FIS Inc. debuted FIS RealNet, a software-as-a-service platform that enables account-to-account transactions for businesses, consumers, and governments over real-time payment networks. Available now in the United States, the service will be available in the United Kingdom and Europe, with other markets to follow.Visa Inc. said it is extending fast-payout service Visa Direct …

Payments companies took a beating as the pandemic raged, but Visa Inc.’s top brass indicated Tuesday afternoon the big network has put the worst behind it. “We believe we are at the beginning of the end of the pandemic,” said chief executive and chairman Al Kelly as he pointed to …

Camping World Holdings Inc. said it will begin accepting cryptocurrency for payment for recreational vehicle purchases through processor BitPay Inc.Buy now, pay later provider Splitit Inc. said its year-to-date merchant sales volume is up almost 250%, at $82 million, over the same period last year, following rising adoption by shoppers and merchants.In related …

How people purchased goods and services online, at the in-store point of sale (POS), or on mobile devices changed significantly during the pandemic. Whether or not businesses closed their brick-and-mortar storefronts, they experienced a shift to contactless and online channels as a safer way to transact for businesses and consumers.  …

Deluxe Corp. is best known as the largest supplier of checks in the United States, but early Thursday it showed how serious it is about staking a major claim in digital payments. The Shoreview, Minn.-based company announced it has agreed to pay $960 million in cash for First American Payment …

Discover Financial Services reported $1.6 billion in net income in the 2021 first quarter, a reversal of a $61 million loss in the same quarter in 2020. Discover said its payment services volume was $75.9 billion, a 19% increase year-over-year. Dollar volume on its Pulse debit network increased 23% year-over-year, driven …

French processor Worldline S.A. reported its first-quarter merchant-services revenue dropped 8.7% year-over-year to 517 million euros ($621 million), while its terminals and software unit saw a 16.5% decline to 266 million euros ($320 million). Worldline acquired terminal maker Ingenico Group S.A. in October.FIS Inc. said it has won a domestic acquiring license for its Worldpay …

Some 83% of consumers said they had used a QR code in the past year to make a payment or complete a financial transaction, with 54% of those persons saying they had used a QR code for those purposes for the first time in only the past three months. Still, just 39% …

After the current U.S. Congress was sworn in, a predictable chorus of merchants, lobbyists, and lawmakers demanded new interchange price caps and other government mandates to decrease credit card interchange fees for merchants. The tired attacks on credit cards are an easy narrative that focuses almost exclusively on the cost …

On its first day of trading as a public company, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. saw its stock finish at $328.28 per share after starting the day at $381 and rising as high as $429.54 on the Nasdaq. The day’s activity left Coinbase with a valuation of $85 billion on a diluted basis, making …