Almost two-thirds of U.S. consumers prefer to pay bills manually rather than through automated services, according to a survey by payments platform MX Technologies Inc. The online research embraced 1,059 adults and was conducted during the first quarter. Embedded payments startup Forward closed a $16 million seed financing round led by Commerce Ventures, Elefund, …

Airlines face myriad challenges when it comes to improving their payment processes to drive bookings and support growth, according to a report from omnichannel payments and digital-commerce platform provider CellPoint Digital. The two leading payments challenges facing airlines are a lack of alternative payment methods and regional forms of payment, …

Real-time account-to-payment payments has received a big boost as J.P. Morgan Payments adds Visa Direct to its arsenal of payment options. The deal gives businesses using J.P. Morgan Payments’ platform an option to make payments, such as a rebate or refund, directly to a consumer’s debit card or bank account …

Chase, the banking arm of giant JPMorgan Chase & Co., introduced a suite of digital products it says will help small businesses improve their cash flow and payment processing. Among the services are the ability to choose a payment speed, such as standard automated clearing house, same-day ACH, or real-time …

It’s May, and that means it’s time for our annual exercise to seek out and describe the payments players, apart from the big networks, that are rewriting the rules for the digital exchange of value. Capital One Financial Corp.’s bombshell announcement in February that it is offering to acquire Discover …

The iPhone maker is known for its impeccable technology. What is less obvious is its nuanced but multipronged assault on the payments business. Ask anyone on the street what Apple Inc. does, and such is the company’s fame that even the least technology-inclined will respond immediately with examples like the …

Alphabet Inc. will discontinue Google Pay, including its peer-to-peer payments capability, in the U.S. market on June 4, though it will maintain a Google Pay website.  In the place of Google Pay, which launched amid much fanfare in 2011, Alphabet is promoting Google Wallet, which appeared in 2022 with wider functionality than payments, …

J.P. Morgan Payments sees the future of electronic commerce as one pipeline accessed by consumers across channels. Its role in that scenario is outlined by the debut earlier this year of what it calls a full-stack omnichannel service, one that offers in-store, online, and mobile checkout capabilities. “We realized merchants …

Web services and payments provider GoDaddy Inc. released its Tap to Pay on Android point-of-sale service for merchants, complementing the Tap to Pay on iPhone technology it already offers. Tap to Pay on Android enables merchants to use consumer-grade smart phones as contactless payment-acceptance devices without a need for separate …

The hotly competitive point-of-sale technology arena just got more so with the launch of Elo Pay and an accompanying POS terminal from Elo Touch Solutions Inc. Coming from Milpitas, Calif.-based Elo, Elo Pay provides payment acceptance, encryption, tokenization, and terminal-management tools in one service. Elo Pay also offers remote key …