Cantaloupe Inc., a payments provider for the vending and self-service industries, reported it processed $703.5 million in volume in the June quarter, up 14% year-over-year, on 278.6 million transactions, up slightly from 274.6 million. It collected $64.2 million in revenue, an 11% rise. In a letter to shareholders, Innovative Payment Solutions …

When the Cleveland Browns open their 2023 NFL home stand Sunday, fans at the stadium using credit and debit cards will be tapping and dipping via new Clover Sport devices. Announced Wednesday, the nearly 500-device installation in concession and premium-seating locations in the Cleveland Browns Stadium will make the arena …

In a major case whose effects could ripple widely across the payments industry, Block Inc. this summer sued Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc., alleging the global networks worked together to fix interchange fees paid by Block’s Square operation. Square, which processes card transactions for millions of mostly small sellers, pays …

The Credit Card Competition Act is back in play. But as Congress debates the bill, a pressing question looms about its biggest requirement: Who are the Visa and Mastercard alternatives supposed to be? Senator Richard Durbin is back at it. After failing to advance the Credit Card Competition Act out …

Restaurant point-of-sale provider Snack POS has agreed to offer EMV terminals from Pax. Soundhound AI Inc., a specialist in artificial intelligence, said it will work with online-ordering platform ChowNow to help restaurants answer and respond to customer calls. Payments provider Nayax Ltd. is working with loyalty-technology platform Giift to enable consumers to convert loyalty …

The buy now, pay later craze, which took flight during the Covid pandemic, has turned into a $70-billion-plus segment of the payments industry. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t stirred controversy among acquiring-industry executives, some of whom manage versions of the point-of-sale credit product. That clash of viewpoints emerged Wednesday …

In-store debit card payments made using mobile devices in Canada surged 53% during the 12-month period ended July 31, compared to the same period a year earlier, according to Interac Corp., Canada’s national debit network. In addition, e-commerce transactions made using a mobile device increased 17% year-over-year during the same …

Feedzai, a U.S. fraud-detection and -prevention company, will offer its services in Latin America through a partnership with Dock, a payments provider specializing in services for that region. TreviPay, a U.S.-based business-to-business payments provider operating in 32 countries, introduced a service to support cases where buyers ask to be invoiced …

Card skimming remains a vexing problem in the United States, with the number of reported incidents increasing 20% during the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according to the credit-data firm FICO. More concerning, however, is that the number of cards compromised as a result …

Payment security and fraud play a key role in cart abandonment for e-commerce merchants, according to a study by e-commerce solutions provider Radial Inc. The study found that 48% of respondents cited Web site security and 45% listed security of personally identifiable information as their primary reasons for shopping cart …