Blackhawk Network Inc. is partnering with buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB to let consumers use Klarna’s interest-free payment solutions at physical retail locations. The deal, announced Wednesday, will enable consumers to make use of Klarna in-store for such items as groceries, electronics beauty, and more when shopping within …

Payments platform Nayax Ltd. announced the availability of the Nova Market self-checkout kiosk in its U.S. e-commerce shop. The device is aimed at micro-merchants.Open Payment Network said its application programming interface is linking Bridge Community Bank to The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s real-time payments network.CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. announced that Peoples Trust …

Adyen NV has been selected to process payments for Fast Retailing, operator of the Uniqlo platform of clothing stores and sites.Authentic Brands Group, which includes Eddie Bauer and Forever 21, settled a lawsuit against commerce platform Bolt. The two companies will continue to work together.The peer-to-peer payments platform Paxful Inc. has selected iProov, a provider …

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York announced merchants that incurred an unreimbursed EMV or chip fraud liability shift chargeback from Oct. 1, 2015, through Sept. 30, 2017, on a Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express credit or debit card transaction can submit a claim in a pending class …

Bitcoin Depot, a Bitcoin ATM operator, launched BDCheckout, an app that lets users in North America load cash to their Bitcoin Depot digital wallets, which can then be used to buy Bitcoin. Bitcoin Depot is working with InComm Payments’ VanillaDirect barcode platform to offer the service.The big French processor Worldline S.A. said …

A report on the state of U.S. gaming indicates steady progress made possible by market discipline and some help from some familiar payment methods. The U.S. gaming industry continues to grow exponentially, making it a highly exciting place to be for those within it. Changes in regulation have allowed more …

Central banks around the world are gripped by an uncharacteristic frenzy. Almost every central bank is at least setting up “commissions” to look into the alluring—yet jarring—prospect of redefining their national currencies. A few countries simply embraced Bitcoin, straight. The second-biggest economy in the world, China, is actively experimenting with …

Don’t wait to become a victim. The key is to act before you’re attacked. That requires identifying vulnerabilities and shoring up systems. Across the globe, a ransomware attack strikes a business every 11 seconds. This is not a statistic many companies want to think about. But it’s a reality, especially …

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have had a rough time in 2022, but a trend toward mainstream adoption is gaining momentum. Equities across the board, including Bitcoin, are massively down from their 2021 highs. Tech stocks, bonds, commodities—nothing seems safe from the current sentiment. But what does that mean for the …

Price inflation is rising at its fastest rate since the early 1980s, and that’s prompting dueling releases from both foes and advocates of card interchange, the fee merchants pay when consumers use credit and debit cards. Merchant groups have long inveighed against interchange—also referred to as “swipe fees”—as a cost …