The big Montreal-based processor Nuvei Corp. has had a busy year since its headline acquisition early in 2023 of Atlanta-based Paya Holdings Inc., and late on Tuesday it disclosed how that activity has helped buoy its financial results. Nuvei, which was known until 2018 as Pivotal Payments, reported it processed …

Payment technology provider SpotOn Transact LLC looks to expand its footprint in the highly competitive business of restaurant payments with the introduction of SpotOn Marketing Assist, an app that automates email and social-media marketing campaigns for restaurants. The app—which integrates with Spot On’s SpotOn Restaurant POS, SpotOn Order, and SpotOn …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that caps late fees on credit card payments to $8, down from a typical $32. The rule goes into effect 60 days following its publication in the Federal Register. Other provisions include ending automatic annual inflation adjustment on the fee and requiring larger card …

Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment network operated by Early Warning Services LLC, announced late Monday a 28% increase in transaction volume in 2023 and that the fourth quarter of 2023 was its single largest quarter based on volume since its launch in 2017. Overall, Zelle handled 2.9 billion transactions totaling $806 …

Galileo Financial Technologies expanded its relationship with The Bancorp Bank NA that now includes access to the RTP network, the real-time payments service from The Clearing Payments Co. LLC. Apple Inc. was hit with a $2 billion fine by the European Union over its European app store payment practices, CNN reported. Synchrony …

In its first earnings report since its split from the former NCR Corp., point-of-sale and digital-commerce technology provider NCR Voyix Corp. on Thursday said it added 14,000 sites to its platform in 2023. Atlanta-based NCR Voyix’s platform handles payments, business-management and marketing functions for retailers, restaurants, and banks, and the …

With money mule activity on the rise, Nacha, the governing body for the automated clearing house network, has released an infographic to educate consumers about unwittingly becoming money mules. Money mules help criminals launder money from online scams, fraud or crime, such as human and drug trafficking, unknowingly or knowingly. …

Challenges abound for card managers. Here’s how to manage them more efficiently. The payments space is one arena in the financial services industry that is uniquely ripe for change and disruption. The growth of embedded finance, cross-border payments, blockchain technology, real-time transactions and more are all combining to create a …

Shift4 Payments Inc. went public in June 2020 after more than two decades as a privately held processor, but now its senior management may be looking for greater returns via an acquisition by an outside company. Both the processing giant Fiserv Inc. and a Spain-based reservations-processing company called Amadeus could …

Credit card issuers claimed the top three spots in J.D. Power’s second annual buy now, pay later satisfaction study, with American Express Co.’s Plan It topping the list. JPMorgan Chase’s My Chase Plan and Citibank’s Citi Flex Pay rounded out the top three. American Express’s Plan It, which it launched …