The transaction-cost savings and tender steering provided for in the big interchange settlement reached earlier this week will be worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually for major merchants and the big mobile-wallet providers, according to estimates provided to Digital Transactions News by San Carlos, Calif.-based payments researcher Crone Consulting. …

Usio Inc. pulled off a 19% increase in revenues and reduced its losses last year despite a 26% drop in total payment volume processed, according to a new financial filing from the merchant processor. San Antonio, Texas-based Usio provides payment-facilitator services, credit card processing, automated clearing house payments, prepaid card …

Wide-ranging disruptions in microchip supply slammed the payments industry hard from 2020 to 2022. Now, are terminal makers better prepared? Back in 2020 and 2021, terminal makers were scrambling to get their hands on the microchips they needed to power their devices. Lead times on orders had stretched to 18 …

A new tactic Global Payments Inc. began pursuing last year is delivering continuing benefits for the company as its merchant-solutions unit saw year-over-year point-of-sale volume growth of around 20% in the fourth quarter, top management at the big Atlanta-based processor said early Wednesday. Much of the credit for the growth …

Payments provider Usio Inc. says benefits administrator Genius Avenue will use multiple Usio payments products, including automated clearing house transfers and a prepaid card program, to serve its customers. Announced Monday, the partnership integrates Usio’s payments services with the Genius Avenue platform. Tucson, Ariz.-based Genius Avenue is keen to tap …

Observers of the payments industry who wonder how the Federal Reserve’s proposed rate reductions for debit card acceptance might be received by the nation’s biggest processors heard an unequivocal answer early Tuesday from at least one of them.  “Any time the cost of acceptance goes down, it’s a positive for …

Embedded payments are quickly becoming table stakes as developers look to expand their reach to merchants and small businesses. It’s no wonder embedded payments are quickly moving into the mainstream. After all, small and mid-size businesses are increasingly looking to deliver better and better experiences for for customers within their …

Merchant volume is surging ahead for Global Payments Inc. as the big processor looks to further acquisitions following its absorption of EVO Payments Inc. in March and pursues a strategy of signing up companies it calls “profacs,” or payments facilitators that rely on Global for key functions like merchant underwriting …

DoorDash announced a number of new features for its food-delivery app, including the ability to create multiple carts simultaneously and the addition of online payments funded by SNAP/EBT benefits. Alphabet Inc.’s mobile-payments app, Google Wallet, will reportedly begin supporting QR codes to trigger payments, starting in Brazil. The wallet has up to …

The big may get bigger, but there’s plenty of room for smaller ISOs and payments companies to thrive and capitalize. With megaprocessors, fintechs, payfacs, and integrated payments providers abundant in the payments world, smaller independent sales organizations and software sellers may feel some pressure. But the competition does not automatically …