As consumers increasingly turn to fintechs rather than banks, money decisions and payments share are shifting away from traditional financial institutions, according to a study from data-analytics firm Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO). Some 34% of consumers have at least one account with, or conduct financial activity with, a nonbank provider, while …

Against the backdrop of an overall decline in small businesses’ satisfaction with payment processors, Square Inc. ranks highest with a score of 857 out of 1,000, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Merchant Services Satisfaction Study. PayPal Holdings Inc. comes in second with a score of 852, with Bank of America Merchant …

Unlike many fintech startups, Walmart’s Inc.’s new financial company is expected to be a formidable player right out of the gate. The retail giant unveiled plans last month to partner with Ribbit Capital to create a fintech that will provide what Walmart describes as “modern, innovative, and affordable financial solutions.” …

Now that NCR Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Cardtronics plc, speculation is growing about what NCR plans to do with the new assets, specifically the 285,000 ATMs Cardtronics operates and its transaction-processing business.  For NCR, the value in the acquisition lies not in Cardtronics’ ATMs themselves, but in …

The firms that make payments apps work behind the scenes are facing a growing problem. As more and more consumers use the apps, more and more banks get involved, casting an ever-widening net of unique requirements on the data networks that connect the apps to users’ bank accounts.  That places …

Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. rebranded its e-commerce platform as Shift4Shop. The platform is based on 3dcart, a company Shift4 acquired in November.Seventy-two percent of consumers used a credit or debit card to complete a cross-border transaction, according to the Global Voices 2021: Cross-Border Shopper Insights survey from eShopWorld, a cross-border e-commerce company.Visa Inc. has …

The Federal Reserve reported late Monday it has received more than 110 expressions of interest from financial institutions and processors for a real-time payments pilot program slated to start later this quarter. That number exceeds the 80 entities the Fed expected to participate in the pilot for the FedNow service, …

In a new twist on prepaid cards in Canada, Vancouver-based Peoples Trust Co. is extending eligibility for deposit insurance from the Canadian Deposit Insurance Corp. to general-purpose reloadable prepaid cards and payroll cards issued by the financial institution.  The CDIC ruled in 2020 that prepaid cards can be eligible for …

Unlike many fintech startups, Walmart’s Inc.’s new financial company is expected to be a formidable player right out of the gate. The retail giant unveiled plans late Monday to partner with Ribbit Capital to create a fintech that will provide what Walmart describes as “modern, innovative, and affordable financial solutions.” …

New national systems, the card networks, and blockchain operations are all piling into real-time payments. What’s going on, and why? If the travails of 2020 had any advantages, they lay in how the struggle with the pandemic offered opportunities to demonstrate the vital utility of technologies like contactless payments and …