnership in Europe with commerce-technology platform FreedomPay to include …

Point-of-sale technology provider PAX Technology Inc. introduced Airlink, networking technology that provides payment connectivity in outdoor settings and other venues where wireless Internet or other network service may be unavailable or insufficient. Mastercard Inc. introduced what it calls a mobile virtual card app, which is aimed at financial institutions and supports the loading …

Processor Elavon, a unit of U.S. Bank, said it will provide a payments platform to BMO. In addition to payment services for credit, debit, and digital payment transactions, Elavon’s services to the bank include customized merchant processing services, omnichannel acceptance, fraud management, and dynamic and multi-currency conversion. Processor Stripe Inc. added support for Apple …