Payments technology provider Verifone Holdings Inc. announced Mike Kohlsdorf has joined the company as chief executive, succeeding Mike Pulli. Kohlsdorf’s background includes CEO positions with eight portfolio companies of Verifone backer Francisco Partners. Pulli has been CEO since 2018. Payments technology firm Weave, a specialist in small and medium-size businesses, announced an expansion …

Gross dollar volume on prepaid and other debit cards issued by The Bancorp Bank grew 15% year-over-year in the second quarter, and the bank expects volume growth will exceed that rate in 2024 as it expands existing programs and books new partners. Dollar volume hit $32.8 billion for the quarter, …

F.N.B. Corp., with its First National Bank unit, agreed to be the sole provider of ATMs for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, said to be the third-largest U.S. rail system. The push-payments platform Checkbook announced an integration with the peer-to-peer payments provider Zelle to enable instant payments for Checkbook users. Transact Campus, a …

With payments-industry competition rapidly getting more intense, long-established players such as Mastercard Inc. could lose out if they don’t change with the times. But Mastercard’s chief executive signaled Thursday that change is just what his company is doing. “We stand ready to compete,” declared Michael Miebach during Mastercard’s second-quarter earnings …

Payments provider Euronet Worldwide Inc. said its money-transfer segment handled 41.1 million transactions in the second quarter, up 10% from 37.3 million a year earlier. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates national banks, assessed a $15 million civil fine against American Express Co.’s American Express National …

The latest battle in the war over the proposed Credit Card Competition Act has focused on the question whether the legislation would cut rewards and other benefits for cardholders. Citing research from the consulting firm CMSPI, the Merchants Payments Coalition, a lobbying group for sellers, argues that passage of the …

NCR Corp. announced names for its two major business units once the company spins off its ATM operations, with both retaining the NCR moniker. The digital-commerce business will be called NCR Voyix, while the ATM operations will be named NCR Atleos. FIS Inc.’s Worldpay processing unit launched Revenue Boost, a service based on …

Mastercard Inc. launched Mastercard Receivables Manager, aimed at streamlining the process businesses use to accept and process transactions on virtual cards. The 20-year-old billing platform eLabs announced it has rebranded itself as Vizibill. The Bitcoin ATM network Bitcoin Depot Inc. reported it expects second-quarter revenue to total between $196 million and $198 million, up …

American Express Co. is working to sign more card deals like the one it has with merchants using Block Inc.’s Square merchant-processing unit, while cardholder spending and revenue for the company have rebounded to hit record quarterly highs, top executives for the travel-and-entertainment giant said early Friday. The good news …

Service provider Finzly said it supports the FedNow real-time payments service that launched Thursday. Other providers— Jack Henry & Associates Inc. and Pidgin—also support the instant payment service. Fiserv Inc. said two of its clients are live on FedNow and nearly 100 others anticipate doing so in coming months. Banking services provider CSI said it offers FedNow access and noted …