New research from Kount Inc. showed that 57% of consumers expect to use credit cards as their payment choice in the 2020 holiday season. That compares with merchants who expect credit cards to be used 84% of the time. Debit card use is closer, at 65% for consumers and 70% for merchants. …

Ingenico Group S.A. said the European Commission approved Worldline S.A.’s $8.6 billion deal to acquire the point-of-sale terminal maker. Ingenico also said the French financial markets authority set Oct. 15 as the closing date for the tender offer for Ingenico securities. If successful, the acquisition could close Oct. 28, Worldline said.In related news, Ingenico …

Square Inc.’s announcement Tuesday of its new QR code service for restaurants helps bring the contactless technology into the limelight, but it’s only the latest in a string of moves payments providers have made in recent months to position the barcode as a payments enabler. In Square’s scenario, eateries that …

Nuvei Corp. said it received a sports betting vendor license in Colorado, enabling it to process payments there for regulated sports betting sites and apps.Mastercard Inc. and ACI Worldwide Inc. said they will collaborate to support real-time payments capabilities, initially for central banks, payments networks, financial institutions, and payments providers.To help businesses …

As small businesses prepare for the holiday shopping season in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Visa Inc. announced it is launching programs and resources to support their efforts, including so-called Visa Street Teams that visit stores to provide point-of-sale materials to support contactless payments.In related news, Visa said 60% of U.S. …

Point-of-sale credit provider Affirm Inc. said it raised $500 million in a series G funding round. Lead investors were GIC and Durable Capital Partners LP. Affirm also introduced an interest-free biweekly payment product for transactions of as little as $50. It also announced that NutriBullet, a small-appliance maker, offers Affirm as a payment …

Evidence emerged Tuesday that Covid-19 fears are far from suppressing investor interest in payments as two U.S. and two European companies announced funding news. Atlanta-based Rev.io, an 18-year-old provider of billing platforms, said it has received a “significant growth equity investment” from Primus Capital. The company did not disclose the …

Walmart Inc. has joined Paymentus Corp.‘s Instant Payment Network for bills paid in Walmart stores. Other users of the network are Amazon.com Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc.Modern Treasury, a startup payments-technology provider, said clients reconciled more than $100 million on its platform in August, with volume growing at a compound monthly …

Shift4 Payments dazzled the payments industry and Wall Street with its June initial public offering. What do recent processor IPOs say about the prospects for payments companies? No investment in the stock market is a sure winner, but payments investments often prove to be better than others. On June 4, …

PayPal Holdings Inc. is expanding its portfolio of installment-payment options by introducing Pay in 4, a short-term financing program. PayPal says the new option, which allows consumers to pay for a purchase over four interest-free payments, can help merchants drive customer conversions, hike revenue, and enhance loyalty without taking on additional …