Despite the economy reopening after the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, e-commerce continues to boom as consumers embrace shopping online from home or via their mobile device.  A recent study from FIS Inc. reveals that e-commerce transaction values in the United States grew 10% in 2021 compared to 2020, …

Ownit Commerce Inc. is betting the release of its new Connected Checkout service will give direct-to-consumer brands the ability to improve conversion rates by embedding Connected Checkout links anywhere they place URLs. The links enable one-tap purchase of any product. The effort is aimed at combatting shopping-cart abandonment as e-commerce …

Australian fintech Zip Co Ltd. is poised to expand its buy now, pay later services through a definitive agreement to acquire Sezzle Inc. in an all-stock deal that values Sezzle at $355.5 million, or 491 million in Australian dollars (AUS). The deal is expected to significantly expand Zip’s presence in the …

The Sweden-based buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB on Friday announced a major move in its increasingly crucial U.S. market with the news that it will provide its payment service to Brookfield Properties, a real-estate developer with more than 150 shopping centers. The agreement, which makes Klarna the exclusive …

With the close of Block Inc.’s $29-billion acquisition of buy now, pay later platform Afterpay Ltd. at the end of January, the payments company installed a key component in a plan to more tightly integrate its seller and consumer businesses, Square and Cash App, according to Block’s top executives. Indeed, …

Klarna AB, the Sweden-based buy now, pay later giant with a major stake in the U.S. market, has opened a waiting list for its Klarna Card in the United States. The cobranded Visa card, to be issued by Salt Lake City-based industrial bank WebBank, follows Klarna’s convention of allowing users …

Digital payments platform provider Buy It Mobility Networks Inc. is betting its new BuyPass application will further reduce the complexities around connecting to its platform for merchants that want to offer branded payment options that debit a consumer’s bank account. Launched Wednesday, the application drops a URL into a merchant’s …

When it comes to fast growth, it doesn’t hurt to have huge merchant platforms like Amazon.com Inc. and Shopify Inc. in your corner, a proposition Affirm Inc. underscored late Thursday as it reported huge increases in merchandise volume, active users, and other indicators. “We feel great about our progress,” said …

As part of its strategy to enable application developers to create solutions fully compliant with open-banking regulations around the world, Cloudentity, a provider authorization technology, has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program as a technology partner to Apigee, Google Cloud’s API Management platform. The partnership combines Apigee’s API management platform with Cloudentity’s …

Nayax Ltd., a payments processor for vending machines, announced it has launched an EMV-compliant platform allowing multiple choices with a single transaction authorization.Hospitality-technology provider Bite Ninja said it has acquired Zenu, a provider of ordering and payment technology for restaurants. Terms were not announced.BlueOne Card Inc. said it is launching its BlueOne Card, …