Traditional Merchant Services vs. Payment Facilitation In today’s electronic ecosystem, software companies have an array of options to create unique payment experiences for consumers. Two prominent options are traditional merchant processing and payment facilitation. Let’s explore their differences and implications. Traditional Merchant Processing Since 1973, traditional merchant processing has been …

Yardi Systems Inc. a provider of property-management software, announced integrations with two rent-payment platforms, Best Egg and Flex, in a move that the company says will enable tenants with a direct payment option through Yardi’s service. Online bill pay provider doxo Inc. launched the Cost of Bills Index, which is based on doxo’s …

Providing consumers more ways to pay and engage with merchants play key roles in driving consumer purchasing decisions, according to Fiserv Inc.’s Spring 2024 Carat Insights Report. One way for merchants to engage on a deeper level with consumers is to offer apps featuring loyalty and rewards programs and that …

Visa Inc. says the 10 billion tokens it’s issued since 2014 are just the tipping point, as it expects Visa’s tokenized transactions to grow exponentially over the next several years. Visa announced the 10-billion milestone Tuesday. As of April, 29% of all transactions processed by Visa used tokens. Tokenization uses …

Almost two-thirds of U.S. consumers prefer to pay bills manually rather than through automated services, according to a survey by payments platform MX Technologies Inc. The online research embraced 1,059 adults and was conducted during the first quarter. Embedded payments startup Forward closed a $16 million seed financing round led by Commerce Ventures, Elefund, …

By Steven Velasquez, Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Business Development – U.S. Bank | Elavon The emergence of open banking, financial services APIs, and banking as a service has changed the landscape of the payments ecosystem. It is no longer enough to offer integrated payments with your software …

More credit unions will have access to real-time payments networks in separate deals announced Tuesday. BankSocial, a division of Fivancial Inc., launched its real-time payment service for credit unions. Meanwhile, Pidgin Inc. is working with core processing provider Corelation Inc. to enable broader real-time payments access to its clients. Dallas-based …

Jon Purther, Director, Research, Payments Canada   The Canadian payment landscape continues to transform rapidly, fueled by shifts in consumer and business needs and expectations and technology innovations. Looking ahead, it’s clear that continued innovation will further expand choice within the Canadian payment ecosystem. The payment preferences of Canadians Canadians …

A bill containing a provision that would raise the asset threshold for debit card issuers covered by the Durbin Amendment narrowly passed in a vote late Thursday by the House Financial Services Committee. The committee voted 24-22 in favor of advancing the bill, called the Bank Resilience and Regulatory Improvement …

Payments processors haven’t had it easy in recent years, what with a pandemic-led shift to e-commerce on the part of brick-and-mortar merchants, a deluge of new and more complicated point-of-sale technologies, and growth by industry giants like Fiserv Inc. and Global Payments Inc. But many of the midsize players grew, …