As proponents and adversaries wrangle over the newly resurrected Credit Card Competition Act, a market-research firm has raised by more than one-third its estimate of how much the bill could save U.S. merchants. A year ago, the firm, Atlanta-based CMS Payments Intelligence Inc., calculated the bill would result in $11 …

Finding and paying for parking can be a hassle, but Mercedes-Benz, the German automaker, is hoping its new in-car parking payment service can help with that. Newly released as part of the MBUX infotainment system in eligible U.S. Mercedes-Benz vehicles, the parking service enables motorists to find off-street parking and …

Marathon Digital Holdings Inc., a digital-asset company that supports the Bitcoin ecosystem, is teaming up with Brink Technology to raise $1 million to support Bitcoin Core developers that maintain the Bitcoin protocol. Brink Technology works to strengthen the Bitcoin protocol and network. The Bitcoin protocol enables Bitcoin to function as …

Cannabis could be a huge opportunity for acquirers, but the wait for a ubiquitous PayPal-of-pot option continues. When it comes to electronic payments, the legal cannabis industry is starting to grow up. Cannabis was once considered the Wild West of the payment world because of all the skullduggery that took …

Square, the in-store and online commerce arm of Block Inc., says Square Subscriptions is in tests for Square Online users. The feature is one of nearly 100 updates the company announced Wednesday. Other notable features include Waitlists in Square Appointments and an integration with reservation provider OpenTable in Square for …

Payment processing platform CardX is making Mastercard Click to Pay available on Lightbox, its online payment form, to all existing and new card-not-present merchants on its platform. Mastercard Click to Pay stores a consumer’s payment information using an encrypted, virtual card number to enable secure online shopping. Lightbox enables consumers …

In-stadium payments provider Cheq Inc. said visitors to the Miami Marlins’ home field, loanDepot park, now can use its services for mobile, kiosk, traditional point-of-sale, and handheld payment options in parts of the park. Cheq began offering mobile payment services at the venue in 2021.8 P97 Networks, a provider of mobile-payments technology for gas …

Cheq Inc., a mobile and social hospitality payments provider, said it will provide the mobile ordering platform at Target Field, the home stadium of the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball team. Available via the MLB Ballpark app, the service will enable consumers to order and pickup at select concession stands. …

Whatever it is, seven big banks hope consumers will prefer their new app instead—which has no name and about which there are few details. The seven big banks that own Early Warning Services LLC—operator of the Zelle payments network—are hoping they can make inroads with a new digital wallet. It’s …

The leading digital currency Bitcoin hasn’t returned to the values it enjoyed early last year, but it appears to have rebounded from the beating it—and the cryptocurrency industry as a whole—took in the wake of the sudden collapse in November of the major trading platform FTX.com and the bankruptcy in …