In recent times, we have witnessed an explosion in the neobanking sector, with emerging digital-only providers benefiting from rapid digitization. Now, as this sector begins to mature, companies must find a way to retain customers that may want to transition back to traditional banking companies. To do so, businesses in …

By Steven Velasquez, Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Business Development for Elavon, Inc.   The rise of global eCommerce due to pandemic-related consumer behavior, disruptions to the supply chain, and the current climate of geopolitical turmoil have converged to create a perfect storm for fraudsters and cybersecurity attacks. …

Car IQ Inc. has inked a deal with petroleum company Sunoco LP to allow Sunoco’s fleet customers to purchase fuel without a credit card. Businesses, government agencies, and other organizations participating in Sunoco’s fleet program will be able to pay for gas at nearly 5,000 Sunoco stations by summer’s end …

It is generally accepted that the pandemic energized online commerce, but now research is starting to emerge showing just how extensive that effect has been. “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2026,” a report released Wednesday by the London-based research firm RBR, indicates e-commerce card spending came to $7.7 …

With the demands placed on ecommerce and business-to-business payments, it is only fitting that merchants rely on a gateway with expert-level knowledge and years of experience. PayTrace, which North American Bancard acquired earlier this year, has maintained such Level-2, Level-3, and B2B expertise for more than 16 years. Now, with …

Merchant processor Electronic Merchant Systems announced Thursday that it has taken a majority stake in Paysley, a contactless payments software specialist that enables merchants to send payment requests and QR codes to customers’ mobile phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but EMS chief executive Dan Neistadt tells Digital Transactions …

Deluxe Corp. announced on Thursday a deal with Dupaco Community Credit Union to process transactions for its business clients using its First American by Deluxe service. The Madison, Wis.-based credit union has more than 120 business clients. The service will also be made available to new Dupaco business customers, Deluxe …

Mike Peters, formerly chief executive of TSYS Merchant Solutions, is succeeding Robert O. Carr, who said last week he would step down as chief executive of Beyond Inc., the payments provider he founded in 2017. A longtime payments-industry veteran, Carr remains executive chairman of the Princeton, N.J.-based company. Peters, whose …

Cryptocurrency holders looking to leverage their assets can now get a loan of up to $100,000 in stablecoins, the digital-payments platform Wirex Ltd. announced early Tuesday. Under the new service, holders can borrow as much as 80% of the value of their crypto holdings and receive an almost immediate advance …

GoCardless Ltd., a specialist in the burgeoning field of account-to-account transfers, strengthened its hand Friday with the acquisition of Nordigen Solutions, a Latvian-based open-banking platform provider, for an undisclosed sum. The deal will allow GoCardless to connect to more than 2,300 banks in 31 countries to enable account-to-account payments, a …