Visa Inc. announced three technologies leveraging artificial intelligence and aimed at controlling fraud risk, including Visa Deep Authorization, real-time account-to-account payment protection, and extension of Visa Advanced Authorization and Visa Risk Manager to non-Visa card transactions. The services are expected to launch by mid-year. Cantaloupe Inc., a specialist in payments for …

Breeze Airways unveiled a credit card cobranded with Barclays US Consumer Bank. The card offers triple points on purchases of airfare and other items, including in-flight items. The Brussels-based financial-messaging body Swift said early testing of its early-stage central bank digital currency shows financial institutions can process a variety of transactions through CBDCs …

Less than a year after going public, Bitcoin ATM network deployer Bitcoin Depot Inc. on Monday said it is eyeing substantial growth in 2024. Meanwhile, blockchain technology provider BTCS Inc. swung to a profit in 2023 after a loss in 2022. Recent developments from Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot include the purchase …

Minneapolis-based Entrust, a provider of identity technology and data security for payments, said it has entered into exclusive talks to acquire London-based Onfido, a platform for identity-verification based on artificial intelligence technology. Pay-at-table technology specialist Toast Inc. said Choice Hotels International has selected its Toast for Hotel Restaurants portfolio for two Choice chains, Cambria …

Subscription management specialist Recurly Inc. released its 2024 State of Subscriptions report that found 45.5% of consumers chose debit as the subscription payment method, followed by credit cards, 33%, PayPal, 19.3%, and other alternative payment methods, 2.2%. Wise, a platform for international money transfers, said junk fees associated with credit cards and …

The payouts platform Onbe said it will enable instant payment on virtual Mastercard cards to consumers who want to sell unused gift cards on the CardCash secondary gift card market. Buy now, pay later platform Affirm Inc. said it is expanding to self-checkout kiosks in more than 4,500 U.S. Walmart stores. U.S. households spend …

Payments platform Klarna AB added a service in the U.S. market that enables “creators” to open customized online storefronts. PCI Pal, a provider of compliance technology for the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, said it is working with Zoom Video Communications Inc. to launch its services with Zoom Contact Center and Zoom …

Unattended payments and software specialist Cantaloupe Inc. boosted its roster of customers in its fiscal 2024 first quarter, which helped increase the company’s revenue to $62.7 million, up 8.5% from $57.8 million in the 2023 first quarter that ended Sept. 30. Malvern, Pa.-based Cantaloupe said the number of active customers …

Bitcoin Depot Inc. looks to expand the installation of its cryptocurrency kiosks in a new deal with Cord Financial Services LLC. Separately, RocketFuel Inc. will adopt Ripple Payments for its payment-products suite. Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot, which recently expanded the footprint of its BDCheckout cryptocurrency digital-wallet funding program, says it will …

On The Fly POS’s latest product, called Ground Control, is making it easier for hospitality merchants to use their own devices for ordering and table management. The new app, with versions for both iOS and Android mobile devices, enables merchants to use their own hardware with an integrated software app …