Retail chain Crate & Barrel Holdings has partnered with Adyen NV to process payments for its 110 physical stores in the United States and Canada. The deal also covers processing for Crate & Barrel’s CB2 stores, a sister brand that sells modern furniture. Crate & Barrel will use Adyen’s unified …

Rain Technology, a provider a directional-display technology, has developed a solution that aims at reducing the risk of onlookers visually stealing a consumer’s PIN at an ATM. The solution, called ATM Switchable Privacy, enables as little as 0.2% of an ATM screen to be visible outside of a 45-degree viewing …

Fast on the heels of PayPal Holdings Inc.’s launch of its Fastlane service for online transactions, e-commerce platforms are eyeing the expedited-checkout technology. Some are acting. Bold Commerce early Thursday said its checkout routine has adopted Fastlane for the Adobe Commerce merchants it supports on its so-called headless-checkout platform. Headless …

Payment gateway Slim CD Inc. revealed a data breach resulting from suspicious activity it became aware of on June 15. The investigation found unauthorized system access between Aug. 17, 2023, and June 15, 2024. It says credit card information may have been viewed or obtained. Slim CD said it took measures to …

Fraud attacks initiated by automated bots using artificially generated images, also known as deepfakes, are becoming a major problem in the payments industry, according to a report Wednesday from AU10TIX, a provider of identity-verification and risk-management technology. Overall, 32% of all Internet traffic during the second quarter was driven by …

Credit and debit cards from U.S. Bank are now ready to use with Paze, the online checkout platform, which comes preloaded with access to up to 150 million payment cards. Paze is in the midst of a national rollout as it seeks to give issuers an edge in e-commerce checkout. …

PayPal Holdings Inc. began working with the Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify Inc. two years ago in France, and now the two are bringing the act to the U.S. market. PayPal said early Monday it has agreed to process card transactions for Shopify’s gateway, Shopify Payments, in an arrangement that could …

American Express Co. expects its pilot program enabling cardholders to add their payment information at participating online merchants will please cardholders and make for smoother checkouts. The pilot, announced Thursday, allows AmEx cardholders to add or update their card information and store it for use at a participating merchant through …

The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking into airline rewards programs with an eye on protecting consumers from potential unfair, deceptive, or anticompetitive practices, the department says. Many consumers use cobranded airline credit cards to earn points in these programs, though the DOT’s focus is on rewards, not on card-issuing …

Visa Inc. announced early Thursday it will launch account-to-account (A2A) payment capabilities in the United Kingdom in early 2025. The move will allow U.K. consumers paying bills to do so directly from their bank account, as opposed to paying by check, cash, or card. Visa’s plans for the service, called …