Visa Inc. has collaborated with working-capital platform Fundbox to launch the Fundbox Flex Visa debit card, issued by Pathward N.A.KindTap Technologies, a payments provider specializing in the cannabis industry, has integrated with Dispense, an e-commerce platform, to allow merchants using Dispense to accept credit card and automated clearing house payments …

For all its resources, the payments company faces a growth problem it may not be able to solve on its own. This is a story about PayPal, one of the most trusted brands in e-commerce. It’s been one of the most trusted brands in e-commerce for decades. Today, it’s fastest-growing demographic …

When it comes to real time or same day, there are advocates in each camp. But which option is better? The answer is far more nuanced than the question. For a number of years now, the payments industry has talked about so-called faster payments. But what does this term really …

To expand its iGaming business and revitalize its digital-wallet business, Paysafe Ltd. on Monday announced it is increasing the wagering limit for high-stakes online gamblers using its Skrill USA wallet to fund their iGaming accounts.  The feature is expected to appeal to high rollers who make five- and six-figures wagers. …

Few payments sectors were harder hit by the pandemic than ATM networks around the world, and now numbers released over the weekend indicate that the global ATM installed base continued to decline last year, albeit at a slower rate than in 2020.  The U.S. market, indeed, saw its ATM count …

Having weathered an industrywide downturn in sales that began during the third quarter of 2021, cannabis-payments processor POSaBIT Systems Corp. late Thursday reported strong first-quarter sales and revenue. Transactions totaled $103 million, a 61% increase from the same period last year, and revenues totaled $6.4 million, up 79%. Same-store sales …

The explosive growth in e-commerce has not been contained within national borders, which creates a market for processors capable of handling cross-border payments. PingPong Payments, a specialist in this market, early Friday announced an acquiring agreement with Europe’s largest bank, BNP Paribas, that the U.S.-based processor expects will reinforce its …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent a letter to the chief executives of JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, Discover, and American Express asking them to explain the practice of omitting data about consumers’ monthly credit card payments when sending information to credit-reporting companies. The CFPB contends the …

Digital alternatives to the long-time money-transfer services from The Western Union Co. and MoneyGram International Inc. are developing fast, a fact underscored by an announcement Tuesday by Paysend Group that its user count in the U.S. market now stands at more than half a million, up by two-thirds over the …

Central bank digital currencies are still a relatively new payment method around the world, but now they’re starting to address the issue of user authentication, and at least one is doing it with facial-recognition technology. PopID Inc. on Thursday announced holders of the Bahamian Sand Dollar, one of the first …