U.S. payments networks continue to cultivate their connections to what is for them a potentially massive market in China. In the latest development, Leshua Technology announced early Friday it will support acquiring for American Express Co.’s joint venture in China.  AmEx last year became the first foreign payments company to win …

Zilch Technology Ltd. is preparing to become the latest entrant in the U.S. buy now, pay later market. The move hinges on the London-based company’s acquisition of San Francisco-based debt-funding platform Neptune Financial & Management Services LLC (NepFin), a deal Zilch announced on Thursday. The terms were not disclosed. The …

Giant pharmacy chain Walgreen Co. is getting into the banking and debit card business with the launch of Scarlet. Announced Thursday, Scarlet is a Mastercard-branded debit card issued by MetaBank. InComm Payments provides the system for the account. Scarlet works like most bank accounts and is designed to help accountholders …

Same-day transaction processing on the automated clearing house network will turn five years old this month, and while that may provide one reason for participants to celebrate, network governor Nacha issued another one Wednesday morning: both same-day transactions and same-day dollar volume are soaring. Transactions totaled 148.7 million in the …

Rather than simply performing housekeeping duties, the real payoff lies in adding functionality to the customer experience. Here’s how. Online shopping is more competitive than ever, yet many companies spend large portions of their budget just maintaining capabilities that do not give them any competitive advantage whatsoever. Let’s get specific. …

Here’s why the collection and sharing of data is in a second—and far better—phase. In today’s interconnected world, consumers want to be able to access information when, where, and how they want. Financial information is no exception. Given its nature and importance, however, the sharing of financial data comes with …

You could be forgiven for neglecting the battle between merchants, on the one hand, and banks and payments networks on the other, over acceptance costs for payment cards. After all, the conflict is a long-running affair, and other issues have crowded onto the scene in recent months. But this summer …

The emergence earlier this year of a virulent new coronavirus variant “threatens to reverse the gains made in the first six months of the year” by the U.S. restaurant industry, according to data released Tuesday by the National Restaurant Association. The news comes as eateries have adopted contactless forms of …

Apple Inc. will permit developers of applications for its App Store to tell customers by email that they can pay for products and services by means other than Apple’s own payment platform, according to a preliminary settlement announced Thursday. The settlement apparently will let developers skirt what are said to …

Stablecoins are coming to international disaster aid with the announcement Thursday that Ireland-based AID:Tech, a 5-year-old financial-services company specializing in relief distribution around the world, will work with Circle Internet Financial LLC to distribute aid via USD Coin, whose value is tied to the U.S. dollar. “Collaborating with AID:Tech to …