When it comes to making a purchase, who doesn’t use a credit or debit card? Most of the world, that’s who. While paying with a credit card is standard in the United States and much of the Western world, that’s definitely not the global norm. It’s estimated that less than …

Commerce platform Shopify Inc. has released a refreshed point-of-sale appliance and suite of features. Announced Monday, the revised Shopify POS system is a tablet set on a stand with additional software capabilities. Among the new features is mobile checkout that enables payment acceptance in store or at curbside, an especially …

The pandemic is wreaking havoc on multiple fronts in the payments business. But if we let market forces work their usual magic, look for a recovery next year. The Covid-19 pandemic is roiling the payments industry. State shutdowns have taken a whopping 29% of the U.S. economy offline. Moody’s reports …

The guide has a slightly different name now, but the same purpose—to seek out and describe the nonbank players, apart from the big networks, that are rewriting the rules for the digital exchange of value. Since 2004, Digital Transactions has traced the course of payments innovation through its nimblest practitioners—the …

Citing the risk to their businesses from the coronavirus pandemic, securities rating agency Fitch Ratings revised its outlook to negative for seven publicly traded consumer-finance companies, including American Express Co., Discover Financial Services, and Synchrony Financial.Main Event Entertainment Inc. issued a notification indicating malware collected data from cards used on point-of-sale devices for food-and-beverage and entertainment …

E-commerce sites have been beneficiaries of shelter-at-home policies, and on Wednesday eBay Inc. indicated its marketplace has been no exception. But growth was tempered by a downdraft in classified listings and a widening trend toward state Internet sales taxes, the company said. Meanwhile, eBay’s venture into running payments for sellers …

Mastercard Inc. managed to remain profitable in the first quarter as the Covid-19 pandemic began to sweep the world, and its volume and transaction data for April indicate a possible bottoming out of the steep decline in consumer and business spending. U.S. dollar volume switched over Mastercard’s network in the …

Payments provider Merchant e-Solutions announced new leadership, including chief executive Mike Rouse and eight other top executives.Shift4 Payments launched SkyTab Takeout, an online-ordering system for restaurants it is offering with no setup, order, or monthly fees.HomeAdvisor, an online marketplace linking homeowners to service providers, launched HomeAdvisor Pay, which allows homeowners to make contactless payments …

Payroc LLC said it acquired Gateway Payments LLC, an independent sales organization with merchants primarily along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Terms were not disclosed.Weave Communications Inc., a provider of payments and other services for small businesses, said its Weave Lite tool set will be offered free for 90 days. Weave …

Payments provider FreedomPay has added support for Google Pay, enabling Google Pay users to make e-commerce payments in Android apps and in Web browsers. This can be done on a merchant’s Web site regardless of browser or operating system or within an Android app, with FreedomPay securely integrating to the Google Payments …